Gutka- A Silent Killer By Anitha Varughese‚ LCSW Gutka‚ a form of smokeless tobacco‚ is a cocktail of tobacco‚ nicotine‚ and carcinogens that contains many unhealthy additives such as magnesium carbonate and phenyl ethyl alcohol‚ along with harmful perfumery compounds including musk ketones and other injurious fragrance compounds (which are known to be dangerous in toiletries). Gutka use is one of the major causes of oral cancer in India‚ is one of India.s most serious social problems‚ and is also
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Diwali Diwali (also spelt Divali in other countries) or Dīpāvali (Tamil: தீபாவளி‚ Gujarati: દિવાળી‚ Hindi: दिवाली‚ Kannada: ದೀಪಾವಳಿ‚ Konkani: धाकली दिवाळी‚ Malayalam: ദീപാവലി‚ Marathi: दिवाळी‚ Nepali: दिपावली‚ Oriya: ଦୀପାବଳୀ‚ Sanskrit: दीपावली‚ Telugu: దీపావళి‚ Urdu: دیوالی)‚ also popularly known as the Festival of Lights‚ is an important 5-day festival in Hinduism‚ Sikhism and Jainism‚ occurring between mid-October and mid-November. Diwali is an official holiday in India [1]‚ Guyana‚ Trinidad &
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Kannada or English. Earlier‚ the language was being used as medium of instruction in few Marathi medium schools in Tamil Nadu. It was in use as language of rituals along with Sanskrit. Most importantly‚ it was language of literature. However‚ as observed by native speakers‚ the use of Thanjavur Marathi has now shrunk to become a community language spoken only at home by the descendents of the Thanjavur Marathi people. Younger generations are denying the use of language even at the household. There
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Marathi: Big Newspapers Are Elephants By Robin Jeffrey To understand the Marathi press‚ one needs to appreciate two cities-Mumbai (Bombay) and Pune (Poona). Mumbai is the Manhattan of India-a buzzing‚ multi- lingual magnet of an island. As well as the industrial and commercial focus of India‚ it is the base for the advertising industry and for India’s two biggest newspaper chains‚ The Times of India and The Indian Express. Pune‚ on the other hand‚ is Maharashtra’s Boston (indeed‚ both have brahmins)
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Liza Largoza Maza (Leader) Gabriela Women’s Party Profile: Liza Largoza Maza is a Filipino politician‚ activist‚ and development worker. She is the GABRIELA Women’s Party president and its nominee to the House of Representatives in the 13th and 14th Congress. Maza was born on 8 September 1957. She was one of 10 children of a couple who owned a grocery store. She grew up in San Pablo‚ Laguna‚ finishing elementary school at San Pablo Elementary School in 1970 and high school at Canossa
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In his article ~Mystery of the haunted house’ (Hanabarir rahasya)‚ published in an anthology ’Why do I write’ (Keno likhi)‚ edited by Subhash Mukhopadhyay and Pranab Biswas (January 2000: Mitra O Ghosh) Arun Mitra pointed out that there should be a clear line of demarcation between creative literature and literray criticism. For him‚ critical literature can never be considered as creative‚ nor it should ever have any impact on the mutual bond between the reader and the writer of creativer literature
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DIMAPORO VS MITRA JR. (202 SCRA 779) FACTS: Petitioner Mohamad Ali Dimaporo was elected as a representative for the second legislative district of Lanao del Sur during the 1987 congressional elections. On January 15‚ 1990‚ Dimaporo filed a certificate of candidacy or COC for the position of Governor of ARMM. Secretary and Speaker of the House of Representative were informed about Dimaporo’s filing and excluded his name from the Roll of Members of HR Under Art IX of Sec 67 of the Omnibus Election
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The Handbook of News Analytics \ in Finance Edited by Gautam Mitra and Leela Mitra WILEY A John Wiley and Sons‚ Ltd‚ Publication Contents Preface xiii Acknowledgements xvii About the editors xix About the contributors xxi Abbreviations and acronyms xxv 1 Applications of news analytics in finance: A review Leela Mitra and Gautam Mitra 1.1 Introduction 1.2 News data ’ 1.2.1 Data sources 1.2.2 Pre-analysis’of news data 1.3 Turning qualitative text into quantified metrics and time-series
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The Human Brain vs. the Computer Over the millennia‚ Man has come up with countless inventions‚ each more ingenious than the last. However‚ only now‚ as the computer arises that mankind’s sentience itself is threatened. Ridiculous‚ some may cry‚ but I say look about you! The computer has already begun to hold sway over so many of the vital functions that man has prided himself upon before. Our lives are now dependent upon the computer and what it tells you. Even now‚ I type this
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freedom fighter‚ activist‚ linguistic activist‚ poet‚ author Language Konkani Ethnicity Konkani Ravindra Kelekar (March 25‚ 1925 – August 27‚ 2010) was a noted Indian author who wrote primarily in the Konkani language‚ though he also wrote in Marathi and Hindi.[3] A Gandhian activist‚ freedom fighter and a pioneer in the modern Konkani movement‚ he is a well known Konkani scholar‚ linguist‚ and creative thinker. Kelkar was a participant in the Indian freedom movement‚ Goa’s liberation movement
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