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Snehlata Shrivastava, appointed as the first woman Secretary General of the Lok Sabha. The appointment was made by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. Ms. Shrivastava will replace Anoop Mishra, who retired on November 30, 2017. 

Ms. Shrivastava, a senior civil servant with 35 years of rich and varied administrative experience is a 1982 batch IAS officer from the Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Rama Devi holds the distinction of the being the first woman secretary general of the Rajya Sabha.

A transformer that increases voltage from primary to secondary (more secondary winding turns than primary winding turns) is called a Step-Up Transformer.

Conversely, a transformer designed to do just the opposite is called a Step-Down Transformer. 

Seawater or salt water is water from a sea or ocean.

On average, seawater in the world's oceans has a salinity of approximately 3.5% or 35 parts per thousand. This means that for every 1 litre (1000 mL) of seawater there are 35 grams of salts dissolved in it.

Hence, The average salinity of seawater is 3.5%.

The cerebellum is a small part of the brain positioned at the back of the head, where it meets the spine, which acts as the body's movement and balance control centre.

It's a lot smaller than the cerebrum at only 1/8 of its size. But it's a very important part of the brain.

The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LOC). In India, the conflict is also referred to as Operation Vijay.