Questions

Although demand curves are typically downward sloping to reflect that consumers’ utility for a good diminishes with increased consumption, firm supply curves are generally upward sloping.The upward sloping character reflects that firms will be willing to increase production in response to a higher market price because the higher price may make additional production profitable.

Here ‘passed each other’ means crossed each other’s path. No preposition is required by ‘passed’.

The Ministry of Women and Child Development has launched #Childline1098 childline contest to spread awareness on human trafficking. 

Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others.

The WCD Ministry has invited people to share images of the logo of Childline 1098, the nationwide emergency helpline for children in distress, that they spot at unique locations and send it with a tagline to win a cash price, in a bid to spread awareness on trafficking.

The contest has been organised to mark 'World Day against Trafficking in Persons' on July 30.

The Childline has been operating at 450 locations, including 76 key railway stations, across the country.

IIT Hyderabad has launched an exclusive incubator "Fabless Chip Design Incubator"(FabCI) to boost chip design.