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The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur will confer a doctorate on former sprint queen PT Usha, who missed a medal by a whisker at the 1984, Los Angeles Olympics. The degree, Doctor of Science (honoris causa – a degree awarded as a mark of esteem) will be conferred on June 16 to mark the 50th convocation of the prestigious institute of the country. This is her second doctorate – in 2002, Kannur University had conferred D.Lit on her.

Gear Lapping is an operation after heat treatment. Gear lapping is the process of imparting a very fine finish and high degree of accuracy to gear teeth, by using a lapping tool and applying a fine-grained abrasive between a work material and a closely fitting surface, called a lapping plate.

Magnesium is dissolved in seawater at a concentration of about 1,000 parts per million and is the only metal directly extracted from seawater.

Protoplasm is the living content of a cell that is surrounded by a plasma membrane.

J. E. Purkinje in the year 1839 coined the term 'protoplasm' for the fluid substance of the cell.