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About 150 - 200 species of plant, insect, bird and mammal become extinct every day or 24 hrs.

This is not an accurate but an estimation by U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity and Global Extinction Rates. It is also said that current extinctions were 'up to 100 times higher than the background rate.'

Monetary policy is the process by which the monetary authority of a country, typically the central bank or currency board, controls either the cost of very short-term borrowing or the monetary base, often targeting an inflation rate or interest rate to ensure price stability and general trust in the currency.

The basic objective of monetary policy is to assist the economy in achieving a full-employment, noninflationary level of total output.

Cause-effect chain: Changes in the money supply affect interest rates, which affect investment spending and therefore aggregate demand.

Skimming is the removal of any material or particles that are floating on the surface. Hence, Removal of oil and grease from sewage - waste water is called as skimming.

World Consumer Rights Day is being observed globally on 15 March which is an awareness day for the consumers.

The annual plan control is one of the four types of marketing control system. Annual plan control is essential in order to determine whether all the marketing efforts undertaken by the organisation has been really worthwhile or not. It aims to achieve sales volume,profits and all those objectives which have been set up in the beginning of the year. In an organisation,the top management and middle level management are responsible for the annual plan control. They have to keep a check on the activities undertaken to implement the plans.