CHAPTER 1: Overview of Global Energy and Environmental Issues Environmental milestones‚ landmarks * Vedas ( love and respect for nature ) * Ancient civilisations - self-imposed restrictions …to avoid pollution‚ degradation ..spiritual means .. ) * Rachel Carson and the Silent Spring: When Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was published in 1962; it generated a storm of controversy over the use of chemical pesticides. Miss Carson’s intent in writing Silent Spring was to warn the public
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Speech of Sh. Pawan Kumar Bansal introducing the Railway Budget‚ 2013-14 26th February 2013 1. Madam Speaker‚ I rise to present before this august House the Revised Estimates for 2012-13 and a statement of estimated receipts and expenditure for 2013-14. I do so with mixed feelings crossing my mind. While I have a feeling of a colossus today‚ it is only ephemeral and is instantaneously overtaken by a sense of humility. Democracy gives wings to the wingless‚ cautioning us all the while‚ that
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CAREERS360 A Career is a Life 50+ ENTRANCES THAT 10+2 STUDENTS MUST NOT MISS EntRAnCE ExAms This is the entrance season. Don’t miss the important exams… Whether your interest is in Engineering‚ medicine‚ Law or Hotel management‚ the period between march and may‚ at times even June is meant for writing a series of entrance exams. Careers360 helps you prioritize… aking endless rounds of post oices and banks is so tiring‚ cribs Dr Anandharaman‚ a harried father of a 17-year-old
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Overview of Marketing and Branding Products of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited Overview Bharat Petroleum offers a full range of Automotive Engine Oils‚ Gear Oils‚ Transmission oils‚ Specialty Oils and Greases. The correct usage of these Lubricants of right quality ensures prolonged and trouble free vehicle operation‚ providing maximum benefits to the users of present day modern vehicles. Overview In line with the economic liberalisation in India‚ Lubricants was the first downstream Petroleum
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Thailand The earliest inhabitants of what is now Thailand were hunter-gatherers. However about 4‚000 BC they began farming. They grew rice. At first the farmers used stone tools but about 3‚000 BC bronze was discovered. From about 500 BC the people of what is now Thailand used iron. At first what is now Thailand was divided into small states called Meuang. By 100 AD they were practicing Theravada Buddhism. However the ancestors of modern Thais are believed to have come from southern China. They
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Preface Jerome introduces his book as being commendable nor for its style or relevance‚ but rather for its straightforward truth. He insists that the boat trip he details actually took place‚ and that the characters he speaks of are actual humans‚ not literary constructions. He believes that no other books can claim to be more truthful‚ and hopes that its simplicity helps his message come across more clearly. Chapter 1 The narrator‚ J.‚ is smoking in his room with his friends‚ George and William
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Textiles For hundreds of years people of Rajasthan have practiced and perfected the art of printing with vegetable dyes and mineral colours. Block printing‚ tie and dye work‚ heavily embroidered fabrics‚ motifs etc. are all included in Rajasthani textiles. This art of handblock printing‚ dyeing and painting separately or together to produce attractive fabrics and patterns is very ancient in India. It flourished in different parts of India and the differences lay probably in techniques‚ ingredients
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Indian literature Article Free Pass * Introduction * Related * Contributors & Bibliography Indian literature‚ writings of the Indian subcontinent‚ produced there in a variety of languages‚ including Sanskrit‚ Prākrit‚ Pāli‚ Bengali‚ Bihārī‚ Gujarati‚ Hindi‚ Kannada‚ Kashmiri‚ Malayalam‚ Oriya‚ Punjabi‚ Rajāsthānī‚ Tamil‚ Telugu‚ Urdu‚ and Sindhi. A brief treatment of Indian literature follows. For full treatment‚ see South Asian Arts: Literature. The earliest Indian literature
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considered authentic though they have not been read till today. (4) Change of texts and dates-12 examples of British forgery are given below--(1) All quotes from Megasthenes are totally false and opposite to his writings. Palibothri was a town on bank of Yamunā‚ downstream from Delhi having pillar (Kutub-minar)‚
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Employee stress will cost the business and its magnitude will be large in a long run. * The total health and productivity cost of worker stress to American business is estimated at $50 - $150 billion annually. * Forty percent of job turnover is due to stress. Experts estimate it costs approximately 150 percent of a position’s salary to replace a worker. People get sick from stress at work and the cost associated with stress is hence significant to the employer
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