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Is snake charming good or bad?

Bad. It is a cruelty towards animals..Animal-rights groups have also made an impact by decrying what they deem to be the abuse of a number of endangered species. Another factor is urbanisation and deforestation, which have made the snakes upon which the charmers rely are increasingly rare.

How is neutralisation useful in our daily life?

Neutralisation is used in various field in our daily lives. They are applied in agriculture in agriculture, industries, health and even at home. Neutralisation in Agriculture: (a) To treat acidic soil (i) Plants cannot grow well in acidic soil. (ii) Lime fertilisers such as powdered lime, CaO, limestone, CaCO3 or ashes of burnt wood are added to the soil to neutralise it acidity. To treat basic soil: (i) Basic soil can be treated by using a compost of rotting vegetables or leaves. (ii) This is because the rotting vegetables and leaves decompose to liberate carbon dioxide gas. (iii) The acidic ...

What is a natural fibre?

Natural fibers can be defined as substances produced by plants and animals that can be spun into filament, thread or rope and in a next step be woven, knitted, matted or bound.Natural fibres are subdivided into bast fibres (flax, hemp, jute and kenaf) and leaf fibres (sisal, pineapples and henequen), grass fibres (bamboo and miscanthus), straw fibres (corn and wheat), seed fibres (cotton and capok), wood fibres (pinewood), and fruit fibres (coconut).

Which atomic power station in India is built completely indigenously?

Kalpakkam is the atomic power station in India which is built indigenously.

What is the third most common gas found in the air we breathe?

The most common gas people breathe from clean air is nitrogen. Air is a mixture of gases, and the air on Earth contains about 78 percent nitrogen and about 21 percent oxygen. Argon, carbon dioxide neon, helium, methane, krypton, hydrogen and xenon are in much smaller amounts.

India is declared free of polio disease. How has this been possible?

India and 10 other Asian countries have been declared free of polio, meaning the disease has been eradicated in 80% of the world."This is a momentous victory for the millions of health workers who have worked with governments, nongovernmental organisations, civil society and international partners to eradicate polio from the region," said the WHO's regional director, Poonam Khetrapal Singh. The certification is particularly significant in India, home to 1.2 billion people, which until 2009 accounted for half of all cases globally. The certification confirms one of India's biggest public health success stories, accomplishing something once thought impossible, thanks to a ...

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