The Indian Himalaya belt is prone to various types of natural disaster due to its inherent nature and climatic conditions. Earthquakes ranging in severity‚ floods or flash flood‚ and glacial lake outbursts are common among other hazards. Monsoon is the time (almost every year) when few water-induced disasters take place in some form or another in various places across this mountain. Cloudbursts‚ that is sudden and violent rainfall‚ followed by flash floods are generally reported in the monsoon period
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banks after a 2.5 metre rise in the river water level; this was a major contribution to the flooding as well as the poor preparation of the towns flood defences. Bangladesh is an LEDC bordering the Indian Ocean and it lies at the forefront of the Ganges Delta. The country is low – lying and most of its land is 12m below sea level. Floods here have recently become stronger. During the arrival of Cyclone Aila flood waters burst the delta causing storm surges of 10 metres! The floods in both Carlisle
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In the Hinduism religion‚ with elements tracing back to several thousand years‚ the different stages of life are often celebrated in various ways. Traditional Hinduism holds that each stage of life has its proper way of being lived (Molloy 88). A complicated religion that is interpreted differently by numerous sects‚ the concepts and stages of the life cycle are each riddled with various rituals‚ ceremonies‚ and customs that are aimed at achieving four distinct objectives. These four major life-cycle
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Book Review written by Jaya Tripathi Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan Homeless Bird is the story of a young Indian village girl who overcomes adversity and extreme hardship to ultimately live a full and happy life on her own terms. I first heard about this book when a parent expressed his concern about the (in)appropriateness of its selection as required text for 5th graders in a public school in the United States. The book was chosen‚ he was told‚ to educate the students about India. So
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Technology The earliest evidence of technological progress in the India is to be found in the remains of Harappan civilization (4000-3000 BC.). Archaeological remains point to the existence of well planned urban centres the boasted of private and public dwelling laid out in orderly fashion along with roads and drainage systems completing them. The drainage systems are particularly remarkable for the times since they are built underground and constructed in a manner to allow for regular cleaning
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north‚ west and east and by Burma to its south east. The Bay of Bengal is south of Bangladesh and the country lies on the fertile Bengal Delta. The map below shows the location of Bangladesh and shows the two rivers; the Brahmaputra and the river Ganges running through Bangladesh. In July and august 2007 both Bangladesh and India suffered from severe flooding. Flooding in Bangladesh is a frequent event‚ with it often inundating between 20 and 30% of the country and causing mass devastation
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world and hence many companies allot a considerable amount of resources towards advertising their products either by the print media‚ outdoor media and the broadcasting media advertising. Firstly‚ the print media advertising‚ in an research by Manohar (2011) entitled "types of advertising media" he noted that‚ the print media is achieve by promoting products through the use of newspapers and magazines‚ in which the media offers options such as promotional brochures and fliers to achieve their advertising
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1. According to legend‚ how did Mahavira start Jainism? A. According to legend‚ Mahavira started Jainism by leaving his home at the age of thirty to seek salvation by escaping from the cycle of incarnation‚ he lived an ascetic life in the Ganges Valley in which he achieved enlightenment‚ and he then taught an ascetic doctrine of detachment from the world‚ to followers who were called Jains‚ thus starting Jainism. 2. What was an ascetic? A. An ascetic was a person who abandons
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hour with your loved is very precious and should cherish the moment. We also see love being powerful than time for the first time. In “to his coy mistress” imagery is used in the first section of the poem‚ when the speaker says “thou by the Indian Ganges side
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precipitation and snow melt‚ these changes in size are unlikely to be considered significant unless they flood property or drown domestic animals. Floods can also occur in rivers when the flow rate exceeds the capacity of the river channel‚ particularly at bends or meanders in the waterway. Floods often cause damage to homes and businesses if they are in the natural flood plains of rivers. While riverine flood damage can be eliminated by moving away from rivers and other bodies of water‚ people have traditionally
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