Acid Rain Solutions It is difficult to counter the effects of acid rain on fish and wildlife without fully eliminating the sources of pollution. Certain local measures can be adopted to counter acidification of streams, soil and rest of the environment. The measures described below acts as a … [Read more...]
Composition of Atmosphere
Composition of Atmosphere The atmosphere is mixture (composition) of many types of gases. It consists of 73% nitrogen, 21% oxygen and argon 0.9%. Other gases like carbon dioxide, hydrogen, helium and ozone are present in minute (small) quantities in the atmosphere. The lower layer of the … [Read more...]
Sanskrit Literature in Assam
Sanskrit Literature Several passages in our inscriptions indicate that the Kamarupa kings took a personal interest in Sanskrit literature. In the Gauhati Grant of Indrapala, his father, Purandarpala, is described as su-kavi. King Dharmapala was also poet of considerable merit. It is said in the … [Read more...]
Short Note on Assamese Language and Literature
Assamese Literature Assamese is a branch of the New Indo-Aryan speech and it was developed into a distinct language out of the Eastern Magadhi Prakrta. In point of antiquity, Assamese had the honor of being noticed by Hieun Tsiang when he visited Kamarupa in the 7th Century A.D. He perhaps … [Read more...]
Eastern Ghats of India
Eastern Ghats of India The Eastern Ghat (also Purva Ghat in Hindi) is not a continuous range of scrap lands as the Western Ghat. Also scarps are nearly absent here. The range is actually cut up into a number separate circum-denudational hills. The only compact mountainous region is found in Orissa. … [Read more...]
Mangrove Forests in India
Mangrove Forests in India In India, Mangrove forests are found in tidal creaks. They specially occur in the lower part of the delta of Ganga. Here the forest is called Sundarban. The plants are trees in these forests must be able to stand salinity in water, mud and the rise and fall of water with … [Read more...]
Major Gold Fields in India
Major Gold Fields in India In nature, gold is associated with quartz veins. According to most of the geologists, gold was emplaced within the fracture zone of the older quartz veins under the influence of heat and pressure. The major gold fields of India include the following: Kolar Gold … [Read more...]
What are Commercial Bills?
Commercial Bill Market The commercial bills are issued by the seller (drawer) on the buyer (drawee) for the value of goods delivered by him. These bills are of 30 days, 60 days or 90 days maturity. If the seller is in need of funds, he may draw a bill and send it to the buyer for seller is in … [Read more...]
What are Treasury Bills?
Treasury Bills Market Treasury bill is a monetary policy instrument through which government raise funds for short period requirements and commercial banks invest their short period surpluses by buying these bills from government. Three types of treasury bills are important: 91 days Treasury … [Read more...]
Money Markets and Capital Markets
Money Markets and Capital Markets Money Market: The money market which deals in short-term credit and other assets generally up to one year duration. The money market has organized and unorganized segments. The organized segment dominated by the banking sector and the NBFIs. The unorganized … [Read more...]
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