Noise pollution is a significant environmental problem in many rapidly urbanizing areas of Orissa, India. Transportation sector is one of the major contributors to noise in these areas. The present study is an attempt to estimate traffic noise pollution at five places on the way from Vyasa Vihar Campus to Gyan Vigyan Vihar Campus of Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, Orissa. The sources of noise...

India has been predominantly an agricultural country. The progress of is very much dependent on the development agriculture. In recent years, effect climate change seen in form long dry spells and heavy rains rainfed areas causing drought floods, respectively. However, these vagaries can be overcome by adopting soil conservation measures, changing cropping pattern, rain water harvesting etc., p...

The potential for application of ICT in the agro-sector is high. The new tools and techniques are evolving and the implications of that are clearly visible at the global scale. But the level of penetration of ICT is very low in India since the rural masses are not aware of the new technological innovations. The private initiative taken by Tata Chemicals Ltd started with an objective of providin...

After five years of legislative tussling, California has passed a law, written by Assemblywoman Helen Thomson (a former psychiatric nurse), that purports to provide for court-ordered (involuntary) outpatient treatment for certain persons with mental illness. The law, which went into effect January 1, 2003, is alternatively titled Laura’s Law and The Assisted Outpatient Treatment Demonstration P...

Amongst the emerging Asian Economies, India is a nation with 70 % of population living in rural areas which casts pressure on Government to focus more on development of Rural India. ICT acts as a provider of major opportunities to rural livelihoods and contributes towards poverty reduction. Productivity of rural areas can be enhanced by usage of ICT. Through various E-Governance initiatives lik...