recreational interests include running‚ swimming‚ biking‚ triathlons‚ windsurfing‚ snowboardingand bow hunting. She is an avid Boston Red Sox fan. Williams is the second woman of Indian heritage to have been selected by NASA for a space mission after Kalpana Chawla and the second astronaut of Slovenian heritage after Ronald M. Sega. She holds three records for female space travelers: longest spaceflight (195 days)‚ number of spacewalks (four)‚ and total time spent on spacewalks (29 hours and 17 minutes)
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Services Sep 17‚ 2011 It’s time to unite and end child labour‚ educate those children and shape their future‚ says Kalpana Sankar‚ CEO‚ Hand in Hand. Talking to OneWorld‚ she discusses issues of governance‚ sanitation and mobilising the power of grassroots groups for sustainable development. OneWorld: Please throw some light on the issues you work on and the approach you follow. Dr Kalpana Sankar: The main overarching theme where we work is poverty eradication. We feel that a multi pronged strategy
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ZIKR Alumni Interactions Ms Jyotsna Singh Mr Sanjay D’Souza Mr Shanoj Subramanian Mr Mahesh Balasubramanian Volume 3‚ Issue 2 ‘Coffee with Alumni’ with Industry Stalwarts On receiving an overwhelming response from the batch‚ the Alumni Committee was privileged to organize three more sessions of ‘Coffee with Alumni’ (CWA). Ms Jyotsna Singh‚ Executive Vice President & Head - Multinational Business‚ Kotak Mahindra Bank Mr Sanjay D’Souza‚ Senior Vice President‚ HDFC Bank Mr Mahesh Balasubramanian
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Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar AM (i/səˈtʃɪn tɛnˈduːlkər/; born 24 April 1973)[1] is an Indian cricketer widely acknowledged as the greatestbatsman in cricket today.[2] In 2002‚ Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time‚ behind Don Bradman‚ and the second greatest one-day-international (ODI) batsman of all time‚ behind Viv Richards.[3] Tendulkar was a part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup winning Indian team in the later part of his career‚ his first such win in six
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Dowdey‚ Sarah. "How Acid Rain Works." HowStuffWorks. HowStuffWorks.com‚ 05 Aug. 2007. Web. 21 Jan. 2014. "Effects of Acid Rain." Effects of Acid Rain. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 21 Jan. 2014. EPA. Environmental Protection Agency‚ n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2014. Kumari‚ Kalpana. Buzzle.com. Buzzle.com‚ 21 Oct. 2011. Web. 21 Jan. 2014. "Nighthawks75 - Nitric Acid Rain." Nighthawks75 - Nitric Acid Rain. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 21 Jan. 2014.
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*****Books and Authors***** Books by Award Winning Authors Books by Nobel Laureates Rabindranath Tagore Gitanjali Gora Gardner The Post Office Hungry Stones The King of Dark Chamber The Home and the World Chandalika VS Naipaul In a Free State A Bend in the River An Area of Darkness The Mystic Masseur India: A Million Mutinies Now Amartya Sen The Argumentative Indian Growth Economics The Idea of Justice On Economic Inequality Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny
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General Science Questions and Answers No. Question Answer 1 The theory of relativity was propounded by Albert Einstein 2 The principal metal used in manufacturing steel is Iron 3 An altimeter is used for measuring Altitude 4 Oology is the study of Bird Eggs 5 Radioactivity was discovered by Henry Bacquerel 6 The metal used in storage batteries is Lead 7 The instrument used to measure the relative humidity of air is Hygrometer 8 Barometer was invented by Torricelli 9 The unit of power is Watt 10
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Science writing in Hindi appears to have began in 1818 (Patariya‚ 2000) with the publication of a magazine named “Hindi Digdarshan‚” copies of which were circulated to many schools in West Bengal. ‘Digdarshan’ regularly incorporated materials on science‚ a trend that was not in vogue at that time even in contemporary reputed Hindi publication ’Udant martand’ (1928) credited to be the first Hindi newspaper. Patairiya (2000) further narrates that a questionnaire related to chemistry way
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Orissa Review Role of Women in India’s Struggle For Freedom Siddhartha Dash The entire history of the freedom movement is replete with the saga of bravery‚ sacrifice and political sagacity of hundreds and thousands of women of our country. Their participation in the struggle began as early as 1817 when Bhima Bai Holkar fought agaist the British Colonel Malcolm and defeated him in guerilla warfare. At a very critical time for our mother land when the British East India Company was fast expanding
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IDEAL INDIAN SCHOOL DOHA-QATAR P.O.BOX NO: 2836 BUSINESS STUDIES PROJECT TOPIC: CHANGING ROLE OF WOMEN IN PAST 25 YEARS RELATING TO JOINT FAMILIES‚ NUCLEAR FAMILIES‚ WOMEN AS A BREAD EARNER OF THE FAMILY. CHANGES IN THE REQUIREMENTS TREND OF MIXERS‚ WASHING MACHINES‚ MICROWAVE & STANDARD OF LIVING. NAME: HENA CLASS: XII DIV: G ROLL NO: 7 DATE OF SUBMISSION: SUPERVISED BY: MAHALAKSHMI MA’AM INDEX S.NO TOPIC PAGE NO 1 ACKNOWLEDGMENT 2 INTRODUCTION 3 NUCLEAR AND JOINT FAMILIES 4 BREAD EARNER
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