No da ist used for formal and written expressions. It is used to give a sentence a tone of explanation. Or of asking for an explanation, if it is followed by "ka". The "no" makes the whole preceding part of the sentence into a single noun-like entity.
"no" is often abbreviated to "n" in the common speech.
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