As we walked back to the longhouse‚ Chabok‚ who was in front of me‚ suddenly stopped on the track and raised his blowpipe‚ quickly inserting a dart into the mouthpiece and packing the end with a small twist of raw cotton. To one side and above him‚ about twelve meters away‚ a squirrel was scampering on a branch. I wanted to see Chabok bring it down with a dart but at the same time I had an almost uncontrollable urge to cry out and frighten the animal away. It seemed such a small squirrel. Chabok
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celebrates in India the Centenary of Indian Cinema. It was a 100 years ago the first Indian film “Raja Harishchandra” was made by the métier of Indian cinema‚ none other than Dhundiraj Govind Phalke‚ better known as The Father Of Indian Cinema. His adamant character and hardwork fulfilled his dream of having in India a Desi Film Enterprise which he made into reality with his own Phalke Film Company which later integrated with The Hindustan Film Company. Even though Indian Cinema bloomed in 1912 it took
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UNION BUDGET ANALYSIS . State of the economy before Budget 2014-15 1. Inflation: India’s economy has witnessed low growth and high inflation scenario for 7 out of preceding quarters to March 2014. Non-food and fuel consumer price inflation has remained over 8% for the past two years‚ according to RBI’s assessment. The RBI wants the government to rein
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Institute of Law VIth Semester B.A. L.L.B.(Hons.)Course A brief legal research paper in the subject of jurisprudence Theme: Kelson on validity And Effectiveness of Norms Title: Kelson’s theory of grundnorm and its effectiveness in Indian Context SUBMITTED BY:
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Dates of Indian astronomy Texts -Arun Kumar Upadhyay‚ Cuttack‚ (M) 9437034172 1. Reasons of error (1) Racial superiority war- After colonial rule of Europeans‚ only research in history is to show racial superiority of Greeko-Roman civilization whose successors were these countries-Britain‚ France etc. (2) Biblical date of creation-(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ussher)-James Ussher (sometimes spelled Usher)
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EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF INDIA OCCASIONAL PAPER NO. 138 INDIAN GEMS AND JEWELLERY: A SECTOR STUDY EXIM Bank’s Occasional Paper Series is an attempt to disseminate the findings of research studies carried out in the Bank. The results of research studies can interest exporters‚ policy makers‚ industrialists‚ export promotion agencies as well as researchers. However‚ views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Bank. While reasonable care has been taken to ensure authenticity of information
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rainfall is increasing in few other subdivisions. 1 1. Introduction In the context of climate change‚ it is pertinent to ascertain whether the characteristics of Indian summer monsoon also is changing. The Indian summer monsoon (June to September) rainfall is very crucial for the economic development‚ disaster management‚ hydrological planning for the country. Earlier‚ Mooley and Parthasarathy (1984)‚ Parthasarathy et al. (1993)‚ Parthasarathy et al. (1994)‚ constructed all India rainfall
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INDIAN ETHOS MANAGMENET: Oxford defines ethos as “The characteristic Spirit and Beliefs of community/ people” which distinguishes one culture from the other. Indian ethos is drawn from the Vedas‚ the Ramayana‚ Mahabharat‚ the Bhagwadgita‚ and Upnishads. Right from the Vedic age it has been discovered two basic universal truths of life. 1. The essential infinitude and divinity of all souls. 2. The essential oneness and solidarity of universe and all life. The first truth was
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currency‚ Manmohan Singh…decided that India had to open its economy. “Our Berlin Wall fell…and it was like unleashing a caged tiger… We went from quiet self-confidence to outrageous ambition in a decade” [Tarun Das‚ Chief Mentor‚ Confederation of Indian Industries].’ (Thomas Friedman‚ The World is Flat) Optimism abounds in India. Well it might. Keynote reforms‚ initiated by the then Finance Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in 1991‚ provided the momentum for a major reduction of the role of the public sector
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Indian Railways is one of the largest systems in the world. It is also one of the very few railway systems in the world generating operating surpluses. With a modest beginning in India on April 16‚ 1853‚ when the first wheels rolled on rails from Bombay to Thane‚ the Indian Railways has emerged today as the main vehicle for socio-economic development of the country. Rail transportation has a number of favourable characteristics as compared to road transportation. It is six times more energy-efficient
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