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Nirmala Sitharaman, who took oath as the new Cabinet member in september 2017 under Narendra Modi, has been given the Defence Ministry portfolio. Incidentally, she has become the first dedicated woman defence minister of India and only the second woman to hold the crucial ministry after Indira Gandhi. 

1. In India Alluvial Soils are most likely found in Indo-Gangetic Plains that stretches across almost East and North India. 

2. Indo-Gangetic Plains has got this name after the two rivers The Indus and The Ganges Drain th plain.

3. These soil cover more than the 35% of the total land in India.

4. These Soils are suitable for Wheat, Vegetables, Cotton, Bajra, Oil seeds,...

5. These soils tend to be sandier and has quick draining properties than many other soils in India.

Sunanda K Datta-Ray

Hemopoiesis begins in the red bone marrow, with hemopoietic stem cells that differentiate into myeloid and lymphoid lineages.

Myeloid stem cells give rise to all the other formed elements, including the erythrocytes; megakaryocytes that produce platelets; and a myeloblast lineage that gives rise to monocytes and three forms of granular leukocytes: neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils.

Excretion rates of drugs vary greatly depending upon:

* The type of drug taken.

* The medical condition of the person who took the drug.

Nonvolatile drugs are excreted in the body through renal excretion or through kidneys and bladder by means of urine. Other drugs are excreted either by means of sweat, bile, milk, saliva or other body fluids.