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rawan239 Subscribe on YouTube Secondary treatment is a biological treatment process used to stabilize the dissolved solids. Microorganisms (e.g., bacteria) feed on the organic solids (food) in the wastewater and convert the organics into a cellular or biological mass that can later be removed. These biological processes are aerobic processes. Oxygen must be provided for these … Read more
Chipko movement, also called Chipko andolan, nonviolent social and ecological movement by rural villagers, particularly women, in India in the 1970s, aimed at protecting trees and forests slated for government-backed logging. The movement originated in the Himalayan region of Uttar Pradesh (later Uttarakhand) in 1973 and quickly spread throughout the Indian Himalayas. The Hindi word … Read more
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan Housing Board proposes to sell flats at 75% discount After failing to sell off its constructed houses, the RHB had initiated an exercise to sell its unsold flats and houses on discounted rates. At present, the board has more than 24,000 unsold flats in its circles, including Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur, Alwar and Bikaner. … Read more
Join Our Telegram Channel INTERNATIONAL Iran to continue nuclear enrichment despite U.S. move-parliament speaker Subscribe on YouTube The United States acted on Friday to force Iran to stop producing low-enriched uranium and expanding its only nuclear power plant, intensifying a campaign aimed at halting Tehran’s ballistic missile programme and curbing its regional power. … Read more
INTERNATIONAL World Press Freedom Day -3 May World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in December 1993, following the recommendation of UNESCO’s General Conference. This year’s theme “Media for Democracy: Journalism and Elections in Times of Disinformation” According to the Press Freedom index 2019, India ranked 140 out of … Read more
RAJASTHAN Join Our Telegram Channel Justice RavindraBhat appointed Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court Justice S RavindraBhat was Sunday sworn in as the new Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court. He was administered the oath by Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh at the Raj Bhawan here. Bhatt took the oath in Hindi. … Read more
Since its beginning with the film ‘Raja Harish Chandra’ (1913), the cinema has remained the most powerful media for mass communication in India. Since its beginning with the film ‘Raja Harish Chandra’ (1913), the cinema has remained the most powerful media for mass communication in India. Cinema has the ability to combine entertainment with communication … Read more
INTERNATIONAL India decide to not join China’s Belt and Road Initiative over sovereignty concerns India skipped China’s 2nd Belt and Road Forum (BRF) over its objection to $60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The Belt and Road Initiative is a global development strategy adopted by the … Read more
Industrial sickness has become a major problem of the India’s corporate private sector. Of late, it has assumed serious proportions. A close look reveals that there are, at least, five major causes of industrial sickness, viz., promotional, managerial, technical, financial and political. An industrial unit may become sick at its nascent stage or after working … Read more
Discrimination against women and girls is a pervasive and long-running phenomenon that characterises Indian society at every level. India’s progress towards gender equality, measured by its position on rankings such as the Gender Development Index has been disappointing, despite fairly rapid rates of economic growth. Join Our Telegram Channel In the past decade, while Indian … Read more