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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Plants that survive under hardships
Many ferns grow along north or west facing walls every year. Their spores might have been there in crevices during the dry season. Unless there is a supply of water from leaking pipe they complete their life cycle within the rainy season and pack up with the passing rains. They pass away and leave for us a lesson to remain happy and survive in hard conditions.
Shelter for living organisms
The dictionary meaning of a shelter is – something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal or anything is protected from adverse conditions, and where it can reproduce is called as a shelter.
Approaches and techniques of Environment and Social Impact Assessment
Constructing a new infrastructure; expanding a residential area; building an industrial plant; increasing the capacity of an airport – are some typical examples of developments that can be carried out only if the competent planning authorities grant the authorization.
Bar-coding of Plants can help find out Adulteration in Herbal Medicines
The demand of medicinal plants has increased during the corona-period due to increasing importance of Ayurveda. Everyone is not only aware about “immunity”, companies producing herbal products have started launching different products that increase and strengthen immunity.
Festivals should not be organized at the cost of others’ lives- SC
Different news agencies report the Supreme Court’s comment that no one can celebrate functions at the cost of lives of others.
Contribution of BAU- Ranchi in Oilseed Production
According to the Global Agriculture Information Network of America the oil seed production of India during 2020-21 may increase up to considerable level
A Novel Scheme for Retiring Teachers in Jharkhand
“Pension Aapke Dwar” or the “Pension at your doorstep” is a novel scheme of providing Pension to retiring School Teachers on the Date of their retirement in Jharkhand.
What is Ozone layer? How is it depleted and what are the control measures?
Ozone absorbs ultraviolet radiations so that much of it is never allowed to reach to the earth surface. The protective umbrella of ozone layer in the stratosphere protects the earth from harmful ultraviolet radiations. Ozone plays an important role in the biology and climatology on the earth’s environment. It filters out all the radiations that remain below 3000Å. Radiations below this wavelength are biologically harmful. Hence any depletion of ozone layer is sure to exert catastrophic impacts on life in the biosphere.
Types of animals: Vertebrates and Invertebrates
According to their physical make up, there are basically two types of animals- Vertebrates and invertebrates. Invertebrates are those animals that don’t have a vertebral column or backbone. On the other hand, Vertebrates are those animals who have a vertebral column or the back bone.
Books on Environmental Awareness by Dr. M. P. Mishra
Book Review S. CHAND’S ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CLASS XI BY DR. M. P. MISHRA PURPOSE OF THE BOOK This book on…
Fresh Water Ecosystems and Marine Ecosystems
The unit of biosphere having all the components producers, consumers and decomposers and the abiotic components together with physical factors in dynamic relationships is called as ecosystem.
