ANCIENT INDIAN CIVILIZATION INTRODUCTION In the 1920s‚ a huge discovery in South Asia proved that Egypt and Mesopotamia were not the only "early civilizations." In the vast Indus River plains (located in what is today Pakistan and western India)‚ under layers of land and mounds of dirt‚ archaeologists discovered the remains of a 4‚600 year-old city. A thriving‚ urban civilization had existed at the same time as Egyptian and Mesopotamian states — in an area twice each of their sizes. The Indian
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Family Environment Scale Abstract The aim of the present research was to study the comparative difference in the perceived family environment of single elderly males living in institutions and at home with their families by using the Family Environment Scale (FES) devised by Moos and Moos‚ 1986. The participants used in the study were all single elderly males aged 65 years and above (N=30). Fifteen were living at home with their children and their families‚ and the other fifteen were living in
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Who is appointed as Wipro’s banking head? Rajan Kohli Where in India 3-day gaming carnival will be held from 6th of April 2012? Ayatti Resort‚ Greater Noida Who was named as the winner of the Templeton Prize 2012 for his contribution to affirming life’s spiritual dimension? Dalai Lama Name the bill passed against conduct of any constitutional authority in India. Judicial Accountability Bill What 2 agreements were signed by the development banks of BRICS countries to boost trade within BRICS nations
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Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission Towards Building SOLAR INDIA 1. Introduction The National Solar Mission is a major initiative of the Government of India and State Governments to promote ecologically sustainable growth while addressing India s energy security challenge. It will also constitute a major contribution by India to the global effort to meet the challenges of climate change. In launching India s National Action Plan on Climate Change on June 30‚ 2008‚ the Prime Minister of India
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Faith 24x7 Section – 1 Introduction Happiness in not a life without problems‚ but rather the strength to overcome the problems that come our way. There is no such thing as a problem-free life; difficulties are unavoidable. The manner in which we experience and react to our problems depends on us. Buddhism teaches that we are each responsible for our own happiness or unhappiness. Our vitality – the amount of energy or “life-force” we have – is in fact the single most important factor in determining
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INTRODUCTION ‘the magnificent kingdom of Goa…The people of here are strong‚ prudent and very hardworking …It is civilized‚ having famous orchards and water. ‘The forgeiners make a practice of going to the kingdom of Goa to enjoy the shade and the groves of trees and to savour the sweet betel.’ During the These remarks on Goa come from the hippies or ‘flower power’ generation of the sixties and early seventies who thronged the beaches of Anjuna‚ Vagator and Arambol in search of salvation
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General Knowledge * Antonis Samras: PM of Greece * Angela Merkel: Chancellor of Germany * Samar Yazbek: Exiled Syrian author has won Pen’s Pinter International Writer of Courage Award for her book “A Woman in the Crossfire”‚ an account of the early stages of the Syrian Revolution * Amra Babic: Europe’s first hijab-wearing mayor (Bosnia) * MILF: Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Philippines) * Dilma Roussef: President of Brasil * October ‚ 2012: 10th anniversary of the World
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Chapter Eight Ecotourism in India Mohan Krishen Khanna Introduction India‚ a country situated in south Asia‚ is of subcontinental dimension with a population of over one billion people. India is primarily an agricultural economy with a vast range of crops. The livelihood of over 60% of the population continues to be based on agriculture. Of late‚ there has been a growing trend of urbanisation and diversification away from agriculture. The industrial sector is now playing a larger role in
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RAIN WATER HARVESTING Introduction: Till about thirty years back‚ the areas around our homes and offices used to be unpaved and the rain falling on these areas would percolate into the soil and remain there for being drawn through shallow open wells. With the proliferation of flat complexes‚ not only have these areas been paved and percolation of rainwater into the soil almost totally stopped‚ the quantity of water drawn from the soil below has increased manyfold. Consequently open wells and not
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No. Books Authors 01 My experiments with Truth Mahatma M.K.Gandhi 02 Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy 03 Geetanjali Rabindra Nath Tagore 04 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch Alexander Solzhenitsyn 05 The Merchant of venice William shakespeare 06 The Moon and Six pense Somerset Maughan 07 Pilgrim’s Progress from this world to that which is to come John Bunyan 08 A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens 09 Utopia Sir Thomas Moor 10 Origin of species charles Darwin
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