by some administrators‚ such as Warren Hastings‚ who envisaged the Company as the successor of a great Empire‚ and saw the support of vernacular learning as only befitting that role. In 1781‚ Hastings founded the Madrasa ’Aliya‚ an institution in Calcutta for the study of Arabic and Persian languages‚ and Islamic Law. A few decades later a related perspective appeared among the governed population‚ one that was expressed by the conservative Bengali reformer Radhakanta Deb as the "duty of the Rulers
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2013 Argentina floods 2013 Argentina floods Duration 2 April 2013–3 April 2013 Fatalities 99+ Areas affected Greater Buenos Aires Greater La Plata From 2–3 April 2013‚ the northeastern section of Buenos Aires Province‚Argentina‚ experienced several flash floods that claimed the lives of at least 100 people. Greater La Plata was hardest hit with 89 reported deaths‚ and Greater Buenos Aires reported 10 deaths. The flooding was the result of extremely heavy rainfall and is said to be the
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Advance Program in Strategic Management Project on Effective Strategies in Domestic BPO Market Project Team Members Mohammad Mohsin Chakradhar Nalam Hemant Kewalya Mohd Anwar Pasha APSM Batch 03 -1- @2010 Indian Institute of Management Calcutta APSM Project – Effective Strategies in Domestic BPO Market Table of Contents 1. 2. ABOUT THE STUDY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 DOMESTIC BPO MARKET OVERVIEW -----------
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The river is an important trade place. Its valley is fertile and densely populated. Some of India’s largest cities like Calcutta‚ Howrah‚ Patna‚ Benares‚ Allahabad‚ and Cawnpore are located on the river. India’s capital‚ New Delhi‚ is on one of its tributaries‚ the Jumna. The Ganges River however‚ isn’t as important commercially as it once was. By the way‚ when we stopped in Calcutta for the night‚ I was amazed by the city’s low standard
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[Herny Louis Vivian Derozio was born on 18th April‚ 1809 in Calcutta‚ died on 26th December‚ 1831 and was buried in the Park Street Cemetery. His father was Portuguese and mother English. Thus he had no Indian blood in him. But he was born and brought up in India‚ he taught Indian students in an Indian college and the themes and sentiments of his poetry are purely Indian. So Derozio is‚ undoubtedly‚ an Indo-Anglian poet. During his brief but exciting life of twenty-three years he was a clerk‚ teacher
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Press accounts for the prestigious growth of Indian newspapers and its significance in Indian history as well. James Augustus Hickey is considered as the "father of Indian press" as he started the first Indian newspaper from Calcutta‚ the `Bengal Gazette` or the `Calcutta General Advertise` in January 1780. In 1789‚ the first newspaper from Bombay‚ the `Bombay Herald` appeared‚ followed by the `Bombay Courier` next year. This newspaper was later amalgamated with the `Times of India` in 1861.
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A Dream Denied: The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Narratives of the Meanest Cities #1 Sarasota‚ FL In February 2005‚ the City Commission unanimously approved an ordinance prohibiting “lodging out of doors.” The previous “no-camping” rule was ruled unconstitutional by a state court last year because it was too vague and punished innocent conduct. The new rule prohibited using any public
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MERCHANT BANKING IN INDIA INTRODUCTION Financial services are an important component of financial system. Thesmooth functioning of financial system depends upon the range of financialservices extended by the providers. Financial services in India havewitnessed remarkable changes in the recent past after the implementation of “Liberalization‚ privatization and globalization” .Funds are tapped from the capital market to finance various mega industrial projects. In attracting public savings‚ merchant
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emissions. (China Reading) Since 1978‚ increasing number of migrants to urban areas. From 1980 to 2005‚ urban population in China increased from 19.6 to 40.5%. Megacities at the epxpene of the environment and likely to continue into the future. Calcutta‚ rickshaws. (Bhaumik in Hill) (Elsom Reading) Dehli traffic. Smithson Page 165‚ Urban Pollution Dense fogs associated with coal burning are a feature of the 19th century. Pollutants trapped within the urban boundary layers affects air
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Rehabilitation of the Pasig River The Pasig River is a river in the Philippines running right through the heart of Manila. It flows from Laguna de Bay to Manila Bay through a length of 26 km and an average of 50m in width. The average depth of the river in around 4-6m. The river runs through some of the most populated areas in thePhilippines. Throughout history‚ the river was used as a major source of transportation‚ water‚ food‚ and livelihood for a large number of Filipino people living in Manila
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