Maharashtra‚ India‚ part of the Mumbai Conurbation‚ northeastern suburb of Mumbai at the head of the Thane Creek. It is the administrative headquarters of Thane District. The city has an area of 147 km2. It had a population of 1.26 million according to the 2001 census.[1] Contents [hide] • 1 Geography • 2 Demographics and culture • 3 Transport • 4 See also • 5 References • 6 External links [edit] Geography Thane is located on Salsette Island to the Northeast of Mumbai. Spanning an area of about
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rather than judgmental‚ and not associated with as much negative cultural baggage. Also Known As: prostitute‚ whore. ’Serial killers confess to have killed sex worker in Mumbai’ The accused serial killers‚ arrested by Goa police‚ have allegedly confessed to killing a commercial sex worker of Meera Road area in Mumbai‚ police said today. Chandrakant Talwar and Syron Rodrigues‚ the two accused arrested in the serial killings‚ have alleged confessed before the state police that they had strangulated
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Economies of scale The long run – increases in scale A firm’s efficiency is affected by its size. Large firms are often more efficient than small ones because they can gain from economies of scale‚ but firms can become too large and suffer from diseconomies of scale. As a firm expands its scale of operations‚ it is said to move into its long run. The benefits arising from expansion depend upon the effect of expansion on productive efficiency‚ which can be assessed by looking at changes in average
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Around the world there is a huge number of different countries that contain diverse cultures. Having knowledge of some of those cultures is a very good idea. It is important to communicate and to learn how people behave in their countries. In this essay‚ I am going to compare Omani culture to Indian culture. I believe that‚ there are a lot of differences between the two cultures‚ but there are few similarities. There is a significant number of differences between the Omani culture and Indian
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The currency of India is the rupee. Rupee is derived from the Sanskrit rupyakam which means coin of silver ("Indian Rupee"). The rupee has transitioned through several governing bodies over its recorded history. Each transitional phase can be traced by the examples of the rupee notes as follows: early private and semi-governmental banks‚ Government of India‚ King George V‚ King George VI‚ Indo-French Territories‚ Indo-Portuguese Territories‚ Prisoner-of-War Coupons‚ Princely States‚ cash coupons
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Table of Contents Title Page Number Introduction 1 Background 6 Research Questions 11 Hypothesis 12 Methodology 13 Data Presentation and Analysis 14 Summary of Research Findings 41 Conclusion 43 Works Cited 44 Appendix 46 Introduction For centuries‚ the beauty of Bengali women has been defined by their dark skin-tones‚ generous curves‚ sharp facial features and long‚ wavy hair. The traditional Bengali woman adorned herself with glass bangles‚ bindi‚ nupur and nose-pin and wore saris or more
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White Mughals‚ the true carriers of “white men’s” burden Take up the White Man ’s burden-- Send forth the best ye breed-- Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives ’ need; To wait in heavy harness‚ On fluttered folk and wild-- Your new-caught‚ sullen peoples‚ Half-devil and half-child. - Rudyard Kipling Although the British directly ruled India for only 90 years‚ British imperialism in India had tremendous impact on many levels of the society. The British brought with them Western
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“Heat and Dust” is a story which moves backwards and forward in time‚ between the present (Post British Colonization-1970) and the past (During British Colonization-1923). It tells a story of two Englishwomen in India‚ the narrator and her grandmother Olivia‚ whose lives are interwoven‚ separated by fifty years. The narrator’s search to find out about Olivia brings her to the heat and dust of Satipur‚ India She discovers that Olivia was a woman smothered by the social restrictions placed upon her
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GLOBALISATION - A SHORT HISTORY People around the globe are more connected to each other today than ever before in the history of mankind. Information and money flow more quickly than ever. Goods and services produced in one part of the world are increasingly available in all parts of the world. International travel is more frequent. International communication is commonplace. We live in an intensely interdependent world in which all the earth’s peoples with their immense differences of culture
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The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) is a public sector company set up and fully owned by the Ministry of Railways. The IRCTC has been incorporated under the Companies Act 1956‚ has its Registered Office at 9th Floor‚ Bank of Baroda Building‚ Sansad Marg‚ New Delhi 110001. This company has been formed to function as an extended arm of the Indian Railways to upgrade‚ professionalize and manage the catering and hospitality services at stations‚ on trains and other locations
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