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Lead caulked joints are used for laying Earthern ware pipes.

Earthenware is fired at 1900 degrees Fahrenheit, much lower than stoneware. The result is porous pottery that is not as strong as stoneware or porcelain pottery pieces and is cheaper than stoneware.

Durand Cup is associated with the game of Football.

The Durand Football Tournament or Durand Cup is a football competition in India which was first held in 1888. This competition was named after its founder, Sir Mortimer Durand from Simla.

The World Hydrography Day (WHD) is observed every year on June 21 to publicise the work of hydrographers and to create awareness about hydrography which is an essential science before undertaking any activity on or under the sea. The 2017 theme is “Mapping our seas, oceans and waterways – more important than ever”.

We know that, in computers transformation of input into output is performed by the ALU unit i.e, the Arithematic and Logical unit that performs all the logical and arithmatical operations in the CPU - Central Processing Unit.

Dinabandu Mohapatra for - Bank of India

Usha Ananthasubramanian  for - Allahabad Bank

R A Sankara Narayan for - Vijaya Bank

India has been placed in the second spot in the renewable energy country attractiveness index by EY. The UK accountancy firm noted the fast pace of growth in Indian renewable energy in the past three years. Over 10 gigawatt (Gw) of solar power was added between 2015 and 2017 and wind energy capacity grew to 5.4 Gw in 2017-18. This growth is in the context of the government’s ambitious targets — 175 Gw of renewables by 2022, with 40 per cent installed capacity from renewables by 2030 — and the dramatic price falls in photovoltaic technology.