Jharkhand to Link Farmers with Mushroom Propagation
The Government of Jharkhand is preparing to add one more link in the chain of creating income source for farmers of the state.
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Vegetative Propagation of Plants
When a new plant is developed or caused to develop through stem, root or leaf the method is called as vegetative reproduction. In other words, vegetative reproduction means- reproduction through anyone of the vegetative parts of the plant.
Gobar Gas Plant in Barsana generates 300 units per day
The engineer couple of Chandigarh, Punjab has established a biogas plant in Barsana. From this plant about 300 unit electricity is generated per day. It is through this electricity that fourteen tube wells are run in the Goshalas.
Domestic and Wild – animals
Animals could be mainly divided into wild and domestic. However, the domestic animals that live under wild conditions are called Feral Animals. It is not very difficult to understand a domestic animal from a wild animal, by looking at them, as there are many differences exhibited between them.
Determination of sex in living organisms
Determining male or female form of living organism through sexual reproduction is called as sex determination. Sex determination on a large scale is of two types- environmental, genetic and chromosome based.
Bringing Our Farmers Back to the Land in India
Due to less paying agriculture farmers migrated to cities. The volume of migration was seen during the lock down period when farmers left cites for remigation. Remigrated farmers can be checked to their fields by improving pricing and free maket system to farmers.
The Limit of Tolerance of Environment
We have been hearing about environmental pollution, loss of biodiversity, energy crisis, and the sustainable environment since long. So many things have already been infused in school syllabi as well. But how many of us really apply in our real life the things about which we have read in our classes?
Biomass Energy and its implications
The dry weight of organic matter produced by plants, their derivatives and wastes are called as BIOMASS. The biomass includes crop residues, plant parts, body parts of dead animals and animal wastes. As biomass is created due to photosynthesis by plants, so energy from biomass or bio wastes is regarded as another form of solar energy.
Animal Shelters
An area or structure that protects animals from adverse conditions is called an animal shelter. Different kinds of animals need different types of shelters. Different kinds of animals and their shelters are mentioned here.
Kinds of animals and their shelters
Animals can be classified into terrestrial, arboreal, aquatic and amphibians.
Terrestrial Animals
Land animals are called as terrestrial animals. Some of these animals like lion, tiger, bears and bats live in rock caves. Illustration
Snakes live in ground, under rocks and in abandoned ant hills. Some snakes live insid
International legal regimes: on trade and environment
The Environmental Calamities that shook the humanity during fifties and sixties were powerful enough to generate serious and widespread sense of responsibility among world nations towards the global environment. Some of these calamities include : The killer smog in New York and London which claimed 5000 lives in 1952; The mercury poisoning due to the consumption of mercury-contaminated seafood in Japan;
Water Pollution- Sources and Control
Mixing of different solid, liquid or gaseous substances and microorganisms into water, so as to alter its natural qualities is called as water pollution. According to the National Water Commission (1973), water gets polluted if it has not been of sufficiently high quality to be suitable for the highest uses people wish to make of it at present or in future.
