People may avoid migrating if they cannot insure themselves against the risk of a bad outcome. Governments can reduce the consumption risk faced by migrants by allowing them to access social protection programs in the destination. This study randomly informed around 62,000 households across 18 Indian states about a new …
All the Devataas (environmental powers) of Hindu mythology are broadly classified into five groups, popularly known as Pancha Devataa; the single iconic representative of each group are Ganesh, Soorya, Vishnu, Ssiva and Durgaa. The worship of Pancha Devataa has an underneath relationship with the Pancha Yajnya (five sacrifices) concept of …
function open_new_popwin() { newwd=window.open("../files/images/20080331/Slide_show/photo_gallery.htm","","height=600,width=600,scrollbar=yes"); newwd.moveTo(200,75); } View the slideshow As K K Muhammed approached the ruins of an ancient temple complex in the Chambal ravines in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district he saw a bearded man smoking. Visibly upset, Archeological Survey of India, Bhopal Circle superintendent admonished the man for smoking …
>> Arab countries have agreed to allow punishment of satellite channels deemed to have offended Arab leaders or national or religious symbols. At a meeting in Cairo called by Egypt and Saudi Arabia, a charter was adopted allowing authorities to withdraw permits from offending channels. The charter calls on broadcasters …
Pope Benedict XVI called off a visit to a prestigious university in Rome in the face of hostility from some of its academics and students, who accused him of despising science and defending the church's persecution of Galileo. The Pope had been scheduled to make a speech at La Sapienza …
Going against the current scientific grain, four Iranian scientists reviewed literature from more than 50 countries across the world and found that smoke has several therapeutic uses
The environmental group Planet Ark is urging Australians to recycle their Christmas and New Year cards. This is the group's 14th year of card recycling and Australia's postal department has joined in the endeavour. It has distributed one million free envelopes that people can use to post their old cards …
The study deals with the concept of disease and sickness, the different methods of treatment, the official health policies over the years among the Gaddis of Bharmour, Himachal Pradesh. Jan 2008
The role of socio-cultural values in biodiversity conservation is an integral part of the people living in Uttarakhand, Central Himalaya, India. Due to a variety of reasons the area under traditional crops is declining very fast in the region but undoubtedly many of the crop varieties are still conserved in …
This study represents a comprehensive analysis and scientific validation of our ancient knowledge about the effect of ethnopharmacological aspects of natural products' smoke for therapy and health care on airborne bacterial composition and dynamics, using Biolog microplate panels and Microlog database.
The concept of Pancha Yajnya (five scarifies), reflected in Manusmruti such as Rrushi Yajnya (Sacrifices: for the source of Knowledge -Teacher), Deva Yajnya (to the Gods – Environmental powers), Bhoota Yajnya (living creatures), Nrru Yajnya (to men) and Pitru Yajnya (to manes); is aimed to raise eco-consciousness amongst the human …
before the Sethusamudram project began, many had cautioned the government against going ahead with the shipway. The ambitious project has claimed its casualty even before the first brick has been laid on it: specialist opinion. The government had long poured scorn over ecological objections against the proposed shipway in the …
Sacred groves are small tracts of near-virgin forests protected by the indigenous communities. Being the storehouses of medicinal plants, these are a unique Indian way of in-situ conservation of biodiversity. This paper deals with an account of the role played by Chilkigarh sacred grove in West Bengal in the conservation …
The recent focus on fundamentalist Islam might obscure the fact that western nations have their own experiences with religious fundamentalism. But New York audiences are filling the Lyceum Theatre on Broadway to learn about one such episode in the country whose government has targeted radical Islam the most. Inherit the …
In a significant contribution to a longstanding debate, the Anthropological Survey of India has come out with a study showing that four villages in the core zone of Orissa's Similipal Reserve cause very little ecological damage. The debate over relocating the four villages has raged on for over three decades …
>> On April 16, the Anti-vivisection League, an animal rights group in Italy, asked Pope Benedict to stop wearing fur as a sign of respect for the "sacredness of all living species'. The Pope wears a red velvet hat trimmed with white ermine fur, known as "camauro'. They made the …
More than 2,000 members of a religious sect recently marched up to the district of San Jeronimo, near the city of Cuzco in the southeastern Peru, to protest an official mining exploration request, which, according to the protestors, threatens religious sites in Q'oyllur Riti Sanctuary. The snowy mountainside where the …
Snail's habitat A court battle over an endangered West Coast snail is being heard by the Christchurch High Court, New Zealand. The lawsuit filed by anti-mining group Powelliphanta Augustus Incorporated had appealed against an environment court's decision allowing power company Solid Energy to mine the snail's habitat on Mount Augustus …
Brazil's Catholic bishops have condemned the government for its failure to address deforestation in the Amazon. The government was "absent' in combating "predatory development' in the world's largest rainforests, notes a media statement issued by the Brazilian National Bishops' Council. Concerned over the increasing soybean farming in the region, the …
