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Senior IPS officer Alok Kumar Verma, Delhi Police Commissioner was appointed as new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation. He will have tenure of two years. He was selected by a three-member committee comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice J S Khehar and Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge. He will take over from interim director Rakesh Asthana, who was handed the reins of the premier investigating agency after former director Anil Sinha retired on December 2, 2016.

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’.

It takes 248 yrs for Pluto to orbit the Sun.

In the body, the fat stored can be served as a cushions or insulation which protects the vital organs in the body from the external damage in the environment.

A door is not a door when it is a jar.

Glands are of two types. The exocrine glands have ducts to carry their secretions and these secretions contain enzymes. on the other hand, endocrine glands are ductless glands and they secrete mainly horomones.