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The three state-run Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) – Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) have signed an agreement to jointly set up the world’s largest refinery and petrochemical complex at Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra at a cost of $40 billion. The IOC will hold 50% stake and HPCL & BPCL will will take 25% stake each in the new complex. The refinery will produce petrol, diesel, LPG, ATF and feedstock for making petrochemical that are basic building blocks in plastic, chemical and textile industries. The refinery is expected to be completed by 2022.

The clotting of blood is a chain reaction initiated by the enzyme Thrombokinase produced by the platelets. This causes Prothrombin and calcium salts in plasma to join and produce thrombin. Thrombin combines with Fibrinogen to produce Fibrin threads which entangles the corpuscles  to create a clot.

The safeguards and the special powers vested in the Governor General was something like a 'Charter of Slavery' as mentioned by Jawahar Lal Nehru. He compared it with a "machine with all brakes, no engine".

To throw up the sponge means to give up a contest or to acknowledge defeat or surrender