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The Nobel Prize Winners - 2018

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The Nobel Prize is a set of international awards which are widely regarded as the most prestigious awards given for intellectual achievement in the world. They are awarded annually from a fund bequeathed for that purpose by the Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel. The Nobel Prizes are conferred in six disciplines. Due to some controversy Literature Prize is not being given this year. The Nobel Peace Prize winners are being selected by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. The recipient of the Nobel Prize for 2018 are listed below:- 1. October 1, 2018—Dr. James P. Allison of USA and Dr. Tasuku Honjo of Japan won the Nobel Prize 2018 in Physiology or Medicine jointly on October 1, 2018 for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation. 2. October 2, 2018—Ms. Donna Strickland of Canada and Mr. Gerard Mourou of France and Mr. Arthur Ashkin of USA won the Nobel Prize for 2018 in Physics on October 2, 2018 for breakthroughs in las...
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Current Affairs - National

1. The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has organised a seminar on Gandhian thoughts and Swachhta to make India a Swacch Bharat by 2019 -150 the birthday celebration of Mahatma Gandhi. 2. The GoI has notified the sale of electoral bond by SBI through its 29 authorized branches from 1.11.2018 to 10.11.2018. 29. These SBI branches are in cities like New Delhi, Gandhinagar, Chandigarh, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Mumbai, Jaipur, Lucknow, Chennai, Kolkata and Guwahati. The concept of electoral bond was initiated in Union Budget 2017.Later on Electoral bond scheme 2018 was introduced. 3. The sixth edition of North East festival is being organized till October 28, 2018 in New Delhi and the 15th edition of Indian International Centre festival is to be held from 27-31 October 2018 4. India railways announced its plan to link New Delhi and Ladakh by means of a railway line that will run along the India-China Border. The proposed Bilaspur-Manali-Leh Line would be the ...
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Heat

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Heat Heat is the transfer of energy from a hot body. The sense of touch can be used to understand the degree of hotness or coldness of something. But the sense of touch is not reliable and cannot be always used to say how much hot anything is. Moreover, using the sense of touch can be risky in case of something very hot. Thus, hotness of anything is measured in terms of TEMPERATURE in reliable way. To measure temperature a device called THERMOMETER is used. Unit of heat: There are three units which are used to measure the temperature: Degree Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin. Degree Celsius : Degree Celsius is written as °C and read as degree Celsius or simply Celsius. For example 20°C; it is read as twenty degree Celsius. Fahrenheit : Fahrenheit is written as °F and read as degree Fahrenheit. For example 25°F; it is read as twenty five degree Fahrenheit. Kelvin:   Kelvin is written as K. For example 100K; it is read as...
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