Woo Back Lovely Sparrows to Our Homes
Sparrow or the House Sparrow taxonomically belongs to the family Passeridae. It is found in most parts of the world.
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Care for the Little Angels around You
The balance of nature is maintained by its different components -living and non-living, if they remain unaltered by human beings.
World Water Week 2020 – at Home
World Water Week Stockholm is celebrated every year from 23 to 28 Aug. every year. Due to pandemic covid-19 it is taking place from 24 to 28 Aug. this year with a theme- World Water Week at Home.
How to manage our Natural Resources
Human activities have never been friendly to environment. The remains of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa signify that the civilization ended due to desertification which might had been caused by large scale deforestation. Still today impacts of such human activities have started appearing. Hence it is essential that we manage our natural resources properly.
Talking About the World Homoeopathy Day
The Homoeopathic System of Medical Care is based on equality. Dr. Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann created the pseudoscientific System of Alternative Medicine called Homoeopathy in 1796. He was born on 10th April 1755 in Meissen, Germany and died on 2nd July 1843 in Paris, France.
Recycling and Paper Industry
The process of recovering or reusing usable materials from discarded waste is called recycling. For example, about 15 per cent of Sulphuric acid is recycled in chemical manufacturing. In the early days, all the sulphur needed for the production of sulphuric acid was taken out of mines directly. But now, with the prevailing tendencies of recycling, sulphuric acid manufacturing industries are using sulphur from smelters, refineries, etc.
Dayan Superstition in Jharkhand – Even Law fails to control
Dayan system is a traditional bad practice and superstition in Jharkhand. If we compare this system with other states we see that it is graver in Jharkhand. In this state more than 1231 women are declared as Dayan per year. After being declared as Dayan these women are differently tortured and pained sometimes up to death.
Various Important Alternatives to Deforestation
Deforestation contributes up to 20 percent of greenhouse gas emission which is more than the combined emission by all the cars, trucks, planes, boats and, trains of the world. Deforestation threatens our climate. Besides this, it threatens the livelihoods of 1.6 billion people who depend on forests for food and economic activities. They serve as habitats to rare and so far, undiscovered species of plants and animals. They also play a key role in maintaining water cycles and preventing floods and soil erosion. Hence, forests across the world need urgent measure of protection by all possible ways, may it be through alternatives to deforestation.
Renewable Energy
Anything from which we can derive energy is called as a source of energy. Since all the life processes need energy, energy is most important for our survival. Our body derives energy from the food we eat. Thus, the food we eat is the source of energy for our body. But this is not the whole story. We need energy for our growth and economic development as well.
Biogas and Biogas Plant
Biogas is a mixture of 56% methane gas (CH4), 40% carbon dioxide (C02) and rest, a mixture of H2, H2S and N2. It is produced by digestion, Pyrolysis and hydro gasification in a specific plant called as Biogas Plant. Biogas plants are of various types like — Janata biogas plant, Dean Bandhu biogas plant, Khadi and Village Industries Corporation (KVIC) type biogas plant, Pragati Design biogas plant and Chinese biogas plant.
Diversity of leaves and Leaf-fall
Though there are two basic types of leaves of monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants, we observe immense diversities in their arrangements, sizes, and shapes.
Some leaves are very short, as short as they cannot be seen through naked eyes where as there are big broad leaves that can form many umbrellas for small children.
