Tehri Dam The Tehri Dam is the highest dam in India‚ 2nd highest in Asia and 8th highest in world. It is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand‚ India. It is the primary dam of the THDC India Ltd. and the Tehri hydroelectric complex. Phase 1 was completed in 2006‚ the Tehri Dam withholds a reservoir for irrigation‚ municipal water supply and the generation of 1‚000 MW of hydroelectricity. One more project of the installed capacity of
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THE POSITION AND EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN IN RURAL NIGERIA: THE GENDER IMPLICATION Omoyibo‚ Kingsley Ufuoma (Ph.D)‚ University of Benin‚ Department of Sociology‚ Edo State; Egharevba‚ Etinosa Matthew (Ph.D)‚ Covenant University‚ Department of Sociology‚ Ota‚ Ogun State and Iyanda‚ Olalekan Ezekiel‚ Demographer‚ National Population Commission‚ Edo State. ABSTRACT Nigeria ’s participation on issues that related to the position and empowerment of women has been a recurring phenomenon for the
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DISCUSSION PAPER Anti-Corruption was the declared number one policy aim of the Olusegun Obasanjo administration. The success of this policy was‚ however‚ for various reasons not too impressive. Obasanjo ’s successor‚ President Umaru Yar ’Adua came to power promising to reform and continue the anti-corruption policy. But while the anti-graft agencies continued to arrest and arraign more individuals‚ including highly placed officials‚ for corruption‚ the general public expressed the view that the
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The Role of Women in Politics and Public Policy Posted on February 1‚ 2011 by womenleadingchange By: Alemtsehay Zergaw Alemtsehay Zergaw‚ from the YWCA of Ethiopia‚is the new World YWCA intern for 2011. She shares with us her thoughts on the role of women in politics and what is needed for more participation of women in politics and public policy. Alemtsehay Zergaw Our generation is accommodating more and more women in politics across the world – but even more significantly in the developed
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“He knew the word for it”: Representations of Homosexuality in Anglophone Sub-Saharan Fiction Masterproef voorgedragen tot het behalen van de graad van Master in de Vergelijkende Moderne Letterkunde Katelijne Sommen Master in de Vergelijkende Moderne Letterkunde Universiteit Gent Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte Academiejaar 2011-2012 Promotor: prof. dr. Stef Craps 1 Table of contents Foreword and Thanks Introduction Sexuality and Homosexuality in Africa Terminology “Africa” Literature
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janell hobson and r. dianne bartlow Introduction Representin’: Women‚ Hip-Hop‚ and Popular Music As coeditors of this special issue of Meridians‚ we set out to provide a forum to enrich‚ challenge‚ and expand the present discourse regarding the representation of women in contemporary popular music‚ and particularly in hip-hop. This issue’s three organizing themes—“Hip-Hop (and) Feminism”; “Sight and Sound”; and “Rage against the Machine”—address the debates and intergenerational tensions regarding
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International Research Journal of Finance and Economics ISSN 1450-2887 Issue 46 (2010) © EuroJournals Publishing‚ Inc. 2010 http://www.eurojournals.com/finance.htm Working Capital Management in Indian Tyre Industry Jasmine Kaur Assistant Professor in Guru Arjan Dev Institute of Management & Technology‚ New Delhi E-mail: jasmine.rus@gmail.com Tel: (91) 9811160007; (91)9811669777; (91) (011) 25133012 Abstract The management of Working Capital is one of the most important and challenging aspect
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WOMEN‚ THEIR OWN WORST ENEMIES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TESS ONWUEME ’S GO TELL IT TO WOMEN AND THE REIGN OF WAZOBIA Regina Ode‚ PhD Department of Theatre Arts Benue State Universiry‚ Makurdi Abstract Mythologically‚ most critics see women and their relationship with their spouses and the entire society as a fair description of their status through the ages. Biblical account has it that it was the woman who first tasted the forbidden fruit and also made the man to taste. The woman is
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Introduction Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa‚ accounting for about one-sixth of African population. 1 The largest ethnic group in the northern part‚ which is about two-thirds of the country‚ is the Hausa-Fulani‚ majority of who are Muslims. The Yoruba are the most numerous in the southwest. Over half of the people are Christians and about a quarter are Muslims‚ with the remainder following mostly African Traditional beliefs. 2 The predominantly Christian Igbo are the largest ethnic
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The history of Nepal The history of Nepal is characterized by its isolated position in the Himalayas and its two neighbors‚ India and China. Due to the arrival of disparate settler groups from outside through the ages‚ it is now a multi-ethnic‚ multi-cultural‚ multi-lingual country. Its population is predominantly Hindu with significant presence of Buddhists‚ who were in majority at one time in the past. Central Nepal was split in three kingdoms from the 15th to 18th century‚ when it was unified
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