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Introduction: Space tourism   In the 21st century, space has been a new recreational place for human being.  Interest of people is rapidly increasing to explore the space. With this space tourism concept, space has been more accessible to non astronauts and those want to travel space other than scientific purposes. Three private companies are now competing with each other to be the leader in this space tourism business. The name of the Companies are – Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic and Space X. The progress of the above three companies will decide the fate of the space tourism in the future and whether space travel can become one day as accessible as air travel. Previous Space Tourists: The first space tourist was Dennis Tito, who in 2001  visited International Space Station on a Russian Soyuz TM-32 spacecraft by paying USD 20 million and spent eight days there. Only seven other private citizens had travelled to space till 2009 and after that Russian space agency  had ...

OPSC Bhawan Odisha Odisha Civil Service preliminary examination which was earlier scheduled on May, is now rescheduled to be conducted on 27th August 2021. The wait, presumptions all are over now the candidates can focus on their studies for the success in the examination. The examination will be conducted in two sittings. First sitting will be from 10 A.M to 12 A.M the questions will be based on general studies and it will carry 200 marks for 100 questions. Second sitting will be from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM. Second sitting examination is qualifying in nature an it will consists of 80 questions (200 marks) from aptitude, English, communication etc. There is negative marking also which is 25 % of the mark of the question. Physically challenged category candidates will be given extra 40 minutes in both the sittings.

Introduction:   Vitamin K is a water insoluble vitamin and is also called coagulation vitamin. This vitamin is essential for the production of a type of protein called prothrombin and other factors involved in the blood clotting mechanism. You should know the fact that ptothrombin levels in the blood determine the rate at which the blood clots in the body. For blood to clot, fibrinogen a soluble protein must be converted into fibrin. Thrombosis catalyses the proteolysis of fibrinogen to yield fibrin. Sources: Vitamin K rich foods Plant sources-  spinach, cabbage, broccoli, lettuce, cauliflower, soyabean, wheat, oats. Animal sources- Milk, Meat, yoghurt Function: Helps in clotting of blood, participates in bone formation and remodeling. Necessary for formation of bone matrix and mineral deposition. This vitamin is essential for the prevention of internal bleeding and haemorrhages. Vitamin K is also important for the normal functioning of the liver. This also involve in energy p...

Introduction: Calcium is denoted by the symbol Ca. It is one of the major elements found in human body. An adult man weighing 60 kg has nearly 1 kg of Calcium in the body. Almost 99% of body's Calcium is found in the hard tissues of the body such as bones and teeth. Vitamin D plays vital role for the absorption of Calcium. Sources: Calcium rich foods Rich sources : Milk and leafy vegetables like amaranth, fenugreek, drumstick etc. Good sources : Ragi, small fishes. Function: Calcium plays essential role in the formation of bones and teeth. Calcium is also known own to be a good clotting agent. Calcium helps enhancing the permeability of capillary walls. Calcium is essential for contraction of heart and muscle. Excitability of nerve and heart muscles are regulated by Calcium. Calcium acts as an activator for the enzymes present in the gastric juice. Calcium is required for proper foetal growth and accelerates all healing process. Maintenance of overall health is one of the m...

Importance of Omega-6 fatty acids: Omega-6 fatty acids are polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) as the fatty acids contain more than one cis double bonds.These are also called essential fatty acids as human body cannot itself produce so these are obtained from the diet. The parent fatty acid of Omega-6 is Linoleic acid. Types: 1.      Linoleic acid 2. Arachidonic acid Optimum use of Omega-6 and Omega-3 fatty acids: Ratio of Omega-6 is to Omega-3 to be between 1:1, and 1:4, but studies suggest that those who follow western diet may consume a ratio of 15:1 and almost 17:1 . Sources : Omega-6 rich foods Linoleic acid sources: Vegetable Oils 🛢,  sunflower 🌻 Oil, Soyabean Oil, almonds, foods cooked in vegetable oils. Arachidonic acid sources: Meat 🍖,  poultry, eggs 🥚   Requirements: 17-20 grams/day for adult male. 12-13 gram/day for adult female . Benefits: Omega-6 is an important structural component of cell membranes. Replacing saturated fat with Omega-6 low...