Therefore, the significance of the UHI has emerged as a crucial issue due to cities’ fast growth and urban development, necessitating a comprehensive review of the present status of UHI research, particularly concerning regional comparisons. This paper delineates the characteristics of UHI, focusing ...
The Cabinet approval follows the Registrar General of India’s nod to the proposal for grant of ST status to the Hattee community after rejecting earlier proposals in 1995, 2006 and 2017. Since 1967, when residents of the Sirmaur district's bordering Jaunsar Bawar area in Uttarakhand received ...
northeast monsoonHydrographic data collected during December 1987 and January 1988 are used to describe the poleward coastal current along the west coast of India that flows against weak winds during the northeast monsoon. Near the southern end of the coast, at about 10掳N, the current was ...
The increase in India’s energy consumption will push the country’s share of global energy demand to 11% by 2040 from 5% in 2016. Emerging economies such as China, India, or Brazil have experienced a process of rapid industrialization, have increased their share in the global economy, and ...
The strait is part of the South China Sea and connects to the East China Sea to the north. The narrowest part is 130 km wide. The Taiwan Strait is itself a subject of international dispute over its political status. Question: Which of the following is the former name of Taiwan Strait...
Barbari goats are an integral component of livestock rearing in SAARC countries, i.e., India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, and Afghanistan, as they supplement livelihood of landless and marginal farmers. They play a vital role in uplifting the socioeconomic status of...
It usually falls on September or October, during the latter half of monsoon, before the onset of winter. Women create symbolic representations of Bodemma (Goddess Gauri) during the first seven days of this festival using clay and tiny Bathukammas. The final day of this festival is called Sad...
On the domestic side, two factors can boost consumption, increased spending from higher wages and allowances of government workers if the Seventh Pay Commission is implemented and return of normal monsoon. News 13: EPFO Tightens Norms for Withdrawal of Funds Retirement fund body EPFO (Employees ...
Many factors indeed contribute to the status quo of a state or a governance unit in today's Digital Anthropocene. 4.2.1 Digitalization The year 2000 was a tipping point to introduce the Anthropocene and the 'era of a man-made planet,' and for digitalization and the 'digital age' and the...
monsoon, with an average annual temperature of approximately 19 °C, and annual mean precipitation of around 1800 mm (Pei et al.2019). The rainy season starts in April and ends in September. The main soil types in the area are paddy soil, yellow soil, and red soil (Zhou et al.2018)...