West Virginia

West Virginia (/vərˈdʒɪn.jə/ (listen)) is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the northeast, Maryland to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 41st-largest state by area and ranks 40th in population, with a population of 1,793,716 residents. The capital and largest city is Charleston. West Virginia became a state after the Wheeling Conventions of 1861, at

Visvesvaraya Technological University

Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU, previously spelled “Visveswaraiah Technological University”) is a collegiate public state university in Belagavi, Karnataka established by the Government of Karnataka. Contents   1History 2Campus 3Academics 3.1Academic programmes 3.1.1Undergraduate courses 3.1.2Postgraduate courses 3.2Syllabus 3.3Collaborations 4Organisation and administration 4.1Governance 4.2Visvesvaraya Institute of Advanced Technology 4.3Affiliated colleges 4.3.1Examination 4.4Centres of excellence 4.5Autonomous colleges 5Student life 5.1VTU Fest 6Noted People 6.1List of vice

Virarajendra Chola

Virarajendra Chola (r.1063–1070 CE) was a Chola emperor, who spent a major part of his life as a subordinate of his two elder brothers Rajadhiraja Chola I and Rajendra Chola II, who along with Virarajendra Chola himself were the sons Rajendra Chola I. During his early reign he granted the maintenance of a school to study the Vedas, Sastras and Grammar and

Vertisol

A vertisol, or vertosol,  is a soil type in which there is a high content of expansive clay minerals, many of them known as montmorillonite, that form deep cracks in drier seasons or years. In a phenomenon known as argillipedoturbation, alternate shrinking and swelling causes self-ploughing, where the soil material consistently mixes itself, causing some vertisols to have an extremely deep A horizon and no B horizon.

Vegetation

Vegetation is an assemblage of plant species and the ground cover they provide. It is a general term, without specific reference to particular taxa, life forms, structure, spatial extent, or any other specific botanical or geographic characteristics. It is broader than the term flora which refers to species composition. Perhaps the closest synonym is plant community, but vegetation can, and often does, refer to a wider range of spatial scales than that term does, including

Veera Ballala I

Veera Ballala I succeeded Ereyanga as king of the Hoysala Empire. He was a Jain by faith. His rule was short and uneventful other than subduing the Chengalvas and the Santharas. He made some unsuccessful attempts to overthrow the overlordship of the Western Chalukyas but was brought under control by Chalukya Vikramaditya VI. According to Sen, his rule was from 1100–1110 with the capital at Belur. An

Transistor

A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electronic signals and electrical power. Transistors are one of the basic building blocks of modern electronics. It is composed of semiconductor material usually with at least three terminals for connection to an external circuit. A voltage or current applied to one pair of the transistor’s terminals controls the current through another pair of terminals. Because the controlled (output) power

Tobacco

Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the Nicotiana genus of the Solanaceae family, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of these plants. More than 70 species of tobacco are known, but the chief commercial crop is N. tabacum. The more potent variant N. rustica is also used in some countries. Dried tobacco leaves are mainly used for smoking in cigarettes and cigars, as well as pipes and shishas.

Terdal

Terdal is a Municipal town in Bagalkot district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Contents   1Geography 2Demographics 3History 4Economy 5Famous And Historic Temples 6References Geography Teradala is located at 16.5°N 75.05°E. It has an average elevation of 536 metres (1758 feet). Terdal Shree Allam Prabhu Devaru Brahanmath is famous and historic. Demographics As of 2011 India census, Teradala had a population of 26,153. Males constitute 51% of the population

Television

Television, sometimes shortened to TV or telly, is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome (black and white), or in color, and in two or three dimensions and sound. The term can refer to a television set, a television show, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but it would still be several years before