...YOUTH SUICIDE IN INDIA Ravinder Kaur, a professor at IIT Delhi in her case study observed that according to WHO, India has one of the highest Suicides rates worldwide, with about 40% people who commit suicides being under the age of 30.the focus has been on farmer Suicides as these have political resonance and their causes can often be traced to economic crises and government policies. The death of a farmer is often the death of a breadwinner impacting immediately the livelihood of his or her dependants. Though youth Suicides outnumber farmers farmer Suicides, little attention has been paid to the risk factors and the causes of Suicides in the demographic. Attention to student Suicides is paid only around Board exams, when stress levels across the Indian urban middle class are high or when a student at an IIT,IIM or the AIIMS, commit Suicides .Institutions conduct internal inquiries and come up with the usual factors of stress, inability to perform, parental pressure or issues of failed personal relationships. Some observes have noted that many Dalit students have committed suicide in elite institution, pointing a finger at stress experienced due to caste discrimination. Others point to fear of failure and dismissal once admission has been, individual psychology plays a role in every case. The recent Suicides in elite institution like IITs and raise several questions. Due to the...
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...http://cls.casa.colostate.edu/transgeniccrops/what.html What Are Transgenic Plants? A transgenic crop plant contains a gene or genes which have been artificially inserted instead of the plant acquiring them through pollination. The inserted gene sequence (known as the transgene) may come from another unrelated plant, or from a completely different species: transgenic Bt corn, for example, which produces its own insecticide, contains a gene from a bacterium. Plants containing transgenes are often called genetically modified or GM crops, although in reality all crops have been genetically modified from their original wild state by domestication, selection and controlled breeding over long periods of time. On this web site we will use the term transgenic to describe a crop plant which has transgenes inserted. Image:Results of insect infestation on Bt (right) and non-Bt (left) cotton bolls. Source: USDA | Why Make Transgenic Crop Plants? A plant breeder tries to assemble a combination of genes in a crop plant which will make it as useful and productive as possible. Depending on where and for what purpose the plant is grown, desirable genes may provide features such as higher yield or improved quality, pest or disease resistance, or tolerance to heat, cold and drought. Combining the best genes in one plant is a long and difficult process, especially as traditional plant breeding has been limited to artificially crossing plants within the same species or with closely related...
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...Monsanto’s pledge on business ethics: Oxymoron? “Producing more, conserving more, improving lives – that’s sustainable agriculture. And that’s what Monsanto is all about. Billions of people depend upon what farmers do. And so will billions more. In the next few decades, farmers will have to grow as much food as they have in the past 10,000 years – combined. We work alongside farmers to do exactly that by selling seeds, traits developed through biotechnology, and crop protection chemicals. We are working to double yields in our core crops by 2030 with one-third fewer resources such as land, water and energy per unit produced and helping farmers to raise themselves from poverty to prosperity, along with many more people.” (Compiled from www.monsanto.com) On its website, Monsanto positions itself as a relatively new agricultural company that aims to help farmers produce healthier food by increasing productivity, repressing weeds and combating insects while ensuring that environmental standards are not only met but exceeded, and while protecting the safety of people and communities. Its leading product is ‘Roundup’, world’s best selling agriculture herbicide for the last thirty years. Monsanto is also the world leader in biotechnology. 90 percent of GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) crops grown on the planet belonged to Monsanto (1). But then Monsanto is also arguably the world's most controversial company, praised by those who see a future of environmentally friendly farming...
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... RAYNAH FERNANDES 13 SRUSHTI GANGAN 14 NEHA GAONKAR 15 INDEX 1. WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION GATT Principles of WTO Objectives & Function 2. INDIA & WTO 3. INDIAN ECONOMY 4. INDIAN AGRICULTURE Agricultural Trade Agricultural Support Policies Importance Of Indian Agriculture 5. AGREEMENT ON AGRICULTURE The Three Boxes: Green, Amber and Blue Trend In Pattern Of Consumption Implication Of Agreement : Short Term and Long Term 6. WTO & INDIAN AGRICULTURE India’s Commitment India’s Agricultural Trade Under WTO Regime 7. A STUDY & ITS FINDINGS 8. SUGGESTIONS 9. BIBLIOGRPHY ACKNOWLEGEMENT We would like to acknowledge and express our sincerest gratitude for the efforts and timely guidance of our professor Mrs. Neelam Shetty of Managerial Economics for providing us the opportunity to study the impact of WTO agreements on the Indian economy especially focused on the agricultural sector. We would also like to thanks and express our gratitude towards professor Mr. Agnelo Menezes of economics from the Bachelors of Arts faculty and his student from XRCVC Master Prashant Lindayat. Each and every team member gave in his best to make sure that this report has all the necessary inputs and is completed on time. We definitely had a knowledgeful and enriching experience. WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION The WTO provides a forum for negotiating agreements aimed at reducing obstacles to international...
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...Monsanto’s pledge on business ethics: Oxymoron? “Producing more, conserving more, improving lives – that’s sustainable agriculture. And that’s what Monsanto is all about. Billions of people depend upon what farmers do. And so will billions more. In the next few decades, farmers will have to grow as much food as they have in the past 10,000 years – combined. We work alongside farmers to do exactly that by selling seeds, traits developed through biotechnology, and crop protection chemicals. We are working to double yields in our core crops by 2030 with one-third fewer resources such as land, water and energy per unit produced and helping farmers to raise themselves from poverty to prosperity, along with many more people.” (Compiled from www.monsanto.com) On its website, Monsanto positions itself as a relatively new agricultural company that aims to help farmers produce healthier food by increasing productivity, repressing weeds and combating insects while ensuring that environmental standards are not only met but exceeded, and while protecting the safety of people and communities. Its leading product is ‘Roundup’, world’s best selling agriculture herbicide for the last thirty years. Monsanto is also the world leader in biotechnology. 90 percent of GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) crops grown on the planet belonged to Monsanto (1). But then Monsanto is also arguably the world's most controversial company, praised by those who see a future of environmentally friendly farming...
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...Empowered lives. Resilient nations. POLICY PAPER Empowering Women in Agriculture: Closing the Gender Gap through Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP) POLICY PAPER Empowering Women in Agriculture: Closing the Gender Gap through Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP) ANANDI www.anandi-india.org Empowered lives. Resilient nations. CONTENTS Acknowledgements................................................................................................................................................. 3 Executive Summary.................................................................................................................................................4 I. Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................... 8 1.1 1.2 Gender Gaps in Agriculture................................................................................................................ 10 Agriculture and Livelihoods................................................................................................................ 10 1.3 Positioning ‘Women’s Empowerment as a Transformative Process.....................................13 II. The Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP)........................................................................... 16 2.1 Opportunities and Challenges in Programme Design...
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...SBI ASSISTANT MANAGER Past Paper Reasoning Ability 1. How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters ELRU using each letter only once in each word? a) None b) One c) Two d) Three e) More-than three 2. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word STAPLER each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet? a) None b) One c) Two d) Three e) More-than three 3. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? a) Magenta b) Purple c) Pink d) Grey e) Blue 4._In_a_certain_code_'DOUBT'_is_written_as_'53146'_and_'TE_M'_is_written_as_'6972'. How is ABODE written in that code? a) 74659 b) 73459 c) 75439 d) 74359 e) None of these 5. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? a) Sitar b) Flute c) Violin d) Santoor e) Sarod 6. How many such digits are there in the number 69143875 each of which is as far away from the beginning of the number as when ' the digits are rearranged in descending order within the number? a) None b) One c) Two d) Three e) More-than three 7. In a certain code language, 'where are you' is written as 'pit ka ta,' 'are they there' is written as 'sa da ka' and 'they may come' is written as 'da na ja;' How is 'there' written in that code language? a) da b) sa c) ka d) Data inadequate e) None of these 8. In a certain code DOCUMENTS is written as VDPENRSMD...
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...poor farmer , with a famished stomach , hunger to excel , brilliant mind and a kind heart became my father’s favourite. Babuji ( as villagers greet my father) , a senior bureaucrat at Hyderabad, had purchased sixty acres of land, from erstwhile Zamindar , who were migrating to Australia.This land surrounded by a forest on all three sides, with an entrance from the north through a tribal hamlet , fifteen kms from Tirupati, my father’s native place , and nearest village to this land is Puttur, an obscure village on the foothills of eastern ghats ,five kms apart.There were only three buses plying from Tirupati to Puttur. From Puttur one has to walk to reach our land , and no electricity or phone...
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...| Assisted Suicide | Canadian Studies | | | 12/3/2012 | | Rebecca Miller Canadian Studies 302-4:30-6:00 December 3, 2012 Canada Assisted Suicide Most places in the world have some sort of law about Euthanasia or physician-assisted Suicide. In Canada, it is against the law for a physician to aid a person in ending their own life (Criminal Code of Canada states in section 241(b ). Assisted Suicide is defined as suicide facilitated by another person, especially a physician, who organizes the logistics of the suicide, as by proving the necessary quantities of a poison. There are many people that are for and against assisted suicide; that is why this issue remains a sensitive and complex issue for many. Currently in Canada the books on both passive euthanasia (withholding of life-preserving procedures) and active euthanasia (assisted suicide) both forms are illegal. Recently in July, 2012 a British Columbia Supreme Court overturned the criminal code for Assisted Suicide citing that it unfairly infringes on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The court has given a reprieve to the legislature for a challenge or change in the law before it goes into effect. I will discuss both sides of the issue of Assisted Suicide and the relevant cases that came before the Canadian Courts past and the case that eventually swayed the Supreme Court to reverse the laws of the land. It used to be easy to define when one was dead, either when ones heart stop beating...
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...GOLDACRE BJP 2000, 176:266-272. Access the most recent version at DOI: 10.1192/bjp.176.3.266 Suicide in psychiatric hospital in-patients : Risk factors and their predictive power References This article cites 0 articles, 0 of which you can access for free at: http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/176/3/266#BIBL To obtain reprints or permission to reproduce material from this paper, please write to permissions@rcpsych.ac.uk http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/eletter-submit/176/3/266 http://bjp.rcpsych.org/ on April 6, 2012 Published by The Royal College of Psychiatrists Reprints/ permissions You can respond to this article at Downloaded from To subscribe to The British Journal of Psychiatry go to: http://bjp.rcpsych.org/site/subscriptions/ B R I T I S H J O U R N A L O F P S YC H I AT RY ( 2 0 0 0 ) , 1 7 6 , 2 6 6 ^ 2 7 2 Suicide in psychiatric hospital in-patients Risk factors and their predictive power JOHN POWELL, JOHN GEDDES, JONATHAN DEEKS, MICHAEL GOLDACRE and KEITH HAW TON Background Psychiatric hospitalinpatients are knownto be at high riskof highriskof suicide, yetthereislittlereliableknowledge of risk factors or their predictive power. Aims To identify risk factors for suicide in psychiatric hospital in-patients and to evaluate their predictive power in detecting people at risk of suicide. Method Using a case ^ control design, 112 people who committed suicide while in-patients in psychiatric hospitals were compared with112 randomly selected controls.Univariate...
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...The Elements of Megan’s Law “The principal elements of Megan’s Law provides for the registration of sex offenders and the creation of a central registry, community notification, and notification procedures for the release of certain offenders” (Brooks, 1996, p. 764). In New Jersey, a person must register if he or she was “convicted, adjudicated delinquent, or acquitted by reason of insanity” of either aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact, kidnapping, or endangering the welfare of a child (Whitman & Farmer, 2000, p. 6-7). The New Jersey Guidelines, signed by Governor Whitman and Attorney General Farmer, states that if an offender was released from custody or on parole or probation since the effective...
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...Marketing Research Project 2015-2016 Study on mobile phones contribution in better agricultural decision making by Indian Farmers. Report Submitted By- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We wish to express our sincere gratitude to Dr. Jogendra Kumar Nayak, Assistant Professor, for providing us opportunity to pursue work on the project “Study on mobile phones contribution in better agricultural decision making by Indian Farmers” and also for providing us with necessary facilities, freedom of thoughts and actions, and guidance for efficiently conducting our work. We sincerely thank our respondents and our colleagues from the course structure of Marketing Research and all other who were directly or indirectly involved in the project, for entrusting us with the project meanwhile mentoring and guiding us and helping us conduct our work with utmost proficiency. This project gave us an insight in the applications of mobile phones in providing best agro based information to our farmers. Through our study we came to the understanding that exploiting the technological advancements in the agriculture sector can help our producers to a great extent. Group 2|Page Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................................................................... 2 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 5 ...
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...European Settlers are “Immigrants” Final Academic Essay Noshing Zaman ACST 1000 Dr. Richard Fields 02/12/2015 Précis John Robinson, farmer at Bewholm in the County of York, and Thomas Rispin Farmer of Fangross journeyed through Nova Scotia years after the founding of Nova Scotia to account of the country’s position in economic growth, and to observe the lifestyle of the inhabitants. The journal is quite interesting as these voyagers express their initial thoughts of arriving in Halifax as discouraging, as they witnessed land covered in rocks and unsatisfying for cultivation. Most voyagers who arrived in Halifax were quit poor in England and came to find prosperity in this new country. This unfavourable appearance made passengers onboard the ships looking for a new prospective life in Halifax, wishing to take the long trip back to their homes in England. Even though immigrants today face the similar discouragement upon arriving to Canada, their motives are further discouraged by discrimination faced in their daily lives. Immigrants from rural Bangladesh face different experiences than those of urban Bangladesh upon arriving in Canada. Even so, the initial time in Canada is quite difficult to adapt. Further ignorance by several Canadians leads to cultures and religions being grouped to a specific title or cause especially for Middle Eastern immigrants. Some Canadians fear to allow Syrian refugees in their country because of fear of facing the terrors the Syrians face in their...
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...CGGGG The Political Economy of International Trade Chapter Outline OPENING CASE: Why Are Global Food Prices Soaring? INTRODUCTION INSTRUMENTS OF TRADE POLICY Tariffs Subsides Country Focus: Subsidized Wheat Production in Japan Import Quotas and Voluntary Export Restraints Local Content Requirements Administrative Polices Antidumping Policies Management Focus: U.S. Magnesium Seeks Protection THE CASE FOR GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION Political Arguments for Intervention Country Focus: Trade in Hormone-Treated Beef Economic Arguments for Intervention THE REVISED CASE FOR FREE TRADE Retaliation and Trade War Domestic Politics DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORLD TRADING SYSTEM From Smith to the Great Depression 1947-1979: GATT, Trade Liberalization, and Economic Growth 1980-1993: Protectionist Trends The Uruguay Round and the World Trade Organization WTO: Experience to Date The Future of the WTO: Unresolved Issues and the Doha Round Country Focus: Estimating the Gains from Trade for America FOCUS ON MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS Trade Barriers and Firm Strategy Policy Implications SUMMARY CRITICAL THINKING AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CLOSING CASE: Agricultural Subsidies Learning Objectives 1. Describe the policy instruments used by governments to influence international trade flows. 2. Understand why...
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...Behavioral Health Agencies Rachel Villarreal Vasquez PPA601 Foundation of Public Administration Leah Raby September 3, 2013 . Behavioral Health Agencies A public agency that has gone through significant amount of change in the last twenty five years, are agencies that treat people suffering from mental health issues. These agencies have been a part of my life for the last thirteen years and have the personal knowledge of how they work, how they have grown and how these agencies service in different sectors of the community at the level of city, state and federal. Making a world of difference in the quality of a persons’ life, assisting them in the ability to see a light at the end of tunnel where no light existed. Yet, their growth is emissive that services tend to overlap, workers over worked and the quality of service seems to be diminishing. Mental illness continues to have stigma that works negatively in the public eye, so the government has little to say about the services that it offers. As we already know from the text that, "Government exercises considerable economic power through its consumption of a large part of society’s financial and human resources for the production of public goods and services like streets and highways, police and fire protection, public health, schools, national defense, and so on" (Cropf, 2008). Yet, because there are so many blank areas, unanswered questions and most obvious in mental health which is instability over shadows how these services...
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