Water Borne Diseases:
Due To Ingestion of Polluted Water
Water Washed Diseases :
Due To Lack Of Cleaning Water
Water Based Diseases :
Due To Contact With Polluted Water
Water Related Diseases :
Due To Habitation Of Disease Causing Parasites In Polluted Water
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The Global Environment Facility (GEF):
•estd in 1992 during the Rio Earth Summit
•supports five major international conventions, including the Minamata Convention on Mercury and the UNFCCC
•184 member countries
•secretariat : Washington, DC
•World Bank - trustee
The revolutionaries, unsatisfied with the methods of both the moderates&extremists, started many revolutionary secret organizations:
Bengal : Anusilan Samiti&Jugantar
Maharashtra : Abhinava Bharat by Savarkar brothers
Madras: Bharathmatha Association by Nilakanta Bramachari.
... It represents the amount of energy available for growth, reproduction, and consumption by other organisms in the ecosystem.
👉Secondary productivity is the rate at which new organic matter is produced by #heterotrophs, primarily consumers (like animals).
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👉Different #alleles of the genes that control their colour cause the (apples) to be green, yellow, red, or almost purple.
Differences in the alleles that control flavour make each type taste different.
👉Gross primary productivity (GPP) is the rate at which #autotrophs (like plants and algae) produce organic matter during photosynthesis.
👉Net primary productivity (NPP) is derived by subtracting the energy consumed by autotrophs during respiration from GPP.
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The Namami Gange Programme was launched in 2014 with twin objectives of effective abatement of pollution, conservation and rejuvenation of the National River Ganga.
Equalization Levy is a direct tax (of 6%), introduced in India in 2016 to tax foreign firms (such as Google & FB)
Day-49 ! [ Short notes + Facts ]
The basic principle of the seafloor spreading hypothesis, proposed by Hess in 1961, is that the oceanic crust is created and spreads outward from the mid-oceanic ridges due to volcanic activity.
Securities are fungible (interchangeable) & tradable financial instruments used to raise capital in public &private markets.
Types:
Equity: provides ownership rights to holders
Debt: essentially loans repaid with periodic payments
Hybrids: combine aspects of debt& equity.