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The shortest gestation period known is 12 to 13 days, shared by three marsupials: the American or Virginian opossum (Didelphis marsupialis); the rare water opossum, or yapok (Chironectes minimus) of central and northern South America; and the eastern native cat (Dasyurus viverrinus) of Australia.

Gestation is the period of time between fertilization and birth in oviparous animals.

The elephant has the longest gestation period of about 23 months of any land animal.

For the first time since Nagaland officially gained recognition as a state, a state Police Officer AtuZumvu has been awarded one of the nations' military honour, ‘Shaurya Chakra’.

The Study of Blood is called as Hematology which involves treating diseases that affect the production of blood and its components, such as bloodcells, hemoglobin, blood proteins, bone marrow, platelets, blood vessels, spleen, and the mechanism of coagulation.

The Integrative Project Management Processes include:

Develop Project Charter - Developing the project charter that formally authorizes a project or a project Phase.

Develope Preliminary Project Scope Statement - Developing the preliminary project scope statement that provides a high level scope narrative

Develop Project Management Plan -  Documenting the actions necessary to define, prepare, integrate, and coordinate all subsidiary plans into a project management plan.

Direct and Manage Project Execution- Executing the work defined in the project management plan to achieve the project's requirements defined in the project scope statement.

Monitor and Control Project Work - Monitoring and controlling the processes used to initiate, plan, execute, and close a project to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan.

Integrated Change Control - Reviewing all change requests, approving changes, and controlling changes to the deliverables and organizational process assets.

Close Project - Finalizing all activities across all of the Project Management Process Groups to formally close the project or a Project phase.

Lady of the Lamp

India’s first indigenously built Floating Dock (FDN-2) for the Indian Navy has launched at the L&T Shipbuilding Yard at Kattupalli near Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The Floating Dock is 185 metres long and 40 metres wide and will enable docking of all kinds of vessels, including Naval ships and submarines (excepting aircraft carriers and tankers) of up to 8,000 tonnes displacement, with draughts of up to seven metres, during both day and night. FDN-2 was designed and built by Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (L&T) at a cost of Rs 468 crore.