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The author of the book 'Panchashati Galpo' is Atin Bandyopadhyay or Atin Banerjee. He was a writer of Bengali literature.

The kidneys are stimulated to produce renin by a decrease in the blood pressure.

The renin-angiotensin system or RAS regulates blood pressure and fluid balance in the body. When blood volume or sodium levels in the body are low, or blood potassium is high, cells in the kidney release the enzyme, renin. Renin's primary function is therefore to eventually cause an increase in blood pressure, leading to restoration of perfusion pressure in the kidneys.

The Civil Rights Movement :

The Civil Rights Movement in the United States was a struggle by black Americans to gain full citizenship rights and achieve racial equality.

Individuals and organizations challenged discrimination with a variety of activities, including protest marches, boycotts, and refusal to abide by segregation laws.

Many believe that the movement began with the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 and ended with the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is located at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

• This is the lead centre of ISRO responsible for the design and development of launch vehicle technology focusing on rocket and space vehicles for India's satellite programme.

Indian Navy’s survey vessel INS Sarvekshak has become the India’s first warship to install solar power system on board. The solar power system works on sunlight and hence is 100% per cent reliable for power source that can be used for communication equipment, battery charging and general lightings onboard round the clock with battery outputs during night. The system is maintenance free.

In the adult heart, blood in the right chambers of the heart cannot enter the left chambers without passing through the lungs is correct regarding mammalian heart.