HEC to make Wind Turbines
The Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC), Ranchi, Jharkhand has decided to make turbine for generating electricity from the Wind Energy. For this HEC has decided to take technology from the Sky Wind, a company of Germany.
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Waste Management Technology in India Principles and Guidelines
Following principles and guidelines have been accepted for the control of different types of pollution- A. Prevention of entry into…
Fern species that grow on old walls in
Ferns belong to Pteridophytes and grow on high altitudes in moist cold places. These don’t need any fertile soil. Since Ranchi or the most part of Jharkhand is located on high land its climate is rather different and somewhat similar to those area of mountains. The author reports here the two fern species that preferably grow in this region that too on old walls.
The Stockholm Conference
The tragedies in the environment stimulated the world nations the recognition of which first appeared in the shape of the United Nations Conference on Human Environment for the preservation and enhancement of its quality, at Stockholm from June 6 to June 16 in the year 1972. The delegates from 114 nations attended the conference and signed the Stockholm Declaration.
Legal Regimes for Sustainable Development
Modern development has caused a number of environmental problems at local, regional, national and international levels. Global Climate Change, depletion of ozone layer, increasing inequality, reduction in the means of livelihood for poor, scarcity of food, increasing number of disasters, extinction of species, falling underground water table etc. are some of the major environmental problems created by modern unsustainable development. These problems are challenging the existence of human race on this planet.
Technology and technological activities
The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry, is called as technology.
Benefits from Pomegranate and Mango
Both pomegranate and mango are nutritios fruits. These help us in keeping good health.
Restrictions on Play for girls
In early society, girls were restricted from play. They were restricted inside homes. This was something to do with our social conditions and traditions. But, girls are being given more rights today than they had earlier.
Bamboo or the Green Gold to Indian Farmers
Bamboo can be said as the Green Gold to Indian Farmers as it provides vast varieties of benefits to them.
Questions and Answers on Environment
Ans. Specific enzymes are needed for degradation of substances. A single enzyme cannot degrade many substances. Different types of microorganisms…
Amazing world of animals
The term animal has its origin from the Latin word animalis which means one who has breath. This word is usually applied for the non-human members of the Kingdom Animalia in animal taxonomy. However, the closer relatives of humans like mammals (having mammary glands) have been included in this term.
The Story of Daddy Longlegs
Well, Daddy Longlegs or the Grandfather Grey Beard is a Cellar Spider named as Pholcus taxonomically. It is a member of the family Pholcidae (C.L.Koch, 1850). It is an Aranchomorph spider that comes under the phylum Arthropoda.
