What is e-waste? E-waste is those waste materials consisting of any broken or unwanted / obsolete electrical or electronic appliances & gadgets. If it is not carried out properly it can dangerous to the human health or to the environment. India currently produces 500‚000 tones of e-waste annually and the figure is expected to touch one million tones in 2012. However‚ India lacks a proper e-waste disposal system and it is left up to the unorganized sector to dispose of the waste. The unorganized
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Go Along or Go Alone: The Fight Against Conformity "I think everybody’s weird. We should all embrace our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it." When Johnny Depp said this‚ he addressed the fact that conformity is taking over society‚ and for the worse. Going with the group is making people forget that the best way to contribute society is to be their individual selves‚ not to emulate another person‚ especially in a school or classroom environment. According to "The Geeks Shall Inherit
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1) “Ash Carter: Fight Against ISIS Is Intensifying.” CBSNews. CBS Interactive‚ n.d. Web. 30 Oct. 2015. The article critically analyzes the current situation of the fight against ISIS‚ with a discussion based on the opinion of Ash Carter‚ a Defense Secretary Agent. His suggestions include more ground missions and raids as the situation is intensifying. However‚ it is interesting that even though Carter believes ISIS has to be defeated through military means‚ Syria still is a key country in the
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to gain familiarity with the following concepts: 1. Schematic capture of electronic circuits using Altium. 2. Simulation of the time domain and frequency domain responses of electronic circuits using Altium (DXP). REFERENCES A. S. Sedra‚ K. C. Smith‚ Microelectronic Circuits‚ 6th Edition‚ Oxford University Press‚ 2011. LOCATION Building 10 / Level 2 / Room 6. [2 Hours Duration] EQUIPMENT Altium electronics design software package. 1 INTRODUCTION. This laboratory exercise
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Nelson Mandela against Apartheid Apartheid was the policy in South Africa where black citizens were discriminated and mistreated because of their race. Segregation was going on for a long time before apartheid began. In 1913‚ three years after the country’s independence‚ South Africa created a land act that forced black citizens to live in reserves‚ and for only white citizens to be allowed to work as sharecroppers. On July 18‚ 1918‚ Nelson Mandela was born in Mvezo‚ a town in South Africa. 30
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E-WASTE IN INDIA RESEARCH UNIT (LARRDIS) RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI JUNE‚ 2011 CONTENTS Page Nos. Preface Chapter 1— Introduction 1.1 Introduction 1.2 What is e-waste 1.2.1 Composition of e-waste 1.2.2 E-waste generation in India 1.3 Electronic waste in the global context 1.4 Growth of electrical and electronic industry in India 1.4.1 A brief history 1.4.2 Computer & computer components segment 1.4.3 The consumer electronics (television) segment 1.4.4 The telecommunications segment
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GUIDELINES FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND MANAGEMENT OF E-WASTE (As approved vide MoEF letter No. 23-23/2007-HSMD dt. March 12‚ 2008) MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT & FORESTS CENTRAL POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD Delhi MARCH‚ 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1.0 Preamble 01 1.1 E-Waste 01 1.2 Environmentally Sound Management of E-waste 01 Chapter 2 OBJECTIVE & SCOPE OF THE GUIDELINES 2.1 Objective 02 2.2 Scope 02
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Final Essay: Rachel Carson and the Fight Against Indiscriminate Pesticide Use May 10‚ 2012 Prompt: Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was a controversial piece of work when it was published in 1962. Explain why this was so and why Carson’s work remains the subject of some controversy today. In her 1962 book‚ Silent Spring‚ Rachel Carson details the dangers of indiscriminate pesticide use‚ which had “already silenced the voice of spring in countless towns in America” (Carson (1962) page 3). ‘Miss
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Electronic Boards plc JOHN INNES and FALCONER MITCHELL‚ University of Edinburgh Introduction Jack Watson‚ an electrical engineer‚ established Electronic Boards plc as a ‘one-man’ company in the early 1970s. From small beginnings‚ the company earned a reputation for the quality and reliability of its products‚ and grew rapidly and consistently until‚ by 2003‚ it employed over 200 people and had achieved a turnover of £26 million and a profit after tax of £1.9 million. In addition to Jack
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MAKE OR BUY Management decision should be based on careful consideration of all the factors‚ including implication as regard to tax liability. Keeping view various tax implications that are relevant while taking some specific management decision under different provision of Income tax Act have dealt with: Make or Buy: One of the vital investment subject to the influence of tax factor is “Make or buy decision”. Most of the companies have to decide sometimes or the other whether they should buy a part
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