effluents and municipal wastewater‚ runoff pollution from chemical fertilizers and pesticides‚ and oil and lube spillage in the coastal area from the operation of sea and river ports. Bangladesh is the lower riparian of three major river systems‚ the Ganges-Padma‚ the Brahmaputra-Jamuna and the Meghna. The aquatic environment for living organisms can be affected and bioaccumulation of harmful substances in the water-dependent food chain can occur. A variation of inland surface water quality is noticed
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The Garuda Purana This is a translation of an abridged version of the Garuda Purana. The Garuda Purana is one of the Vishnu Puranas. It is in the form of a dialog between Vishnu and Garuda‚ the King of Birds. The second section of this Purana (given here) deals with issues connected with death‚ particularly funeral rites and the metaphysics of reincarnation. Portions of the Garuda Purana are used by some Hindus as funeral liturgy. Indeed‚ some consider it unlucky to read this text except
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original artist is unknown‚ but Vincenzo Pacetti restored it. This artwork caught my attention because the size of the sculpture was different from other artwork in the room. The work is guiding viewers’ attention to a primary focal point‚ which is the bend in his left arm. There are three different aspects of the composition‚ which lead the viewer to the focal point. Those three aspects are the drapery directs the eyes upward; the female figure lifts her gowned‚ which draws the eye to his arm and
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CHIEF MINISTER OFINDIA Yashwantrao Chavan Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan (12 March 1913 – 25 November 1984) was the firstChief Minister of Maharashtra after the division of Bombay State and the fifth Deputy Prime Minister of India. He was a strong Congress leader‚ Co-operative leader‚ social activist and writer. He was popularly known as Leader of Common People. He advocated social democracy in his speeches and articles and was instrumental in establishing co-operatives in Maharashtra for the
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Winter opened her mouth widely‚ took in a deep breath and was about to scream. Jacin jumped at her and clamped her mouth shut with his hand‚ stifling her scream. “Bend bend bend‚ flex flex flex‚ twist twist twist‚ crack crack crack. It’s recommended you don’t crack the cartilage in your hands‚ ’cause it’ll be hard to bend bend bend‚ flex flex flex‚ flex your phalanges in your hands.” Jacin let out a deep breath‚ red trickling up his neck and cheeks. He felt Winter move her lips to smile under her
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The geographical features of ancient Egypt and ancient India both had similar roots but at the same time made enough of a difference to shape and create very different societies. For this reason the two are rather similar but equally diverse at the same time. The abundant natural resources made available to these people provided the growth of densely populated and complex societies‚ with refined cultural traditions. A benefactor of the geography of these lands was most definitely the natural
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shows her deceitfulness by telling her aunt Sappleton a false explanation of why Framton Nuttel left them so abruptly. She tells her aunt “He told me he had a horror of dogs. He was once hunted into a cemetery somewhere on the banks of the Ganges by pariah dogs‚ and had to spend the night in a newly-dug grave...”(pg.473). She is obviously lying because nowhere in the story does Framton Nuttel ever tells her that. All in all‚ SAKI is successful in creating a deceitful character.
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or uncooked fruits and vegetables‚ especially if you eat seafood such as seashells; you want to make sure it is properly cooked because you can easily become infected. The first origination of cholera occurred during the Indian subcontinent. The Ganges River played a major role in transmitting the disease place to place because it served as a contamination reservoir. The trade routes also made it quite easy for the disease to spread especially from land to sea. People that are exposed to cholera
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In ancient India‚ tribes from across India had to carry out lots of funerary practices. These practices varied from jumping into fires to hiring professional mourners. These practices were completely different to Western countries. Like in ancient Jewish culture when a family member dies‚ they can’t watch television for 1 whole year! In ancient India when the widow’s husband died‚ she would have to jump into the fire with her husband and burn to death. This was called Sati. Another practice was
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One day he ventured outside and discovered old age‚ illness‚ and death. Seeing these things made him change his life completely be leaving the palace and looking for an end to human suffering. He finds his answer when meditating under a tree by the Ganges discovering Enlightenment. After this he traveled around northern India teaching others how to experience enlightenment for themselves. He was called the “Buddha” meaning the enlightened one by his followers called Buddhists. His
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