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Plants make their own food through the process of photosynthesis. Plants are self-sufficient. Green plants have the ability to prepare their own food and this is the reason why they are called autotrophs.

They make their own food through the process of photosynthesis using light energy to make sugars from carbon dioxide (C02) and water (H20). The chlorophyll which is present in the leaves is the main reason for the production of food in the plants and it is the reason for the greenery of the leaves too.

Hard drive or disc is used to store the users information and its capacity is measured in Giga Bytes (GB) and Tera Bytes (TB).

Magellan was a Portuguese sailor who was the first to sail round the world.

Brahmos, the world’s fastest supersonic cruise missile created history on today after it was successfully flight- tested for the first time from the IAF’s frontline fighter aircraft Sukhoi-30MKI against a sea-based target in the Bay of Bengal.

The armed forces are now capable of launching the Brahmos, which has a strike range of around 290 km and is described as the world’s fastest supersonic cruise missile, from land, sea and air, completing the tactical cruise missile triad for the country.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) elected Nilesh Shivji Vikamsey as president and Naveen N D Gupta as vice-president. They have been elected for the year 2017-18. Vikamsey, who served as vice-president, has been a member of the ICAI since 1985. Gupta has been a chartered accountant for more than 20 years.

• The Habeas Corpus writ is issued to produce a person who has been detained, whether in prison or in private custody, before a court and to release him if such detention is found illegal.

• The right to habeas corpus has been used by the Indian judiciary effectively only in order to secure the release of a person from illegal detention.

• If the detained person is unable to seek the writ of habeas corpus, someone else mayact so on his behalf.