A National Party – What does it mean in India?
How many national parties are at present in India? The country has six national parties — BJP, Congress, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), CPI(M), National People’s Party (NPP)…
Tiger – Global Efforts to Conserve Big Cat
Wild tigers (Panthera tigris) have for centuries occupied a very special place in the nature and culture of Asia. These magnificent big cats sit at the top…
Tiger – Indian Efforts to Conserve the Big Cat
Project Tiger – An Assessment https://fotisedu.com/project-tiger-an-assessment/ Tiger – Global Efforts to Conserve Big Cat https://fotisedu.com/tiger-global-efforts-to-conserve-big-cat/ In India, tigers inhabit, a wide variety of habitats ranging from the…
Project Tiger – An Assessment
It is difficult to visualize India without tigers. It will be like imagining an inky black sky without stars: – John Seidensticker. ֍ It is estimated that…
DEPLETION OF OZONE LAYER – PREVENTION AND CONTROL
OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES (ODS) Chlorofluorocarbons, methane, nitrous oxides (N2O), carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), methyl bromide (a soil fumigant and insecticide), aircraft emissions, n- propyl bromide and Halon- 1202…
OZONE LAYER – ITS FORMATION AND SIGNIFICANCE
What is Ozone? Ozone is one of the three allotropes of oxygen, an element in gaseous form. It is triatomic and less stable than oxygen. Its chemical…
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY – DECLINE – CAUSES AND EFFECTS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY The rate of production of agricultural goods in a unit period of time is called as AgriculturalProductivity. In more simple terms, the production of flowers,…
BIOREMEDIATION – TYPES , ADVANTAGES & EXAMPLES
What is bioremediation? It is often used to describe a variety of quite different microbial processes that occur in natural ecosystems, such as mineralization, detoxification, co-metabolism or…
MELTING ICE CAPS AND SHEETS
What is an Ice Cap ? A dome shaped glacier with a generally outward and radial flow of ice is known as ice cap. The marginal regions…
TRADITIONAL PRACTICES OF WATER CONSERVATION
Water has been harvested in India since the ancient period. The need of Conservation andManagement of Water was felt even by the people of the Harappa and…