J. Acad. Indus. Res. Vol. 1(2) July 2012 59 ISSN: 2278-5213 REVIEW Natural disasters in India with special reference to Tamil Nadu A. Stephen Dept. of Ecology‚ French Institute of Pondicherry‚ Puducherry-605001‚ India stephanos.crown@gmail.com; +91 9841890069 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract Natural disasters in India‚ many of them related to the climate of India‚ cause massive losses of Indian life and property.
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the end of all omnipotent Congress and announced the arrival of regional parties in the Indian political landscape. It is in this year that Dravida Munnetra Khagazam (DMK) of Tamil Nadu came to power at the state level and challenged the hegemonic dicta of Congress. It won a commanding I38 seats in the Tamil Nadu Assembly and 25 seats from the State in the Lok Sabha. This was yet just a beginning; Indian politics was now to embark on an era of coalition government and the politics
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What is Pop culture? Popular culture is the entirety of ideas‚ perspectives‚ attitudes‚ memes‚ images and other phenomena that are preferred by an informal consensus within the mainstream of a given culture. Heavily influenced by mass media‚ this collection of ideas permeates the everyday lives of the society. Although terms popular culture and pop culture are in some cases used interchangeably‚ and their meanings partially overlap‚ the term "pop"‚ which dates from the late 1950s‚ belongs to
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The Asiatic Lion (Panthera leo persica) is a subspecies of the lion which survives today only in the Gir Forest of Gujarat‚ India where it is also known as the Indian lion or Persian lion.[2][3] In 2005‚ the Gujarat government reported that 359 Asiatic lions were sighted in the Gir forest.[4] The Asiatic lion is one of the three major big cats found in India‚ other being the Bengal tiger and the Indian leopard.[5] The Asiatic lions once ranged from the Mediterranean to the north-eastern parts of
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educational opportunities‚ where they were underrepresented. Some of the largest and best-organized Shudra castes were the ‘Yadavs in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar‚ Jats in Haryana and Punjab‚ Marathas in Maharashtra‚ Vokkaligas in Karnataka‚ and Gounders in Tamil Nadu.’ And during the recent
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India is unique in the richness and diversity of its vegetation and wildlife. India’s national parks and wild life sanctuaries (including bird sanctuaries) from Ladakh in Himalayas to Southern tip of Tamil Nadu‚ are outstanding and the country continues to "WOW" the tourists with its rich bio-diversity and heritage. Wildlife sanctuaries in India attracts people from all over the world as the rarest of rare species are found here. With 96 national parks and over 500 wildlife sanctuaries‚ the range
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Prospects and Retrospect of Tourism Industry in Tamil Nadu M. Kannan Assistant Professor in Commerce‚ Kaamadhenu Arts and Science‚ Sathyamangalam. Introduction Tourism is travel for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes with a view to enhancing the knowledge and widening the wisdom of an individual. The World Tourism Organisation defines tourists as “people who travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for more than twenty four hours and not
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Supreme Court guidelines * Order dated 28 November 2001 * Each child up to 6 years of age is to get 300 calories and 8-10 gms of protein. * Each malnourished child to get 600 calories and 16-20 grams of protein. * Each pregnant woman‚ nursing mother and adolescent girl to get 500 calories and 20-25 grams of protein. * Every settlement is to have an Anganwadi. * Order dated 29 April 2004 * All 0-6 year old children‚
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500 million. Monorail project‚ a Rs.8000 crore dream project of the TN government‚ covering an area of 57 kms to connect the people of Chennai and its suburbs by means of another method of railways will be started from June this year. The Tamil Nadu Government has formed a committee and making several investigations for the procurement of land that the project needed. According to the latest information‚ the monorail project has decided to construct at least 37 stations for the passengers safety
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CONSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF RESOLVING INTER-STATE WATERS DISPUTE IN INDIA WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO CAUVERY WATERS: A LEGAL ANALYSIS E. MURUGAESAN‚ M.L* ABSTRACT: The political structure of India is federal in nature in which powers between Central and States are divided. India has unique geographical system. The southern part of India is called as peninsular and northern part of India has world’s highest mountain ranges. India has few International Rivers and several inter-State
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