Indian Railways (Hindi: भारतीय रेल Bhāratīya Rail)‚ abbreviated as IR (Hindi: भा.रे.)‚ is the state-owned railway company of India‚ which owns and operates most of the country’s rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India. Indian Railways has more than 64‚015 kilometres (39‚777 mi)[5] of track and 6‚909 stations. It has the world’s fourth largest railway network after that of the United States‚ Russia and China.[5] The railways traverse the length and breadth
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Most Americans have no idea what is going on in the world of agriculture. All they know is that they go to the super market‚ buy their food‚ and eat to their heart’s content. We have become a well fed society because of the agricultural changes in the past century. Can we go further? Technology has allowed the farming industry to reach many milestones‚ but what does it hold for the future? As we continue our fight against world hunger‚ many seemingly simple technical advances could make a difference
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INTRODUCTION The Abenaki Indians lived in the northern part of New England and the southern part of the Canadian Maritimes. The Abenaki were divided into eastern‚ western‚ and maritime divisions. The eastern Abenaki were located in modern day Maine‚ to the east of New Hampshire’s White Mountains. The southern boundaries of the Abenaki homeland were near the present northern border of Massachusetts. The western Abenaki lived on the eastern shores of Lake Champlain. The Maritime Abenaki were
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Right to Information Act‚ 2005 In order to promote transparency and accountability in administration‚ the Indian Parliament enacted the Freedom to Information Act‚ 2002‚ which was repealed later with the Right to Information Act‚ which came into force on 12 October 2005. The new law empowers Indian citizens to seek information from a Public Authority‚ thus making a Government and its functionaries more accountable and responsible. What is the necessity of this Act? A citizen who is paying taxes
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1 Current agricultural practices are far from sustainable. If the growing population is to be fed we must revise the current practices‚ mainly animal agriculture. Cutting down or out the practice of animal agriculture can save enough water to supply an increase in the far more sustainable organic farming. It is seriously unfortunate that the political leaders of today are so distracted by terrorist attacks‚ immigration‚ and spreading rumors about each other‚ that no one seems to be mentioning the
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- Family Unite - Thanks giving and be generous - Brings unity among people - Victory of good over evil Paragraph: Draft - 2 Diwali‚ the festival of lights‚ is the most interesting festival of celebration from Indian culture. Diwali is celebrated by lighting up diyas or small clay lamps which are filled up by oil and kept lighted. In addition‚ candles and fireworks are displayed to symbolize the triumph of light over darkness‚ good over evil. Those who work away
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INDIAN UNION BUDGET FOR THE YEARS 2007-2012 CONTENTS 1. Acknowledgement 2. Introduction about Budget 3. Budget Processing 4. Presentation and Analysis of Data 5. Conclusion ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to thank The Almighty God for showering his blessings upon me. It is only due to his mercy that I was in good heath and was able to complete this project. Secondly I would like to thank my Business Economics teachers‚ Ms. Kavya and Ms. Anjana
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INDIAN RAILWAYS AND ITS CONTINUING MONOPOLY Indian Railways abbreviated as IR‚ is the state-owned railway company of India‚ which owns and operates most of the country’s rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India. Indian Railways has one of the largest and busiest rail networks in the world‚ transporting over 18 million passengers and more than 2 million tonnes of freight daily. It is the world’s largest commercial or utility employer‚ with more than
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just aren’t easily accessible as your local movie theater that shows American feature films. This isn’t a big deal since there are way too many movies released in India for them to feature American made movies in India or vice-versa. There are movie theaters in India that show Hollywood movies just like there are theaters that in America that show Bollywood movies. Bollywood is known as the nickname for the popular Indian cinema industry. It gets its name from mixing the two names Bombay and Hollywood
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East Indian Indentureship The Indians arriving in the New World called themselves Jahan or “People of the Ship‚” referring to the ship that brought them across the oceans to the Americas. See chart below for East Indians arriving in South America starting in 1838 and in the Caribbean starting in 1845. In 1838‚ after the abolition of slavery in the British Caribbean‚ the agriculture production in Guyana (formerly known as British Guiana and located on mainland South America) had fallen by 60 percent
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