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Telecom Secretary J S Deepak was on Wednesday named India’s next Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) from June this year. A 1982 batch IAS officer from Uttar Pradesh, Deepak, who is at present attending the World Mobile Congress at Barcelona, has been shifted with “immediate effect” from the telecom ministry and has been made Officer on Special Duty in the commerce department.

DNA fingerprinting is used to identify the parents, thieves and rapists.

Excessive use of nitrate including manure may be responsible forthe presence of toxic substance in groundwater. Phosphate can also enter the groundwater via excessive use of fertilizers. High application rates of nitrogen containing fertilizers combined with the high-water solubility of nitrate, leads to increased runoff into surface water as well as leaching into groundwater, thereby causing groundwater pollution.

Only a fraction of the nitrogen-based fertilizers, is converted to produce and other plant matter. Nitrate pollution in groundwater comes from pit latrines, it can cause blue baby syndrome.

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.

Every line has an upper limit and a lower limit on the frequency of signals it can carry. This limited range is called the bandwidth

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World Consumer Rights Day is being observed today (15 March 2017) which is an awareness day and theme for this year is 'Building a Digital World Consumers can trust'.