year saw 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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INTRODUCTION In recent years‚ rural markets of India have acquired significance‚ as the overall growth of the Indian economy has resulted into substantial increase in the purchasing power of the rural communities. On account of green revolution‚ the rural areas are consuming a large quantity of industrial and urban manufactured products. In this context‚ a special marketing strategy‚ namely‚ rural marketing has emerged. But often‚ rural marketing is confused with agricultural marketing – the latter
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groundwater‚ especially in rural areas. However‚ partly because of rapid urbanization and the widespread reliance on groundwater from borewells‚ many traditional rainwater-harvesting systems are no longer used and have fallen into disrepair. Yet in Tamil Nadu‚ the first Indian state to mandate universal rainwater harvesting‚ citizens have not only begun to revive lost traditions but have developed many contemporary strategies to better suit present day urban society. Though incredibly effective environmentally
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CASE 45 AIDS‚ Condoms‚ and Carnival Worldwide‚ more than 2 million people died of AIDS in 2009‚ and more than 33 million are estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS. BRAZIL Half a million Brazilians are infected with the virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)‚ and millions more are at high risk of contracting the incurable ailment‚ a federal study reported. The Health Ministry study is Brazil’s first official attempt to seek an estimate of the number of residents infected with
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Manipur‚ Odisha‚ Punjab‚ Rajasthan‚ Tamil Nadu‚ Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Indian films came to be followed throughout Southern Asia‚ the Greater Middle East‚ Southeast Asia‚ and the former Soviet Union.The cinema as a medium gained popularity in the country as many as 1‚000 films in various languages of India were produced annually. They are classified into many divisions according to their language known a Bollywood – Hindi Films Kollywood - Tamil films Tollywood - Telegu Film Mollywood
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References: Absolute Astronomy. (n.d.) Naxalite. Retrieved from the web February 14‚ 2012 http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Naxalite. Anti-Defamation League. (n.d.) In Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (2). Retrieved February 13‚ 2012‚ from http://www.adl.org/terrorism/symbols/liberation_tigers_te2.asp. Bajoria‚ J. (August 29‚ 2011). Council on Foreign Relations. In al-Qaeda (a.k.a. al-Qaida‚ al-Qa ’ida). Retrieved February 11‚ 2012‚ from http://www
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pace‚ the market penetration is still very low. Micro irrigation system sales in India is driven by strong demand in states such as Gujarat‚ Rajasthan‚ Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra‚ Karnataka‚ Andhra Pradesh‚ Tamil Nadu‚ Rajasthan and Haryana. The state governments of Gujarat‚ Andhra Pradesh‚ Tamil Nadu‚ Chhattisgarh‚ Himachal Pradesh and Bihar have also conceived micro irrigation projects as part of the Micro Irrigation Scheme. The Indian micro irrigation market is majorly contributed by drip irrigation
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Sindhu River Originating from Kailash mountain‚ it covers 550 kms in Jammu and Kashmir. From there it enters Leh‚ and gets mingled with Zanzkar river. In Punjab it is met with five major rivers of Punjab – Jhelum‚ Chenab‚ Ravi‚ Beas and Satluj. The word Sindhu originates from the word sidh meaning to keep off . The river Sindhu has been mentioned 176 times in Rigveda‚ 95 times in plural‚ used in the generic meaning. In Rigveda – the Ancient Indian Scripture( 1500 B.C.)‚ is the earliest chronicle
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The region-wise distribution of the coal fired power plants in terms of installed capacity is 4% in Delhi-Haryana‚ 5% in Punjab‚ 5% in Rajasthan‚ 10% in Uttar Pradesh‚ 10% in Gujarat‚ 26% in Maharashtra‚ 8% in Andhra Pradesh‚ 4% m Karnataka‚ 7% in Tamil Nadu‚ 1% in Bihar‚ 1% in Orissa‚ 11% in Jharkhand and 8% in West Bengal. Typical annual coal requirement is 5000 tons per MW of installed capacity. Coal India Ltd. is the country’s major supplier of coal. Coal India’s major subsidiaries are: • Eastern
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Mobile Phones and Paper Documents: Evaluating A New Approach for Capturing Microfinance Data in Rural India Tapan Parikh‚ Paul Javid Sasikumar K. Department of CSE ekgaon technologies Univ. of Washington Madurai‚ India tapan‚pjavid@cs.washington.edu sasi@ekgaon.com Kaushik Ghosh Human Factors India Mumbai‚ India kaushik@humanfactors.com ABSTRACT CAM is a user interface toolkit that allows a cameraequipped mobile phone to interact with paper documents. It is designed to automate inefficient‚
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