Public transport systems present an interesting situation wherein the primary objective is that of public service on a self sustaining basis. To achieve these diverse goals, organisations employ various mechanisms of control. This paper studies Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation as an organisation from the point of view of the control systems that they have implemented at the ground level and their effectiveness.
There have always been attempts to replace inorganic fertilizers with organic fertilizers from natural sources for enhancing the growth of commercially important plants. In continuation to the same efforts, an attempt was made to demonstrate the growth enhancing properties in the extracts of two species of seaweeds (Padina tetrastomatica and Sargassum sp.) used on black mustard plant (Brassica nigra L.).
This book points to some key lessons that developing countries should draw from the crisis experience: There is widespread awareness of a growing wedge between financial-sector growth and the real economy in many countries, which calls for a profound rethinking of past approaches to financial liberalization. In the same way as the roles of business and the State need to be rebalance
On-farm farming system studies were undertaken in farmer's field at Banshipatna village under North Eastern Coastal Plain Zone of Orissa during 2004-05 to generate adequate income and employment opportunities round the year involving enterprises like field and horticultural crops, fishery, dairy and agro-forestry.
KOHIMA, Aug 29: Hectic preparations are on for the observance of World Bamboo Congress at the heritage village Kisama from September 16-18. An offcial has saiod that the Tourism Department, departments of Art & Culture, Horticulture etc are coordinating with Nagaland Bamboo Mission for the upcoming event.
Cardiovascular risk factors start early, track through the young age and manifest in middle age in most societies. The authors conducted epidemiological studies to determine prevalence and age-specific trends in cardiovascular risk factors among adolescent and young urban Asian Indians.
Since the publication of the ICNIRP “Guidelines for limiting exposure to time-varying electric, magnetic, and electromagnetic fields (up to 300 GHz)” (ICNIRP 1998) many scientific studies of the effects of such fields have been published.
For the present study, an attempt has been made to study the effect of cypermethrin and fenvalerate on oxygen consumption of the freshwater hill stream fish, Garra mullya (Sykes). The fishes were exposed to 24 h lethal concentration (0.18 ppm) of cypermethrin, whereas 24 h lethal (0.26ppm) and two sub lethal concentrations (0.086 and 0.026 ppm) of fenvalerate for different time periods.
During the 20th century large dams emerged as symbols of modernity. Hailed for being an effective way to harness water
resources for food production, energy generation, flood control and domestic use, dams became synonymous with progress and economic development. Construction peaked during the 1970s when an average of two or three large dams
