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Jallikattu -Traditional sport of Tamil Nadu(India)

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Introduction Jallikattu is an ancient sport. The seals of the Indus Valley civilization depict it, which is proof that this sport was in vogue 5,000 years ago. Ancient Tamil poetry, known as Sangam literature (2nd BCE – 2nd CE), has many detailed references to Eru Thazhuvuthal (hugging the bull). History Jallikattu   also known as   Eru thazhuvuthal   is one of the traditional sport in which a   Bos indicus   bull is released into a crowd of people. Multiple human participants attempt to grab and tightly "hug" the large hump of the bull and hang on to it while the bull attempts to escape. Participants hug the hump for as long as possible, attempting to bring the bull to a stop. In some cases, participants must ride long enough to remove flags affixed to the bull's horns.   Jallikattu is typically practiced in the Indian state of   Tamil Nadu   as a part of   Pongal   celebrations on   Mattu Pongal   day. ...

Rubber tree

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Many plant species produce natural rubber. Considerations of quality and economics, however, limit the source of natural rubber to one species, namely  Hevea brasiliensis . It is a native of the Amazon basin and introduced from there to countries in the tropical belts of Asia and Africa during late 19th century. It can be termed as the most far reaching and successful of introductions in plant history resulting in plantations over 9.3 million hectares, 95 per cent of it across the globe in Asia. Hevea brasiliensis,  also known as the Para rubber tree after the Brazilian port of Para, is a quick growing, fairly sturdy, perennial tree of a height of 25 to 30 metres. It has a straight trunk and thick, somewhat soft, light brownish gray bark. The young plant shows characteristic growth pattern of alternating period of rapid elongation and consolidated development. The leaves are trifoliate with long stalks. The tree is deciduous in habit and winters from Dec...

How To Repair Corrupted Pen Drives or SD Cards

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D ealing with a corrupted SD card or pen drive is a tedious task. We spend hours to get back our storage into working condition but get nothing. This article comprises of various methods which will help you repair your corrupted pen drive or SD card. For SD card, you will have to insert it into the slot provided in your computer or by using a card reader. Use adapter if you have a microSD card. It will not work if you connect some device having the SD card like a smartphone or a camera. Check out these different methods. Different methods to repair corrupted pen drive or SD card: Change the drive letter Sometimes your computer is unable to assign drive letters (like C, D, E) to your storage media. Due to this reason the files on it can’t be accessed. To resolve this issue, you can assign the drive letter to your device. Here are the simple steps to fix the corrupted pen drive or memory card by assigning a correct drive letter: 1.     ...

CMD Commands

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The  Command Prompt  in Windows provides access to over 280  commands ! These commands are used to do certain  operating system  tasks from a  command line interface  instead of the graphical Windows interface we use most of the time. Note:  It's important to know that the commands in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP are called  CMD commands  or  Command Prompt commands  and the commands in Windows 98/95 and MS-DOS are called  DOS commands . Below is a complete list of Command Prompt commands, often called CMD commands (and sometimes incorrectly as  Command Prompt codes ) available from the Command Prompt in  Windows 8 ,  Windows 7 ,  Windows Vista , and  Windows XP . There were a few minor command changes in Windows 10 and those will be reflected in an update to this list that's still in the works. As mentioned above, we've also included DOS commands from MS-DOS and early versions of Wind...