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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FOG, MIST AND DEW

Most forms of condensation in the atmosphere result from the air being cooled in some way or the other. Condensation near the ground results from contact cooling, advection cooling and radiation cooling. A number of weather phenomena result from condensation occurring at ground level. Its important to understand the other forms of condensation before actually […]

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DEVELOPMENT VS DEGRADATION

Development is a multidimensional process that encompasses growth, welfare to the society, attitudinal changes, institutional and social changes, and eradication of deleterious environmental impacts as well as absolute poverty. It refers to the process of becoming happy and enlargement of the choice of the people. Viewed from that angle, development includes concern about protection of […]

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BIOFUELS

Biofuels include oil extracts from a wide variety of sources including neem (Azadirachtaindica), mahua (Madhucaindica), mustard (Brassica campestris), castor (Ricinuscommunts) and karanj (Pongamiapinnata) as a blending substance for conventional fossil fuels like diesel. The most commonly used biofuels include plant oils such as soya bean, sunflower and rapeseed that are blended with diesel. On the […]

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CPEC & OBOR & Its Impact On India

China is developing a network of highways and has moved troops to the Gilgit- Baltistan region in northern areas and has improved military infrastructure in the eastern sector, increasing the possibility of a two front war. China is sending ambiguous signals; Army’s proposed revised defence strategy would be a step in the right direction. China’s […]

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Combating Delhi Pollution

The smog over Delhi is a product of many factors that includes temperature inversion stubble burning, and a host of faulty practices. Temperature inversion, which traps pollutants will take place every year, no one has any control over it. It can only be mitigated, not controlled. Measures to combat Suspended particulate material in the Atmosphere […]

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Agroforestry And Sustainable Land Use

Agroforestry is a collective name for all land use systems and practices in which woody perennials are deliberately grown on the same land management unit as crops and/or livestock with the aim of obtaining output on a sustainable basis. It is a land-use approach that yields both wood products and crops, as it integrates tree […]

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The East African Rift

The East African Rift called as EAR is prehaps the most important tectonic feature of Africa. The East African Rift (EAR Valley) is an active continental rift zone in East Africa. The East African Rift Valley begins from Dead Sea to Lake Malawai. In Africa, the northernmost extremity is Lake Assal. The rift is a […]

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Are Linguistic States Causing Problems In India

The reorganisation of states on linguistic basis has generated several problems: Linguistic states are likely to endanger the national unity since they stimulate a feeling of regionalism, hinder economic co-operation between the states and engender antagonistic feelings towards neighbouring states. A strong tendency towards exclusivity of resources develops rather than allowing the resources to be […]

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