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Rocket specialist K. Sivan has been appointed as new Chairman of India's space agency ISRO for a three-year term. He replaces current ISRO Chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar, whose term ends January 14, 2018.

• He is currently Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Trivandrum.

• His expertise gave ISRO ability to send 104 satellites in a single mission.

Ajanta paintings depict scenes from the Jataka Tales. The Jataka tales are a voluminous body of literature native to India. The stories in that are associated with previous births of Gautama Buddha in both human and animal form.

Mammals and Birds are Warm-blooded Animals.

Warm-blooded animals have body temperatures that usually stay the same Whether it is sunny and hot outside or there is a snowstorm.They are able to regulate their body temperature which changes with temperature of environment.

• Warm Blooded Animals :: Apes, Monkeys, Whales, Elephants, Cheetahs, Giraffes, Pets, Felines, Pigs and Humans(all other live birth bearing creatures that nurse their young)..

• Cold Blooded Animals :: All Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish as well as Insects (Bugs).

International court of Justice (ICJ) is the main judicial organ or branch of the United Nations, sometimes people call it the World Court. ICJ was established in the year 1945 and has its headquarters at The Hague, Netherlands.

Rights guaranteed by law, is the best description of Civil liberties.

Civil liberties are also called as personal freedoms. They are personal guarantees and freedoms that the government cannot abridge, either by law or by judicial interpretation, without due process.

BidhanNagar in Kolkata, West Bangal is popularly known as Salt Lake City.

Sea appears blue in colour due to the scattering of the rays when they hit water molecules