Hypsometer is an instrument for measuring the altitude by the relationship between the atmospheric pressure and the boiling point of a liquid.

Pradhan mantri shram yogi maandhan yojana is a pension scheme for unorganised sector. The scheme was announced by finance minister in union budget 2019. Under the scheme, the workers of the unorganised sector with a monthly income of Rs. 15000 will get Rs. 3000 in the form of pension after attaining 60 years of age.

Pramod Chandra mody who is 1982 batch IRS officer has been chosen as the new chairman of CBDT. He has replaced Sushil Chandra who has been chosen as the new election commissioner of India.

A bill was passed by Himachal Pradesh government to include Sanskrit as the second official language of the state on 16 Feb 2019. With this himachal Pradesh became the second state after Uttarakhand to adopt Sanskrit as an official language.

PM Narendra Modi inaugurated PARAM shivay at IIT-BHU. The supercomputer is built at the cost of Rs. 32.5 crore and has 883 tetraflop capacity. The institute claims that the relevant social problems faced by the common people like irrigation schemes, traffic management , health will also be taken care of with the help of this supercomputer.

Glauber’s salt is a common name for sodium sulphate (Na2SO4.10H2O). it generally occurs as a white or colourless monoclinic crystals but when it is exposed to fairly dry air it effloresces and forms powdery anhydrous sodium sulphate.

Photochemical smog also referred as summer smog, is the chemical reaction of sunlight, nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere. It depends on primary pollutants as well as secondary pollutants. Peroacetylnitrate (PAN) and aldehydes present in smog are responsible for causing eye-irritation.

The time taken by the satellite to complete one revolution in its orbit is called as its period of revolution. The period of revolution of a satellite revolving near the surface of the earth is 1 hour 24 min (84 minutes)

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection that causes infected sores, blisters or ulcers on your genitals, anus or mouth. The bacteria responsible for it are Treponema pallidum. It is easy to treat and is curable in the early stages but if you don’t get treatment it can cause serious health problems.