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  An ecosystem consists of various organisms starting from fungus to animals which include humans too. Each organism is important as they share interrelated relationships for various reasons starting from food to habitat to vegetation and cleaning of the ecosystem. With time we got to know that many things can upset the ecosystem events as natural disasters and poaching. The possibility lies in the careful balance of relationships among living beings to preserve animals in the natural habitat they are adapted to; so the government created wildlife sanctuaries, national parks, tiger reserves, bird sanctuaries, etc. REASON BEHIND CONFLICTS Adverse climatic events such as droughts, and floods have indirectly forced animals to move toward human habitation for food and shelter. Many wildlife species have adapted to the changing landscape through behavioural changes for crop raiding. This is true for elephants, black bucks and nilgai. Even non-commensal animals such as leopards have adap...

The presumption of society about rural women in India as illiterate, weak, and financially dependent people that usually perform household chores and take care of family. This picture is partially true but not completely; the truth is that Indian rural women are a torchbearer for the social, economic, and environmental transformation of " New India ". The workforce participation rate for rural females is significantly higher at 41.8% against urban women's participation rate of 35.32% (MoSPI 2017). In rural community agriculture and the allied sector is the primary source of livelihood; that includes 80% of all economically active women engaged in all level of agriculture-chain starting from pre-harvesting to post-harvesting activities including packaging, marketing, etc. THE REASON BEHIND THE FEMINIZATION OF AGRICULTURE Increasing participation of women in agriculture activity is praiseworthy but we have to understand the reason behind this increasing engagement of women ...

Who doesn't want to enjoy good infrastructure in their every service ranging from hospitals, schools, dams, roads, own houses, and public places like restaurants, and parks? All such infrastructure come into existence from products that were once raw material, natural product in their pure form which undergoes different kind of processes to meet our specific requirements. Out of many products, one is the cement which is a binder substance used for construction that sets and adheres materials to bind them together.  CEMENT: ANCIENT TIME Vs PRESENT TIME Cement chemically speaking is a product that includes lime as a primary binding ingredient, but is far from the first material used in cementation. The Babylonians and Assyrians used bitumen to bind together burn brick or alabaster slabs. In ancient Egypt stone blocks were cemented together with mortar made of sand and roughly burnt gypsum which often contained calcium carbonate. The important raw material of cement production is lim...

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND INDIA Introduction Artificial Intelligence is a method of making machines/systems mimic HUMAN INTELLIGENCE to perform tasks efficiently and solve problems with the help of software and information they collect. It is not a single technology but a synthesis of multiple technologies e.g.Big data, IoT, etc John McCarthy coined the term ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE at the DARTMOUTH conference in 1955-56. He is hailed as the father of artificial intelligence. AI and its potential use a)Healthcare Brain-computer interfaces(BCI) backed by AI can help patients in restoring their lost abilities to speak, move and interact with their surroundings meaningfully. Diagnosis of diseases using AI-enabled Radiology machines can be more accurate and precise and will help minimize the need for tissue samples in some cases like Biopsies. The crunch of clinical staff for diagnosis in developing countries can be easily tackled with AI-powered robots. Smartphones and wearables col...