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The Sundarbans – Unique Ecosystem for Wildlife – Kalpana Palkhiwala
- February 18, 2012
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The Sundarbans is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world. It is the estuarine phase of the Ganges as well as Brahmaputra river systems. It lies at the mouth of the Ganges and is spread across areas of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India, forming the seaward fringe of the delta. The typical littoral forests of Sundarbans comprises of a host [...]
Marketing and Development of Tribal Products by TRIFED
- February 18, 2012
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The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED) came in to existence in1987 and got registered under the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act 1984 (now the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002). It started functioning in 1988 under the Administrative control of the Ministry of Welfare, Govt. of India, (presently the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India).The main objective of TRIFED [...]
Political Chelas Should not be Info Commissioners – Prof.Madabhushi Sridhar
- February 17, 2012
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It is a paradox that people have no right to information about those who are going to preside over their information rights. Right to Information Act has several safeguards to secure itself from political onslaught. But they appear to be no deterrent to political executives or it seems no sane advice is available to them. Section 15.6 of the RTI [...]
The Metal Mirror of Aranmula : The global heritage village from Kerala – M. Jacob Abraham
- February 17, 2012
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Aranmula in Pathanamthitta District of Kerala is noted for its ancient temple dedicated to Lord Krishna (Parthasarathy), and the Snake Boat Regatta held in the holy river Pampa and for the metalic mirror (Aranmula Kannadi) .Aranmula is a major tourism centre of Kerala. The UNESCO has declared Aranmula as a global heritage village. But a unique object that has made the place world-famous and a [...]
Wind Energy: a Nature’s Bonanza for Eternity – Shri Dilip Nigam and Smt. Gargi Malik
- February 17, 2012
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Nature has provided ample resources for lives on earth to survive and grow. The quest of survival and growth enabled human beings to find and use new and renewable sources of energy. One such source is wind, which is a clean, renewable and sustainable form of energy. Wind is free and with modern technology can be captured efficiently for generating power. [...]
Women living with HIV or at risk of HIV can safely use hormonal contraceptives
- February 17, 2012
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Women living with HIV or at high risk of HIV can safely continue to use hormonal contraceptives to prevent pregnancy WHO has concluded, on the advice of its Guidelines Review Committee, that women living with HIV or at high risk of HIV can safely continue to use hormonal contraceptives to prevent pregnancy. The recommendation follows a thorough review of evidence [...]
E-textbooks knocking at Indian classroom doors – Anjali Ojha
- February 17, 2012
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For a generation that has learnt to articulate thoughts in 140 characters and knows its smartphones and tabs, e-textbooks are only the next step. But some infrastructure bottlenecks need to be taken care of before that education revolution takes place in India, experts say. Technology giant Apple recently launched an app for digital textbooks that saw an astronomical 350,000 downloads [...]
National Legal Services Authority : Performance – Cum – Achievements
- February 17, 2012
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The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has been constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 to monitor and evaluate implementation of legal aid programmes and to lay down policies and principles for making legal services available under the Act. Actually, Article 39A of the Constitution of India provides for free legal aid to the poor and weaker sections of the society [...]
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