OXYMORON

.One interesting word in English. OXYMORON

What is oxymoron?

An Oxymoron is defined as a phrase in which two words of opposite meanings are brought together....

Here are some funny oxymorons :

1)  Clearly Misunderstood
2)  Exact Estimate
3)  Small Crowd
4)  Act Naturally
5)  Found Missing
6)  Fully Empty
7)  Pretty Ugly
8)  Seriously Funny
9)  Only Choice
10)  Original Copies
11)  Open Secret
12) Tragic Comedy
13) Foolish Wisdom
14) Liquid Gas

Mother of all Oxymorons is-

15) "Happily Married". like that

Solar DEMU trains start rolling

Solar DEMU trains start rolling: This is how much Indian Railways will save

The Indian Railways spends a huge amount of money on diesel to power its trains each year which, apart from the monetary impact, also takes an environmental toll. To address the issue, the Railways is looking seriously at solar and flagged off a solar DEMU rake recently.

The Indian Railways’ newly launched solar diesel multiple unit trains (DEMU) are expected to save hundreds of crores for the government in fuel bills as well as reduce the carbon emissions. The Indian Railways spends a huge amount of money on diesel to power its trains each year which, apart from the monetary impact, also takes an environmental toll. To address the issue, the Railways is looking seriously at solar and flagged off a solar DEMU rake recently. The department has already increased the speed of installing rooftop solar in railway stations and railway crossings. The solar DEMUs will take the energy saving plan of the department a step further.

Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu has set a target of saving the Railways Rs 41,000 crore in energy expenditure over the next 10 years. For that, the solar power project is crucial. In the 2016-17 budget, Prabhu targeted setting up 1,000 MW solar power generation capacity to reduce the reliance on diesel.

According to an energy policy report published by the Indian Railways in November 2016, the cost of energy consumed by the Railways is 24.16 per cent of its ordinary working expense which breaks into 14.72% diesel expenditure and 9.44% on electricity. The diesel bill of the Railways increased from Rs 7,297 crore in 2007-08 to Rs 22,716 crore in 2014-15. It is one of the largest consumers of diesel fuel in India. In 2013-14, the diesel consumption of Indian Railways was around 2.6 billion litres, as per official data.

According to the Railways, the solar DEMU system helps reduce carbon footprint of these commuter trains and cuts carbon dioxide emission by 9 tonnes per coach per annum. It projects a saving of 21,000 litres of diesel per DEMU train with six trailer coaches and that will translate into savings of Rs 12 lakh per year. The proportional rise will be seen as coaches increase to 10 coach rake with eight trailer coaches. The Indian Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai has manufactured the new train which will run on a 1,600 hydraulic horsepower (HHP) DEMU unit.

The Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore conducted a research and trial runs of such DEMU rakes and projected an ideal return on investment period of about 7.5 years. However, it said that the period could go up to as much as 10.6 years if the annual rate of depreciation of the solar photovoltaic system is considered. The coach has a life of 25 years. Considering the fact that Indian Railways operates over 63,500 coaches and most of them are exposed to sunlight of at least 300 days on average according to the Railways, this system could be expanded to save hundreds of crores of rupees for the department.

Obj Questions

.1.biggest Indoor Stadium in India
Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium at Delhi

2. Vijendra Kumar Singh is related to which sport-boxing

3.minimum short term natural hazard is - bolt of lightning

4. DOTS treatment given to patient suffering from-tuberculosis

5. WHICH DYNASTY WAS RULING IN VIJAYANAGAR EMPIRE AT THE TIME OF - BATTLE OF TALIKOTA
TULUVA

6. which of the following sultan's died while playing - polo or Chaugan
Qutab Din Aibak

7. name the gas used in preparation of bleaching powder-chlorine

8. the depletion of Ozone layer is caused by-chloro fluoro carbons

9. Sariska and Ranthambore are the reserves for-tiger

10. the prestigious Jawahar Lal Nehru award for international understanding is instituted by-Indian Council for cultural relations

11. Phosphorus kept in water because
its ignition temperature is very low

12. the famous Dilwara Temple of Mount Abu are a sacred pilgrimage place for the -Jains

13. the unit of measurement of noise is decibel
14. the commonly used coolant in refrigerator is - freon

15. the completer for of IC in electronics is integrated circuit

16.who among the following did Gandhiji regard as his political Guru Gopal Krishna Gokhale

18.Constitutional Amendment Act deals with the elementary education as fundamental right -86th amendment act-Article 21

19. the world's largest island is Green Island

20. seawater is salty than rain water because rivers wash away Salt from earth and put them into the sea

21. Pannalal Ghosh played which of the following musical instruments flute

22. Rio Summit is associated with convention on biological diversity -1992 Earth Summit

23.polyploidy(plants) arises due to change in the number of chromosomes

24. which South Korean father in May 2016 won the 2016 Man Booker International prize for her novel The vegetarian
han Kang

25.special drawing rights were created by IMF

26.in which of the following states India's first green rail corridor was recently launched Tamilnadu

27.the Andaman is separated from Nicobar by which water body 10 degree channel

28. the suicidal bags of the cell are lysosomes

29.in arc welding organ is used because of its low reactivity with metal

30. In India which city is known as city of palaces Kolkata

31.inert gases are chemically unreactive

32. chemical name of vinegar is acetic acid

33.Jallikattu is associated with which Indian festival Pongal

34.Aung San Suu Kyi is the foreign minister of Myanmar

35 the amount of insurance cover provided by Indian Railways for passengers at a premium of Rupee 1 is 10 lacs

36 the members of Rajya Sabha are elected by elected members of the Legislative Assembly

37 which of these is a dwarf planet Eris

38 the concept of joint sector implies cooperation between public sector and private sector Industries

39 what was the chief objective of the Wahabi movement purifier Islam (leader Syed Ahmad)

40. the ghatampur thermal power plant recently approved by cabinet is to be set up in Uttar Pradesh

41 who among the following is credited with starting the work on plant tissue
culture -haberlandt

42. what causes the mottling of the dental enamel high levels of fluoride in the water

43 which one of the following process is responsible for the glittering of air bubble rising through water total internal reflection of light

44. in an optical fibre the signal is transmitted due to the total internal reflection

45 in it, the method for updating the main memory as soon as a word is removed from the cache is called right back

46 which one of the following is not a non conventional source of energy natural gas

47 the space shuttle which took Sunita Williams beyond earth was Discovery

48. selling cost have to be incurred in case of monopolistic competition

49 the earliest reference to Sati custom is made in which of the following inscriptions Eran inscription of Bhanu Gupta

50 which is the heaviest metal among the following gold

51 which of the following uses the spawn mechanism to duplicate itself warm

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CAG raps Railways for serving food ‘unsuitable’ for consumption

CAG raps Railways for serving food ‘unsuitable’ for consumption

The CAG report said unpurified water straight from the tap was used in preparation of beverages, waste bins were not found covered, not emptied regularly and not washed, food was not covered to protect it from flies, insects and dust, and rats and cockroaches were found in trains.

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on Friday came down heavily on the Railways saying cleanliness and hygiene were not being maintained in catering units at stations and in trains and it was serving food unsuitable for human consumption. “During the inspection at select 74 stations and 80 trains, audit noticed that cleanliness and hygiene are not being maintained at catering units at stations and in trains,” the Comptroller and Auditor General of India said in a report tabled in Parliament.

“Articles unsuitable for human consumption, contaminated foodstuff, recycled foodstuff, shelf life expired packaged and bottled items, unauthorised brands of water bottles are offered for sale on stations,” the CAG said..

Railway Fears Air Travel will be No 1 choice in Next 3years

Railways blueprint confirms its fears: Air travel will be No. 1 choice in three years

The blueprint analyses government statistics to show that 25 per cent of domestic air travel happens over inter-city distances within 500 km — a segment where the Railways was always believed to enjoy a monopoly — contrary to popular perception that air travel is chosen only for 800-1,000-km distances.

A blueprint prepared by the Railways has just confirmed its worst fear: within the next three years, domestic airlines will overtake it as India’s most preferred mode of long-distance travel for upper-class passengers. The projection for 2019-2020 is detailed in a blueprint on the future business scenario prepared by the Railway Ministry, raising the first official red flag over the national transporter losing its upper-class clientele to the booming domestic airlines sector.

While speed has traditionally provided the edge for airlines, “price” has now given them a complementary advantage, says the blueprint, which warns that these two factors need to be taken up on an urgent basis.

The blueprint analyses government statistics to show that 25 per cent of domestic air travel happens over inter-city distances within 500 km — a segment where the Railways was always believed to enjoy a monopoly — contrary to popular perception that air travel is chosen only for 800-1,000-km distances.

It is essential that Indian Railways addresses the two key value propositions of airlines passenger business — price and speed — immediately to sustain its core business in the passenger segment in the future,” it says.

This should serve as a “wake up call”, and require clear cut strategies on pricing and capacity augmentation, it says.

The blueprint is part of an internal assessment report commissioned by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and prepared by the Railway Board to map a comprehensive overhaul and possible course correction.

”With the proliferation of airports into small towns and massive thrust of low-cost airlines to Tier-II and III cities, there is a clear pattern emerging of air being preferred for even shorter hauls by passengers,” it says.

Apart from airfares coming closer to rail fares, proactive government policies like UDAAN, which provides for air travel of less than an hour for Rs 2,500 will also provide impetus to the civil aviation sector, the blueprint concludes.

”This should be viewed as an overall healthy trend for the economy,” NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy told The Indian Express. “For shorter distances, the Railways had started losing share to the road sector, and now for long-distance travel, civil aviation sector has been claiming its share. Eventually, multimodal transport development will happen seamlessly, and it will not be viewed as an either-or binary of road and air travel,” he says.

The number of total passengers carried by domestic airlines has been spiking towards the 100-million mark for the last few years. They carried around 97.8 million between December 2015 and November 2016, the report notes. The comparable classes on Indian Railways — First AC, AC-II, III and First Class — carry on an average 145 million passengers every year.

For Railways, this segment has been either shrinking or plateaued. From a growth of 9.5 per cent in 2014-15, it shrunk to 5.01 per cent in 2015-16, the report notes. ”The 20 per cent year-on-year growth of the civil aviation sector is likely to sustain in the short run-up to five years and then taper out to a 10 per cent average annual growth rate,” it says.

The report says that till Dedicated Freight Corridors are commissioned in full, the average growth rate of the upper class segment will remain a tepid five per cent. “…the number of passengers by air would exceed the upper class rail passenger numbers by FY 2019-20,” it says.

The Railways has been losing passengers in the up-to 100-km segment over the years prompting the Parliamentary Standing Committee to question it a couple of years ago. At the time, the Railways had attributed it to the proliferation of two-wheelers and improvement in rural road connectivity.

“For years, we have refused to see the writing on the wall. This is the global trend in developed economies, wherein the Railways do not serve long-distance passenger travel. That load is rightly taken by air,” says Ajay Shukla, former Railway Board Member (Traffic).

”Railways should ideally cede the market of long-distance services, like Delhi-Chennai and others to air and free up its own capacity for more freight trains, which will be a real contribution to the economy,” says Shukla.

Bullet Train Speed in India Expected

Delhi to Varanasi in 157 minutes at bullet speed: Report

The same study goes on to say that the distance between Delhi-Lucknow will be covered in 1 hour and 38 minutes, the report says.

In a bid to reduce travel time for trains running on the Golden Quadrilateral network, the Indian Railways is reportedly conducting several high-speed feasibility tests, Financial Express Online reported.

One of the draft reports from the test for the Delhi-Kolkata stretch says that the distance between Delhi-Varanasi will be covered in 2 hours and 37 minutes in a bullet train.

The same study goes on to say that the distance between Delhi-Lucknow will be covered in 1 hour and 38 minutes

Indian Railways rescue operations in Assam

Indian Railways pitches in with relief and rescue operations in Assam

In the wake of floods in the Northeast, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today asked senior rail officials to work in close coordination with state governments of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to ensure smooth relief and rescue operations.
Prabhu convened a special meeting of Railway Board officials to take stock of the flood situation. He also asked the officials to ensure that drinking water supply, food grains, medicines and healthcare facilities movement for North East is given priority and ensure their smooth transportation by the Railways. He directed the officials to extend possible assistance in repairing roads so smooth connectivity may be provided for rescue and relief.

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Indian Railways pitches in with relief and rescue operations in Assam

In the wake of floods in the Northeast, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today asked senior rail officials to work in close coordination with state governments of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh and NDRF to ensure smooth relief and rescue operations.

In the wake of floods in the Northeast, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today asked senior rail officials to work in close coordination with state governments of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to ensure smooth relief and rescue operations.

Prabhu convened a special meeting of Railway Board officials to take stock of the flood situation. He also asked the officials to ensure that drinking water supply, food grains, medicines and healthcare facilities movement for North East is given priority and ensure their smooth transportation by the Railways. He directed the officials to extend possible assistance in repairing roads so smooth connectivity may be provided for rescue and relief.

Rail services are fully operational in the states and have not been affected by the floods, said a senior Railway Ministry official. Railway officials of North Frontier Railways are keeping a watch on the situation and a special control room has been set up, the official said. Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain, who is from Assam, was also present in the meeting.

As many as 80 people have lost their lives in the floods that have hit 58 districts in the Northeast, Union minister Jitendra Singh had said yesterday. Singh, who reviewed the flood situation in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur with officials of these states, said the damage caused by the rains was “unprecedented”.

BRING YOUR OWN FOOD SAID RAILWAYS

.'Bring Your Own' is Railways' Answer to Complaints of Inedible Food

AK Mittal has said that passengers should carry their own food and not rely on the railway pantry till their kitchens are revamped – a process that may take over an year.

New Delhi: The Railways has come up with a temporary solution to complaints of poor quality food on trains – bring your own.

A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report had recently deemed the food served on trains and sold on platforms as "unfit for human consumption".

Adding to the Railways' embarrassment, a lizard was found in a vegetarian biryani served on the Howrah-Delhi Poorva Express. One of the passengers fell ill and later complained that he had developed stomach ulcers and infections. 

Reacting to the complaints, the Railway Board has asked passengers to bring their own food, at least till railway kitchens are revamped. This, the Board says, may take more than a year.

"Passengers should carry their own food. Our kitchens are being revamped and that may take over a year," AK Mittal, Chairman of the Railway Board, said.

Reacting to the CAG report, the Ministry of Railways had claimed that the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC) would be forming a new catering policy by unbundling the current services on trains

Maadhar Replaces Aadhaar card

There is no longer any need to take Aadhaar card for recognition at Public center. 

The Unique Identification Authority of India has brought an app under the name MAdhar.

 
If you download this app on a smart phone, you have Aadhaar card. Let's see if its use is useful.

1.In the Aadhar database you have to download the Mammadar App for a smart phone using the registered mobile No... 

2.The search for mAadhaar goes to Google Play Store and the App will appear. You need to install it. After installing, the password will be prompted in the first step. That means setting password with 8 to 12 characters. There should be at least one number, one alphabet, a special character. If an OTP is accessed during the access, it will not be advertised. App will take itself.

3. Once you get connected your Aadhaar Details will appear in the App. So the internet should be.

Note:-  App does not work offline.

Limitations/Restrictions:-

This app can be used on a mobile. If you are using your SIM (A link with a mobile phone number) and use it on another mobile. There you can download and access the MAdhar App. Soon after, the Mammadar profile on mobile will be deactivated.

If your family has given you your mobile number as a contact number for the other person's Aadhaar number. Then you have to add their Aadhaar profile on your smart phone. 

A user can add three profiles on his mobile. 

For questions  contactmaadhaar@uidai.net.in for assistance.

You will need to give an OTP to mobile number before the profile is added. That is why it is necessary to use the mobile number given during Aadhaar. 

The Aadhaar card should contain information on the page after the first password is set. This is called a profile. If you scan the QR code that is on the Aadhaar card, the app will remove the app. Then comes the verification code. The Aadhaar App takes this verification code to itself. After that, you will have to enter the MAdhar App first. 

Safe from being phone loss/theft
So if the phone is lost, it does not have to worry. 

Uses ...
Aadhaar does not carry a physical card or xerox copies.

 In the same app, Aadhaar has access to biometric access, lock and unlock lock. 

Users can easily request their profile information by updating their profile details. 

Profile details will be updated after review and approval by the Unique Identification staff. Aadhaar can get information from the MAdhar App that can save the queue code and password with the password. This will enable any service provider to get the details of the Aadhaar with the help of App. 

Users also have a temporary one-time passwords, including an SMS-based OTP, through the App.