Sindhu River Originating from Kailash mountain‚ it covers 550 kms in Jammu and Kashmir. From there it enters Leh‚ and gets mingled with Zanzkar river. In Punjab it is met with five major rivers of Punjab – Jhelum‚ Chenab‚ Ravi‚ Beas and Satluj. The word Sindhu originates from the word sidh meaning to keep off . The river Sindhu has been mentioned 176 times in Rigveda‚ 95 times in plural‚ used in the generic meaning. In Rigveda – the Ancient Indian Scripture( 1500 B.C.)‚ is the earliest chronicle
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India‚ in 2004-05‚ since then by September 2010‚ 164 had been added to the list. These are listed below. GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS IN INDIA: No. | Geographical Indication | Type | State | 1 | Darjeeling Tea (word & logo) | Agricultural | West Bengal | 2 | Aranmula Kannadi | Handicraft | Kerala | 3 | Pochampalli Ikat | Handicraft | Andhra Pradesh | 4 | Salem Fabric | Handicraft | Tamil Nadu | 5 | Chanderi Fabric | Handicraft | Madhya Pradesh | 6 | Solapur Chaddar | Handicraft | Maharashtra
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Two transmission towers in neighbouring West Bengal were damaged by a devastating storm‚ which has also led to the shortage. The state is facing a shortage of 403 Megawatt (MW) of power with the peak load hour power demand being 1100 MW as against the available 497 MW‚ official sources said today. The problem has been further compounded with the damage of transmission towers due to storm last week in Jalpaiguri district in the neighbouring West Bengal that supplies 300 MW power to Assam‚ the sources
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Drainage Drainage Systems in India Flow of water from a higher to a lower level is called drainage. It also refers to the river system of any particular area. The Indian River system is divided into two groups- the Himalayan Rivers and the Peninsular Rivers. The Himalayan Rivers They have water all throughout the year and originate from the mountains in the north. They flow through the mountains and form gorges. Himalayan rivers cover long routes before falling into the sea.
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method of production attracted demand from the Europeans. The labor to state relations were much better in the late 18th century as compared to earlier times. In the book titled ‘Modern South Asia’ by Jalal & Bose‚ it is mentioned that ‘Evidence from Bengal and Madras suggests that urban labor was worse off in relation to the state and the market in the early colonial than in the immediate pre-colonial period.’ The level of inland trade was also doing well. There was a thriving inter-regional trade.
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of non-profit economic enterprises for the benefit of those using their services. Begun in England in the nineteenth century‚ the co-operative movement stimulated Bengal in the last decade of the century. At first‚ some British civilians started it in their districts with considerable success. On the initiative of the government of Bengal‚ it was launched with the enactment of the Co-operative Credit Societies Act 1904. The theoretical origin of the co-operative movement is to be traced from the writings
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EVOLUTION Although there was a flurry of english newspapers in the 18th century‚ newspapers in religious languages made its way much later during the second half of the 19th century. First on the list were two bengali newspaers called Samachar darpan and Bengal gazette while the first hindi newspaper was Samachar Sudha Varshan. The Hindu newspaper which was launched as a competitor of madras Mail became the first national newspaper of the country. Soon it beacme the voice of the nation during the
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West Bengal University of Technology BF-142‚ Salt Lake City‚ Kolkata-700064 Media Science Revised Syllabus(To be applicable for the students who admitted in the academic session 2004-2005‚ 2005-2006 & 2006-2007) Nomenclature of BMS will be changed to BMS(H) for the Batch starting from Academic Year 2008-2009 FIRST SEMESTER A. THEORY: A. THEORY Code 1. 2. 3. 4. MMS-101 MMS-102 MMS-103 MMS-104 Subjects Development of Mass Communication Laws & Ethics in Mass Communication Print Journalism & Comparative
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CASE Tata Motors in Singhur case talks about the controversy related to Land acquisition by Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya for proposed Nano factory in West Bengal. The reason for choosing West Bengal as the location was that it was believed as the most investor friendly state with faith in investment climate and government of Bengal. However‚ soon after the announcement of the Nano Project‚ the protest led by opposition leader Mamta Banerjee began as it was viewed as forcible acquisition of
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1.1- Introduction Availability of natural resources and their proper application to overall development activities is the key factor for the economic growth of any nation. Bangladesh‚ though it is a small country of about 143‚998 sq km‚ has a number of mineral resources within its territory. The mineral resources so far discovered are mineral fuels (oil‚ gas‚ coal‚ peat)‚ hard rock‚ limestone‚ white clay‚ glass sand and heavy mineral sands. It was previously assumed that the geological setting of
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