BIMSTEC “Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation” History: On 6 June 1997‚ a new sub-regional grouping was formed in Bangkok and given the name BIST-EC (Bangladesh‚ India‚ Sri Lanka‚ and Thailand Economic Cooperation). Myanmar attended the inaugural June Meeting as an observer and joined the organization as a full member at a Special Ministerial Meeting held in Bangkok on 22 December 1997‚ upon which the name of the grouping was changed to BIMST-EC
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who will assure you that some chemical property in this holy water does not allow germs to survive. And it is a fact that although all the great cholera epidemics of India‚ which have sometimes spread to Europe and North America‚ have started i n Bengal and been borne up
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lofty heights of the Himalayan and are harnessed for hydroelectric power(currently at levels far below their maximum potential).Before flowing to the vast plains of the Deccan and on to either the Arabian sea to the west or the bay of Bengal to the east. The problem of water resources allocation and sharing ‚primarily for irrigation purposes has made the relations bitter between India and Bangladesh and this has led to a true example of environmental security-where environmental issues are
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Land Resources in India envelop approximately 1.3 million sq miles and is a cape protruding into the Indian Ocean in between the Bay of Bengal on the east and Arabian Sea on the west. In spite of sufficient accessibility of landed topography‚ population pressure in the country is excessive and that makes space for both food production and the real estate market. However‚ land resources in India are both essential and at shortage in present days. Land resources in India are considered as non-renewable
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ECONOMIC ENVIROMENTS ON BUSINESS ACTIVITIES WITHIN A SELECTED ORGANISATION. KENYA Kenya officially the Republic of Kenya‚ is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator. With the Indian to its south-east‚ it is bordered by Tanzania to the south‚ Uganda to the west‚ South Sudan to the north-west‚ Ethiopia to the north and Somalia to the north-east. Kenya has a land area of 580‚000 km2 and a population of a little over 43 million residents. The country is named after Mount Kenya‚ a significant
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most parts of India? Answer There is a time lag of two hours between Gujarat in the west and Arunachal Pradesh in the east. This is because of the difference of almost 30° in terms of longitudinal coordinates between Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh‚ the westernmost and the easternmost parts of the country‚ respectively. According to the time system‚ time increases from west to east by one hour with every 15°. Since Arunachal Pradesh is 30° ahead of Gujarat‚ there is a time gap of two hours between
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People’s Resistance against Land Acquisition at Nandigram Nandigram Village Nandigram is a cluster of villages in the east Midnapur district of West Bengal. It is situated on the banks of river Haldi. On the opposite bank lies the well-known industrial city –Haldia‚ which is under the administration of the Haldia Development Authority of West Bengal Government. Although it is in such proximity to an industrial city‚ the village is unaffected by development and primitive in its living standards
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was a decisive victory of the British East India Company over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 23 June 1757. The battle established the Company rule in Bengal which expanded over much of India for the next hundred years. The battle took place at Plassey (anglicised version of Palashi) on the banks of the Bhagirathi River (another name of Hooghly River upstream of Calcutta)‚ about 150 km north of Calcutta and south of Murshidabad‚ then capital of Bengal. The belligerents were Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah
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Characters Kanai Dutt: Indian‚ 42 years old; translator; knows 6 languages; at around 10 was sent to Lusibari to be “rusticated” when speaking back to the teacher; unmarried; lives in New Deli; runs a bureau of translators; Piyali Roy: Indian by descent; does not speak Bengali; from Seattle but born in Kolkata‚ left when 1 year old; cetologist; has an uncle in Kolkata (big man in government); late 20s; her mother suffered from cervical cancer; Nilima Bose: Mashima - “aunt”; 76 years old; Kanai’s
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TATA NANO SINGUR CASE TATA NANO SINGUR CASE INTRODUCTION: Tata Motors announced in 2006‚ that the Nano would be manufactured in Singur‚ West Bengal‚ helped in part by a forced acquisition and reuse of farmland by the West Bengal state government to entice Tata to build there. In May 2006‚ the West Bengal Government decided to acquire 997 acres (initially 1013 acres were asked for) for the Tata Motors small car factory in Singur of Hooghly district.Almost 6‚000 families‚ including many agricultural
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