I relished; wrt Bihar though short in wealth the highest turnout in civil services are only from Bihar, maybe because Nalanda existed there?. KR IRS 31123
On Mon, 30 Jan 2023 at 21:32, 'venkat giri' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > *Respected Sir/s,* > > *Q4 What are the most poor states in India and why?* > > *The wealthiest states according to GDP per capita calculations 23rd > Sept2022, in descending order are Delhi, Karnataka, Haryana, Telangana and > Gujarat. The bottom five states are Odisha, Assam, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh > and Bihar.* > > > * Bihar has emerged as India's poorest, with half of its people > living below the poverty line. This state has a poverty rate of about > 33.74%.(as on16-Jan-2023).* > > *Bihar also ranks worst when it comes to percentage of population deprived > of maternal health, percentage of population deprived of years of > schooling, school attendance and percentage of population deprived of > cooking fuel and electricity.* > *Due to high poverty, inequality and a poor education system resulting > from low investment and poor governance, the education and health condition > of Bihar is poor.*Many in Bihar blame the freight equalisation scheme, > poor political vision, under-investments in the key sectors of agriculture, > infrastructure and education. Highest number of malnourished people have > been reported in Bihar. > * Freight equalisation policy was adopted by the government of > India to facilitate the equal growth of industry all over the country. This > meant a factory could be set up anywhere in India and the transportation of > minerals would be subsidised by the central government. **Freight > equalisation policy impaired the growth of mineral rich eastern > states.BIHAR state has lost their competitive advantage of holding the > minerals, as the factories could now be set up anywhere in India.The policy > weakened the incentives for private capital to establish production > facilities in these states. As a result of the policy, businesses preferred > setting up industrial locations closer to the coastal trade hubs and > markets in other parts of the country.* > > > > > > > > *Q5 I have heard that in Japan they have an economic problem similar to > inflation but in reverse. Will someone explain this to me or confirm if it > really exists? JAPAN's economy contracted slightly in Q3 2022. > However, the contraction was mostly due to a drop in net exports. > The COVID-19 pandemic hit the economy hard, provoking a marked > downturn. Economic activity tumbled as sanitary restrictions restrained > consumption and investment. Workers and households with weaker attachment > to employment tended to be most affected. However, robust government > support and the reopening of the economy led to a partial bounceback. > Growth is on course to regain momentum, supported by macroeconomic policies > and progress in vaccination. FDI flows to Japan > remain low compared to most other developed nations across the world and > are relatively unstable. This decline is mainly due to the decline in > household savings rate that results from the ageing of the population. > While the decline is somewhat offset by the increase in corporate savings, > it had not been enough to offset the negative pressure exerted by the > declining household savings. Since > the 1970s, birth rates in Japan have plunged. This means fewer young people > are entering the labour force leading to a decline in the country's > productive potential. Supply chain issues, rising labor costs, > and political issues have highlighted problems with Japan's reliance on > China as a base for its manufacturing investments. With a low birthrate and > ageing population, Japan's social security system is under strain and is > suffering from labor shortages......RegardsV.SridharanTRICHY* > On Tuesday, 31 January, 2023 at 05:00:23 am IST, 'gopala krishnan' via > Thatha_Patty <[email protected]> wrote: > > > *CULTURAL QA 01-2023-31* > > *BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS* > > Q1 What happens when you have two air conditioners in the same > room with different temperature settings turned on? > > A1 Yash Desai, Design Engineer at Murata Manufacturing > (2018–present)7y > > Consider 2 air conditioners one set at the temperature of 25 degree > Celsius and one at 20 degree Celsius. The ambient condition to be 40 degree > Celsius. > > Now when both air conditioners are switched on. *Both of them try to > attain the temperature that is set by us. Now once 25 degree is attained > the compressor of one air conditioner with 25 degree setting would cut off* > and that particular air conditioner would consume electric current > equivalent to a fan. Coming to the other air conditioner it would still > be running at full load trying to attain 20 degrees. Once the 20 degree is > attained the other air conditioner compressor would also cut off. > > *Now since both the air conditioners are cut off the heat would start to > infilter the room because the environment is still at 40 degree.* > > The air conditioner with 20 degree setting would kick start once few > degree increment in room temperature is attained. But the air conditioner > with 25 degree would never start as 5 degree rise with air conditioner > working is difficult to achieve. But if somehow 5 degree rose is made the > second ac would kick start. > > My note- With in the room the average temperature will be 20 degree c > > Q2 Did people die of dental infections before the toothbrush > was invented? > > A2 Um, yes, both before and after. > > *A dental infection can be lethal.* Mostly it just makes you wish you > were dead, but you really don’t want to have a thriving colony of bacteria > in your skull. If it gets into your blood stream, for instance, your life > expectancy might be counted in days or even hours unless you get > penicillin. (I haven’t heard of this actually happening to anyone, though, > but *I had a discussion with my dentist last time I needed a root canal > job, and yes, it used to happen*.) > > *Toothbrushes don’t give your teeth 100% protection against cavities, and > there are many other methods of cleaning your teeth.* > > And actually, dentists don’t know exactly why some people get lots of > cavities with impeccable dental hygiene, and some people never brush > their teeth and don’t have cavities at all. > > Cleaning your teeth lowers the likelihood of cavities, but it’s not a 100% > guarantee. It’s a bit like smoking in that respect: brushing your teeth > will give you a lot lower likelihood of cavities; giving up smoking will > give you a lot lower likelihood of lung cancer. You might smoke all your > life and live until you’re 110; you might clean your teeth after every meal > and still need dentures at 45. > > *Before the toothbrush, people would still clean their teeth. Sometimes by > chewing something, sometimes with toothpicks, sometimes by rinsing their > mouths with some concoction*; in a pinch, you can give your teeth a sort > of decent cleaning just using your index finger by a simple rubbing. > > Their main protection was “not eating any refined sugar”. At all. Sugar > was a prized luxury until very recently, and even though lots of people had > a raft of dental issues, cavities was usually not a huge problem. (*Simple > erosion of teeth was. Egyptian mummies, for instance, often have their > teeth worn down halfway to the bone*; their bread would contain desert > dust that wore down the teeth over a few decades.) And rich people could > have severe issues; *there are plenty of stories of royals who had tooth > decay, and then had their doctors botch treatment*. > > *My note- Once found bad smell in mouth, it is* nature of people to try > some method to reduce it. One is chewing betel leaves. Another is chewing > tender mango leaves. But even with using best tooth paste after a period > of say 2 hours, there might be some smell in mouth due to intake of foods. > > Q3 What is a "design flaw" of the male body? > > A3 Steven Haddock, Studied at York University (Canada)1y > > *Getting back to the testicles, which have to be outside the body because > normal body temperature is fatal to sperm…..* > > And in addition to the fact that having the testicles drop down from the > inside of the body means there’s an opening other body organs can drop > through the same exit, which is what a hernia is….. > > Because the testes and the ovaries are essentially different > manifestations of the same organ, *when they drop down the nerves are > still attached to the center of your abdomen*. > > *As such, when the testes feel pain, it literally feels like being punched > in the gut because your brain can’t tell the difference between a signal > that actually starts inside your abdomen (which would be serious) and one > that merely seems to start from inside your abdomen.* > > Q4 What are the most poor states in India and why? > > A4 Siddarth Krishna,Lives in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India > (2020–present)Sat > > According to the latest census, India has a *poverty rate of 10%, but in > which state is the most concetrated? Well, the answer to that question is > Bihar* > > Bihar is a state located in north east India is you don’t know and has a > population of 120 million people and is the 3rd most populated state in the > country behind Maharashtra and UP, with large populations, comes poverty > with *35% of all Biharis living in poverty or 42 million Biharis*, Bihar, > in terms of percentage is the poorest but by pure people, it’s UP which has > 75 million impoverished people but the 2nd highest poverty rate at 30%, > these 2 states combined equal to 77% of India’s impoverished population, > but, *atleast in UP, the poverty in being reduced *having gone down by > 15% in the 5 years, but, for Bihar, it’s actually been slowly increasing, > proof, in 2020, Bihar’s poverty rate was 33%, not it’s 35%, this can be > related to the NDA taking over, they are some corrupt people who have done > nothing for *Bihar which is a state with tons of potentional,* if Bihar > was under BJP rule, it would be competing with Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in > terms of GDP instead of rotting away, it’s GDP of 94 billion USD which is > actually lower than Kerala’s 125 billion, and note Kerala’s population of > 40 million is 1/3 of Bihar’s but has a GDP 31 billion USD higher, overall, > Bihar kinda brought this down on themselves. > > My note- But this poverty is not much seen in cities very much. Even in > 1995’s when I had been to Jabalpur for training in OCB technology, *outside > our TTC cycles rikshas only waiting to go to railway station/ proper city*. > Now the things would have changed. > > Q5 I have heard that in Japan they have an economic problem > similar to inflation but in reverse. Will someone explain this to me or > confirm if it really exists? > > A5 Kanthaswamy Balasubramaniam,Lawyer1y > > *Assume you have 1 Crore in cash under your mattress. 20 years later, its > still 1 Crore but its value is only equivalent to Rs. 38–43 Lakhs* > > The rule being Money has to be spent in an economy to stimulate economic > activity and keep good inflation steady > > Sadly Japan taught the world a crucial lesson > > *In the 1980s - Japan was flush with money and they kept reinvesting their > money within Japan and Hong Kong*. This was because South Korea had US > money. India, China and almost all of Asia were Socialist economies who > never allowed Foreign money. > > US and EU did not have laws to allow many Japanese Investments back then. > > *So what could Japan do?* > > Eventually they had so much money that they had to throw it away.*Loans > became Cheaper, Cheaper and more Cheaper.* > > When Credit is cheap, Cost of Finance is Cheap > > When Cost of Finance is cheap, Product price becomes cheaper and cheaper.*This > means Costs come down and Prices Fall* > > Initially Japan didn’t know how bad the problem was and enjoyed the lower > prices immensely. *A TV Set crashed from 127400 Yen to 77200 Yen in > barely 8 months in 1987* > > But then the ripple began:- > > As Cost lowered and Products became cheaper, Savings increased. However > the Savings was worthless since it merely increased the money supply and > there was no investment worth investing. > > *So to reduce savings, Wages declined* > > Can you imagine lowering wages for peoples benefits? That’s what > happened.As wages declined so did many other things > > Japanese would dump their Cameras and TVs in the Thrashcan after 1 year to > buy a later model because no one needed second hand TVs or Cameras or even > repair the same. > > Japanese would take millions of Yen to gamble in Las Vegas and convert it > into USD and keep them in betting cages. > > This is deflation where everything goes down in price and value because > money is that easily available. > > But Japan didn’t go down > > They fought back hard. They established low cost product outlets like the > 100 Yen Stores and began to go for the Zero Investment Industry which > maximized profits. > > They began to protect their real estate market hugely and keep prices high > > They focused on areas where wage rises were higher like Shipping and > outsourced them to other countries > > *Then when US opened up, they poured money in US and EU and China.* > > However their spending was now increased due to global expansion and rise > in prices - so the deflation remained but this was a Good deflation that > still kept prices low but prevented them from going lower. > > However those 15 -20 odd years resulted in enormous debt (only way public > money can grow is by Govt borrowing the money since Banks pay 0.25% > interest) > > *Still the Japanese are handling their problem well* > > China learnt the lesson and built Super Cities and Lots of Infrastructure > to keep spending money > > EU is next and has to gear up or face similar deflation. > > Q6 Do any species of animal have males that take care of the > young instead of just mating with the female and leaving? > > A6 Claire Jordan,Degree in biology and folklore; programmer, > shop owner, secretary on newspaper Sun > > *Of course. Most birds do this*. Canines generally share caring for the > young, either in a pair-bonded way (foxes) or because the father is part of > the pack that hunts to feed the stay-at-home mother with new cubs (wolves, > dhole etc). Ditto spotted hyaenas. Notoriously, male sea horses do *all* > the caring. I’m sure there are many others. > > *And of course, in octopodes and some arthropods the male makes the > ultimate sacrifice*: the mother cares for the young alone, but she kills > and eats the male to give herself the energy to do so. > > Q7 How deep is the sand of the Sahara? What is below it? Is it > a gradual transition, or is it like pure sand dumped directly on some > previous flat surface? > > A7 Patrick Boschmann, Lived in Canada Sat > > After working there for many years I think I can provide an answer here. *I > spent years driving across the desert normally solo in vehicles made for > desert environments* (less the air conditioning). Actual roads were few > and far between. *Most journeys involved taking a heading across the > sands using landmarks, smoke and stars for guidance*. > > *Some of the “roads” were marked with barrels every km or so but they > disappeared under the sand as it moved around, continually changing the > landscape.* There was no GPS at the time or cell phones. Radios that we > could use only worked very short distances. Getting lost was a real > possibility and usually a death sentence. They would stop looking after 3 > days assuming you had succumbed to the heat. > > *On a single trip of 4 hours or so you could encounter many different > surfaces*. This desert is typically comprised of hard brittle sedimentary > rocks. There is also firm sand and soft sand. You would need to > constantly alter the pressure in your tyres to match the surface you were > on. Higher pressures to protect your sidewalls from the sharp rocks and > lower pressures to widen the base of your tires to allow you to move in > soft sand. *The depth of the sand went from zero to a few feet in many > parts of the desert.* There are other sections like the great sand seas > where dunes towered over you 100–200 ft. They are difficult to climb and > usually require you to find a path around them. The depth of the sand there > could also be 100 -200ft so just a whole lot of sand. > > *In my journeys I found many diverse items like a petrified forest with > stone logs everywhere*. > > Desert glass, large stretches of a melted sand layer from God knows what. > > *Sharks teeth and other undersea fossils. Bullets from when the Italians > invaded at the turn of the century. Wrecked fighter jets and old > encampments.* Equipment from WW2 and beautiful oasis’s with ponds and > even fish sometimes. Old Roman ruins and beautiful beaches. Really an > amazing place. *The desert was a shallow sea a very long time ago* and a > green and productive savannah before it became the desert that it is now. > > Q8 Why are there no mosquitoes in Singapore? > > A8 Arkaneh Urairat, Live in Bangkok know nuts about Thailand > and ASEAN Updated 10mo > > *Singapore, dubbed the Garden City, with more than 2-million trees, making > the country look more like a city in a large park*, it’s for Singaporeans > and other residents to enjoy lush greenery. *The best part is with fewer > mosquitoes to bother you... it's a miracle, so to speak.* > > Do you want to know a secret? The secret of why Singapore has no > mosquitoes or fewer mosquitoes, whereas across the causeway a stone's throw > from the Woodlands satellite town area, would be a world of difference in > Johore Bahru, I am talking about MOSQUITOES, a little insect that kills. > > et me relate to you my experience learned the hard way. > > On Saturday morning, a man rang a bell at my front gate, he said with a > warm smile: "*We are inspecting the houses in this area and teaching you > how to prevent mosquitoes' breeding."* > > I saw a lapel card on him and noticed that he was from the M.of > Environment and he carried a big spoon look like the one my wife used to > take a soup when cooking. I let him in and went around with him. > > *He scooped that spoon into the open drain and looked at it, and inspected > every potted plant I had,* it's without the terra-cotta dish and I knew, > having the dish would attract mosquitoes' breeding. > > *He stopped at a canvas covering my son's bicycle, with a laser eye, he > noticed something moved in a small pool of water on the canvas*, he dug > into the bag and took out a small pump, similar to what my son used for his > painting and *dipped into that pool of water and put that into a bottle. > I noticed his eye beaming with delight, so I asked, "What’s that?" He > answered. " Nothing! It's just for a routine inspection." and left > hurriedly.* > > You know what? > > A few days later I received a fine in the mail for S$200 fine for > Mosquitoes > > Breeding and the letter stating the date and time of the offense and *the > description of "Mosquitoes' breeding as a larva was found."* > > I called CHOO, my contractor friend and asked if I have a ground to waive > it as this was the first offense, *Choo said, " You got the letter, means > no way to bargain, want to do it, must talk that day when the man found > that larvae... I just got $1,000 fine for mosquito breeding *last week at > my job site... Just pay lah." > > *That was many years ago when I lived in a house with a compound in > Singapore* and those men would take the turn to ring a bell non-stop. > > In fact, I complained about the fine to another person who came the > following month. He said, *"That officer was too zealous, I won't do > that, I will tell you to be careful of the stagnant water." How nice was > he?* > > Singapore is a fine country and there is no wonder that-NO mosquitoes in > Singapore. > > Q9 Why is Bihar disliked by almost every state in India? > > A9 Kuldeep Singh, Geophysicist (2018–present)Aug 19 > > *Because They are poor so they are disrespected.Money is directly > proportional to Respect.* > > Raju and Vijay Mallya are both thieves but Vijay Mallya is bigger and > richer thieves so he still enjoying but Raju is still searching for bread. > > *Bihar is a state which still deprived and in fact the most deprived state > of the nation both in social and economic way.* > > Like every Bihari wants to be IAS or government servant and they are ready > to sell their land for that. > > Their nationwide famous food is “Litti Chauka” which also seems to be poor > man food . It shows how we Indian think about them. > > Generally I see these Bihari living at our building in such a pathetic way > that you can’t even imagine. *They are getting around 9000 rupees per > month and in that money they have to handle everything.* > > Problem is Education. > > If a person like LALU who is a fodder thief and still his party wining and > forming government then you can see how is port state of mind of > people.They have everything labour resource ,minerals and a good fertile > landscape which can yield good crops. > > So it will be phase wise solution like first educate persons ,then they > get job and later they will align themselves to the nation.Respect Poor > persons #BIHARI IS NOT A GAALI > > Q10 What are the dark secrets about hospitals that no one knows? > > A10 Rumi, Doctor Jan 23 > > The surroundings of hospitals, particularly *govt hospitals are filled > with all sorts of anti-social elements.* > > Once I was waiting for my cab in front of hospital gate. A lady standing > nearby was talking on phone… > > “They are telling it's very unsafe to stay here at night. Someone may do > gang-rape & kill & throw my body & no one will know. If the patient needs > anything at night, they will go as his relatives, purchase it from pharmacy > & give us the bill in the morning. We can then pay. Just I have to give him > 300rs per night.” > > Once a patient of mine died at 4am. I was on night duty. The nurse asked > the security guard at main gate to call the relatives. Usually, the > relatives of sick patients are asked to stay nearby. *After 20mins a man > came posing as the husband of deceased*. I told him his wife was no more. > Immediately he went away. I followed him, thinking he might be near the > patient. But….no. Then for 3hrs no one was there. At 8am, rest of the > relatives came, but this time the man standing as her husband was > different. > > Even my maid, whose relative's child was delivered there, confirmed the > same. > > *All the above QA are from Quora website on 30-01- 2023.* > > *Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers .* > > *Compiled **and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 31-01-2023* > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Thatha_Patty" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1797873093.1038407.1675121356046%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1797873093.1038407.1675121356046%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iyer123" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/590843576.1143194.1675142789268%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/590843576.1143194.1675142789268%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZooKVc1oZgSZLqGpUFc0TwdQPHVaZFVgeDVvVHaT9vVwhA%40mail.gmail.com.
