Muncipal solid waste management in Ujjain
The study is to analyse the solid waste disposal system and suggest suitable modification in the present solid waste management practice in city and find out the gap and deficiencies and suggest the r
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Rejuvenating agriculture with the help of the small farmer
The small farmer might be the solution to the ongoing crisis in the farming sector in India.
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Commentary: Work together, save the planet
Late last month the Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened in Longyearbyen, on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen.
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India's common people: Who are they, how many are they and how do they live?
This paper attempts to define the common people of India in terms of levels of consumption and examines their socio-economic profile in different periods of time since the early 1990s with a view to a
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The 2005 global report on purchasing power parity estimates: A preliminary review
The fifth (2005) round of the World Bank's International Comparison Program, which produces estimates of the gross domestic product at purchasing power parity prices, has been the most extensive and
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On Metro Rail systems
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Improving on haves and have-nots
All-or-nothing targets for global access to basic amenities such as drinking water and sanitation are outdated. The time has come for a more fluid approach. March 20, 2008
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Farmers' variety in the context of Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001
India must document and legally protect the farmers' varieties (FVs) and use them globally as a trade strategy.
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A strategy on controlling motor vehicle emissions for urban air quality management
Air quality crisis in cities is attributable mainly to vehicular emissions. Transportation systems are expanding everywhere. This paper examines the pollutant emissions from automobiles and identifies that the capacity of routine monitoring networks and impact assessment in India is usually limited to criteria pollutants.
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Biodiversity: Frozen futures
The 'Doomsday vault' buried in the Arctic ice will provide a backup for the world's seeds. But more needs to be done to safeguard food diversity.
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Interview: Can't see the desert for the trees
Returning to Africa after a 10 year absence, Chris Reij could barely believe his eyes. On the arid margins of the Sahara in Niger, all he could see were trees.
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Last Days of the Rickshaw
Among the great cities of the world, Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal and the home of nearly 15 million people, is often mentioned as the only one that still has a large fleet of hand-pulled rickshaws. April 2008
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Imprint of cyclone Phailin on water quality of Chilika lagoon
The very severe cyclonic storm Phailin, a category-5 hurricane, was developed over the north of Andaman and Nicobar Islands on 9 October 2013. Subsequently, it propagated towards north-northwest and made
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The basic causes of the large-scale deficiency in the South-West Monsoon rainfall over India in 1965 and 1966
The years 1965 and 1966 will be remembered in Indian history as two successive years in which the failure of the south-west monsoon had a disastrous effect on Indian economy. This article is an attempt
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Congenital rubella: An immunological paradox?
It is widely assumed that a deficiency of immune function underlies the coexistence of viral excretion and specific-antibody production in patients with congenital rubella. Recent demonstrations of lymphocyte
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Determination of submicrogram quantities of mercury by atomic absorption spectrophotometry
The procedure outlined describes an extremely sensitive and accurate method for the determination of mercury down to 1.0 ppb in solution. This procedure has been applied to nickel and cobalt metal as well
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Agricultural income and its distribution in Bihar
Bihar is a predominantly agricultural State with 86 per cent of her population depending upon agriculture. In my study of the National Income of Bihar published in the Indian Journal of Economics, July
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Solar radiation and the Indian monsoon
The S.W. monsoon or summer monsoon is a major event in the agricultural life of India, which has been widely studied. The chief characteristic of the pressure distribution over India during the monsoon
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On the heat wave over Northern India in April-May 1941
The outstanding feature of Indian weather in the second half of April and the first week of May of the year was the extremely high temperatures over a large part of Northern India.
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Precision observations on weather and crops
<p>Earlier researches have shown that forecasts of crop acreage and yields can be made on the basis of weather factors. Where adequate data exist such forecasts may be more accurate than those arrived