Currently there are 36 member countries of OECD. Colombia was officially invited on 25 may, 2018 for being a member and signing accession agreement with OECD.

Buxar thermal power plant has recently been inaugurated by PM Narendra modi. The 1320 MW capacity plant is located in chausa village in Buxar district of Bihar. It will generate 9828 million units of energy in a year.

Ayushman bharat yojna or Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna is a centrally sponsored scheme launched in 2018 under the Ayushman Bharat Mission of MoHFW in India. About 26 states and union territories have accepted the scheme till now except Delhi, Orissa and Telangana.

A tulip flower exhibits a partially yellow petal because of the mutation in its genes.

Gastroenteritis happens when bacteria causes an infection in our gut. The symptom varies depending upon the type of bacteria causing the infection. Washing tomatoes thoroughly will not get rid of Salmonella typhimurium which is responsible for causing gastroenteritis in humans.

The thyroid is a butterfly shaped organ located in the base of the neck. The hormones secreted by it are thyroxine and Triiodothyronine which are produced by the follicular cells of thyroid gland.

A solar furnace is a structure that uses concentrated solar power to produce high temperature, usually for industry. Concave mirrors are used in solar furnaces because concave mirrors reflect the light towards a single focal point due to which the solar furnace gets very hot.

The speed of sound is different in different medium. It basically depends upon the elasticity and the density of the medium. Thus, the speed of sound is maximum in solids and minimum in gases.

Electrostatic attraction is a phenomenon in which a positively charged molecule or atom gets attracted towards negatively charged molecule. It is also known as coulomb’s law. Coulomb discovered the law of electrostatic attraction in 1779.