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Corona Virus Strain

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                                                                   The mutated coronavirus strain that’s been spreading in the U.K. , Africa and other parts of Europe appears to be more contagious and variant is 56% more transmissible than other strains, according to the study by the Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.  In medical terms, a strain is a genetic variant, or a subtype within a biological species. Strains are often seen as inherently artificial concepts, characterized by a specific intent for genetic isolation. Human Coronavirus Types: Scientists have divided coronaviruses into four sub-groupings, called alpha , beta , gamma , and delta . Seven of these viruses can infect people: 229E (alpha) NL63 (alpha) OC43 (beta) HKU1 (beta) MERS-CoV, a beta virus that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) SARS-CoV, a beta virus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) SARS-CoV-2, which cau

Statue of Unity

The world’s tallest statue has been completed in Gujarat, India. Standing almost 600 feet tall, the Statue of Unity depicts Indian freedom fighter and politician Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel , one of the most prominent leaders of the Indian independence movement, and the first Deputy Prime Minister of India. Brought to fruition by Michael Graves & Associates in collaboration with Turner Construction and Meinhardt Group, the memorial took around 4 years to design and construct. Approximate cost of building the statue of liberty is about $430m. There are approximately 12,000 bronze panels covering the structure, weighing around 1,700 tons. The statue is located at the shore of the Narmada River facing the Sardar Sarovar Dam . The statue was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 31, 2018 , on the 143rd birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The world’s tallest “Statue of Unity” is a pride of India and a decent honor to the fearless who undivided and integrated

India Farm Bill 2020

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The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020: This Bill allows the farmers to sell their produce outside the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) regulated markets. The APMCs are government-controlled marketing yards or mandis. So, the farmers clearly have more choice on who they want to sell. The government's logic, economic expert Gurcharan Das writes in TOI, is that the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) is an obsolete institution from an age of scarcity, meant to protect the farmer but has now become his oppressor, a monopoly cartel fixing low prices for the farmers' produce, forcing distress sales. The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and   Farm Services Bill, 2020: This Bill makes provisions for the setting up of a framework for contract farming. The farmer and an ordained buyer can strike a deal before the production happens. The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill 2020:  The Farm

MuleSoft

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MuleSoft is a data integration platform built to connect a variety of data sources and applications, and perform analytics and ETL processes. MuleSoft has also developed connectors for SaaS applications to allow analysis on SaaS data in conjunction with cloud-based and traditional data sources. Mulesoft is an widely used Integrated Platform that combines SaaS and Enterprise applications in the Cloud. For resulting the unified Integration experience “Mule ESB” (Enterprise Service Bus) and “Cloud Hub” are great for quick and Safe on-Premises and Cloud Integration. Mulesoft company platform, called Anypoint Platform, combines various tools to manage, test and develop the application programming interfaces (APIs). What is MuleSoft used for? MuleSoft is used to unify data to deliver a single view of the customer, automate business processes, and build connected experiences. By using a modern API-led approach, each integration becomes a reusable building block. Is MuleSoft good for ETL? M

Diego Maradona

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                                                   Diego Armando Maradona was an Argentine professional football player and manager. He was regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, he was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award. In Argentina, he was worshipped as 'El Dios' - The God - partly a play on words on his number 10 shirt, 'El Diez.' He was best known for leading Argentina to the 1986 World Cup title. Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona has passed away at his home in Tigre after suffering a cardiac arrest at the age of 60. Birth: 30 October 1960, Lanus

Cyclone Nivar

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Cyclone Nivar is very likely to cross Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mamallapuram around Puducherry during 25th November 2020 evening as a severe cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 100-110 kmph. The cyclone is also likely to affect the coast of Andhra Pradesh told by NDRF team. The weather department issued a red alert in Tamil Nadu and directed the authorities to prepare for very heavy rain in Thanjavur, Nagapattinam and Tiruvarur districts. Origin: Cyclone Nivar is the fourth cyclone in the North Indian Ocean region this year. The earlier three cyclones were – Cyclone Amphan that hit the eastern Indian Subcontinent in May, Cyclone Nisarga that hit Maharashtra in June 2020, and Cyclone Gati that made landfall in Somalia on November 22. Cyclone Nivar will be the second cyclone to hit Tamil Nadu in two years after Cyclone Gaja in 2018.Cyclone Nivar came into being after the build-up of a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal that turned into a severe cyclonic st

Love Jihad

Love Jihad     is an Islamophobic conspiracy theory alleging that Muslim men target women belonging to non-Muslim communities for conversion to Islam by feigning love. The Uttar Pradesh Home Department has sent a proposal to the state's Law Ministry for a stringent law to deal with the alleged religious conversion of women in the name of marriage, which BJP leaders refer to as "love jihad" . The draft ‘Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion Bill 2020’ is aimed at curbing the alleged trend of ‘love jihad’ – or an alleged conspiracy, involving the conversion of Hindu women to Islam under the garb of love and marriage.