With the advent of "World Wide Web", the Cyberspace has spread its tenatacles throughout the globe bringing in its wake highly controversial issues. Despite advantages of this matrix of immense utility, the Internet poses potential threat to the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) of incurring liability for no fault of theirs.
With the growing demand of handmade paper both in the domestic and export markets, the Indian handmade paper industry has been confronting with the major issue of scarce availability and cost prohibitiveness of the cotton hosiery waste, the traditionally used principal raw material for making handmade paper.
Global health funding has increased in recent years. This has been accompanied by a proliferation in the number of global health actors and initiatives. This paper describes the state of global heath finance,
<p>The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) secured an agreement in 1989 among its member states to ban the international trade in ivory. This disruption of the international
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are common vectors for dengue virus and chikungunya virus. In areas where both viruses cocirculate, they can be transmitted together. During a dengue outbreak in Delhi in 2006, 17 of 69 serum samples were positive for chikungunya virus by reverse transcription
<p>The traditional knowledge of healing plants and their treatment methods are rooted in the Ayurvedic compendia and in the unscripted dialects of the people in India. Scientific documentation of this vast information has been accelerated in the last few decades. A first time study of the medicinal plants used for the treatment of fever in Madhavacikitsa text, one of the most important post Caraka-Susruta Samhitas reveals that there are a total of 182 vernacular (Sanskrit) plant names in the text for the treatment of all major types of fever.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/5088/4/IJTK%208%283%29%20352-361.pdf" target="_blank">Original Source</a></strong></p>
<p>Rainfall prediction has prime importance in an agrarian country like India, wherein the agricultural production is solely dependent on the monsoon rainfall. Among various astro-meteorological methods for rainfall forecasting, the Antariksha method, which is based on sky observations, is most popular.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/294265404_Forecasting_and_validation_of_rainfall_for_barshi_in_Maharashtra_based_on_astro-meteorological_principle_of_rainfall_conception" target="_blank">Original Source</a></strong></p>
Every day hundreds of unlicensed fishing vessels enter African waters and trawl for shrimp, sardines, tuna, and mackerel. According to a study commissioned by the UK
Large numbers of households in cities around the developing world do not have access to one of the most basic of human needs
The Indian Fox is a widespread animal of arid and semi-arid areas, especially partial to grasslands. It is mostly crepuscular and nocturnal in habit and rarely wanders around during the day.
It was reported in November 2007, that the Ministry of Coal allotted M/s Adani Power Ltd. a block for open cast coal mining in Lohara, Chandrapur district of Maharashtra. The block is six kilometres from Chandrapur city and measures 1,750 ha. This vast area is a combination of 1,598.71 ha of Reserve Forest, 86.66 ha of government owned land and 64.63 ha of private land.
Experiments were conducted to control Lantana camara in Shiwalik hills of Punjab through chemical treatment.
The present investigation deals with natural chemical reserves and physical characteristics of leaf litter of 35 dominant tree species of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve and efficacious impact of leaf litter of a few selected species on physico-chemical properties of sodic soil.
The Niyamgiri hills in the South-Eastern parts of Orissa are a unique forest ecosystem harbouring rich floristic composition and vast natural resources.
The assessment of carbon storage potential has been difficult due to the lack of information on biomass compartmentation and carbon allocation in different species. For most of the species used for afforestation/reforestation, only the above ground biomass potentials are known but to have a picture of carbon storage potential species, the below ground biomass pattern are equally important.
Irrigation is a vital input for increasing productivity of crops. It is observed that irrigation played important role in bringing the "Green Revolution" which took place in the country after Independence.
Hemavathy reservoir project created by constructing a dam across river Hemavathy in Hassan district of Karnataka to store 1050.60 Mcum of water and to irrigate 700751 acres during Kharif and Rabi seasons. <br />
<p>Of the innumerable natural resources in India, people are mostly ignorant about the potential of Minor Forest Products (MFPs)/Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) which have been the chief recipient of poor attention. This study is mainly based on secondary data obtained from export-import trade statistics in India.</p>
<p>Senna (Cassia angustifolia) a native of Saudi Arabia is now cultivated extensively in Western Rajasthan. The main advantage of the crop is that it does not require the application of any fertilizers and it is not devoured by insects, animals or birds. Also the plant is eco-friendly as it can be used for developing wastelands and does not require frequent irrigation.</p>
<p>This paper covers different plants used in traditional cottage industries of rural. These 20 plants of 12 angiospermic families were reported after a number of randomly visits of various rural areas of Pilibhit district of UP. Plant parts used for making different baskets, ropes, threads, bags, mats, etc were listed accordingly. </p>
