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1.      Koyna Dam, Maharashtra Koyna Dam Koyna Dam is built across river Koyana in Koyna Nagar, Maharashtra with a height of 103m. It is one of the largest dams in Maharashtra located in the Western Ghats. The lake founded by the Koyna dam is called The  Shivaji Lake ; the area is surrounded by the natural beauty of Sahyadri Mountains Ranges. ·         Height: 339 ft ·         Length: 2,648 m ·         Type: Rubble-Concrete dam ·         River: Koyna River ·         Location: Maharashtra ·         Installed capacity: 1,960 MW 2.      Indira Sagar Dam, Madhya Pradesh Indira Sagar Dam Indira Sagar dam built on the Narmada river with a height of 92m is concre...

29th December  is observed as the  World Biodiversity Day  to create awareness about the importance of the conservation of biodiversity.  Biodiversity  is the foundation of the healthy and functioning  ecosystem. Many  species of animals and plants are now on the verge of extinction due to the interference in their natural  ecosystems.  The  Red data book  is the record of the list of animals and plants which are facing the risk of danger. It contains Red, Pink and Green pages . Species treated as threatened are listed by various agencies as well as by some private organisations. The most cited of this list is the Red Data Book. It is a loose-leaf volume of information on the status of many kinds of species. This volume is continually updated and is issued by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (lUCN) located in Morges, Switzerland . The Red Data Book was first issued in 1966 by the lUCN’s Special Survival Com...

A Canadian engineer of Scottish birth, Fleming was a prolific designer who was knighted for his accomplishments by Queen Victoria in 1897. Sandford Fleming He was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland in 1827, a period when regions used the solar time to set their own clocks. Fast-forward to Ireland in 1876, when a mistake printed in a timetable caused Fleming to miss his train, an incident which apparently inspired his proposal for the introduction of standardised time. He presented the idea of a worldwide standard time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute (RCI) on February 8, 1879. Fleming advocated for dividing the world into  24  time zones beginning at the Greenwich Meridian and spaced at  15  degree intervals. It followed the introduction of  Greenwich Mean Time  across Great Britain in 1847. His proposal gave way to the International Prime Meridian Conference which convened in 1884 and was attended by 25 nations. It was here that ...

Monetary policy  is the process by which the  monetary   authority of a country, like the central bank(like Reserve bank of India(RBI) or the currency board, controls the supply of money, often targeting an inflation rate or interest rate to ensure price stability and general trust in the currency. Fiscal policy   is the means by which a government adjusts its spending levels and tax rates to monitor and influence a nation's economy.

Overall List INDIA Ranking/Total Countries Source Notes Population 2/221 CIA World Factbook Total Population(July 2015) 1,251,695,584 Population density 30/238 Countries of the World (2013) Derived from the  CIA World Factbook  figures for population divided by area List of sovereign states and dependent territories by fertility rate 79/223 CIA World Factbook TFR Ranking 2.58 in 2012 English-speaking population 2/133 Census of India 10.35% (125,226,449) English speakers out of 1,210,000,000 eligible population Population Density 31/241 Economist Intelligence Unit 382 people per km 2  as of 1 March 2011 Human Development Index 130/187 United Nations 2015 report Literacy rate 168/234 Census of India 2011 Economy Globalization Index 107/184 ETHZ  KOF Index of Globalization  2016 World Competitiveness Scoreboard 32/59 IMD International   2011 Fm Global Resilience Index 119/130 FM global 2015 Index of Economic Freedom 124/179 The Wall Stree...