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“Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana” was launched by the Ministry for Social Justice and Empowerment on 1 April 2017 at Nellore (Andhra Pradesh). Under the scheme, physical aids and assisted-living devices for senior citizens were distributed to senior citizens belonging to below poverty line (BPL) category.

– The scheme has been implemented through the sole implementing agency – Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation (ALIMCO), a public sector undertaking. The aids to be distributed under the “Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana” scheme include walking sticks, elbow crutches, walkers, tripods / quadpods, hearing aids, artificial dentures and spectacles.

– The ambitious scheme, first of its kind in the country, is expected to benefit 5,20,000 Senior citizens over a period of the 3 years.

Sanjay Kothari, Chairman of Public Enterprises Selection Board, has been appointed as Secretary to President-elect Ram Nath Kovind.

It is a set of rules defining a very simple virtual terminal interaction. The NVT is used in the start of a Telnet session.

Ethernet uses Bus topology.

The Doppler effect or Doppler shift is the change in frequency or wavelength of a wave in relation to an observer who is moving relative to the wave source. 

Glucose stored in the form of glycogen in human bodies in the liver and muscles. Excess glycogen is stored as fat cells as liver can store a limited amount of glucose as glycogen.