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1/3 of the posts are reserved for women at all levels in Panchayati Raj System in India.

Panchayat Raj System in India ::

>> Recommend by: Balwantrai Mehta Committee 

>> System: 3-tier

>> Established by: Jawahar Lal Nehru

>> Constitutional amendment: 73rd (1992)

>> Schedule: 11th

>> First state to adopt: Rajasthan

>> Article: 243

>> Direct election: Gram Panchayat

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.

The American Planning Association (APA) has announced this year's international excellence award for the Bhubaneswar smart city project.

The award called Pierre L'Enfant International Planning Excellence Award 2017 will be given on May 8 in New York city.

This is the first time in the 50 years history of APA's annual award programme that an Indian city has been recognised for its planning efforts.

Settled agriculture was first seen in China around 6000 BC. The crops grown at this time were rice and millet.

Beginning in about 618 BC with classical millet agriculture, China's development of farming over the course of its history has played a key role in supporting the growth of what is now the largest population in the world.

Koala is a animal that exclusively eat only eucalyptus leaves and nothing else.

The small intestine is the main area of the GI tract for absorption.

The small intestine has three separate sections. Theyare :

1. The duodenum

2. Jejunum and

3. Ileum.

Hence, the majority of nutrient absorption occurs in the duodenum and jejunum of small intestine.