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Gene is a hereditary unit consisting of a sequence of DNA that occupies a specific location on a chromosome and determines a particular characteristic in an organism.

In short it is a piece or segment of chromosome.

Genes undergo mutation when their DNA sequence changes. 

The Planning Commission was an institution in the Government of India started by Jawaharlal Nehru, The First Prime Minister of Independent India, in the year 1950. Later, this was replaced by NITI Aayog in 2015 by now and than Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals by fostering the involvement of State Governments of India in the economic policy-making process.

NITI Aayog means National Institute for Transforming India. Narendra Modi is the Chairman of NITI Aayog.

General education policy is set by multiple levels of the government like Federal, state and local governments. 

Jay Cooke & Company, a major component of the United States banking establishment, found itself unable to market several million dollars in Northern Pacific Railway bonds in september 1873. Cooke's firm, like many others, had invested heavily in the railroads.

Hence, the bankruptcy of Jay Cooke & company initiated the Panic of 1873.

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Sunil Arora, appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner of India.

Adam's Bridge is the name of the bridge between India and Sri Lanka. It is also called as Rama Setu or Rama's Bridge.

The plants which flower only once in their lifetime are called Monocarpic Plants.