“Teaching is becoming more challenging as a profession more paperwork, more bureaucracy and more unruly classes” Teaching can be a stressful job, not only is there pressure to be an excellent role model but the combination of students, their parents, management, administrative work and faculty activities can get overwhelming at times. It’s a well known fact that over 90% of all teachers experience elevated stress levels. This stress is also heightened by the economy, with low salaries and fear of job losses. Overcrowded classrooms, grading assignments, angry parents can easily escalate a teacher’s stress level to a point that it adversely affects their health. If you have read earlier articles on symptoms of elevated stress you’ll know that common ailments like headaches, backaches, constant irritation, eating disorders, restiveness and others can directly be attributed to increase in stress. If untreated it could turn into further serious issues like heart disorders, severe depression and hypertension

Mahatma Gandhi, the famous Indian personality ever to have walked the planet, ever known to almost all in every nook and corner stone of the world because of the unusual weapons used by Him to fight against the colonial fight based on Truth and Non-violence. For many of people he is still a man of inspiration, principles, beliefs and philosophy. Gandhiji’s philosophy even today, relevant to all most aspects of human life. Throughout His life, Gandhiji sought to develop ways to fight India’s extreme poverty, backwardness and socio-economic challenges as a part of His wider involvement in India’s independence movement. Gandhiji intensely loved all mankind and believed in universal brotherhood of man. For him the entire humanity was one. His heart was utterly incapable of making any distinctions among human beings as Rich and Poor, Relatives and Strangers Indians and foreigners, Able and Disabled. Gandhiji believed that, if the mankind was to progress and to realize the ideals of Equality and Brotherhood, it must act on the principle of paying the highest attention to the prime needs of the weakest section of the population, for what He called as ‘Sarvodaya’.

Discourse Analysis grew out of work in different disciplines in the 1960s and early 1970s, including linguistics, psychology, anthropology and sociology. Thus this research aims at analyzing the discourses in the texts/ biographies of marginalized writers. The conversations of the characters with the people in the text reveal/ show the respect and concern by the upper class/ white people. A Dalit woman or the African-American woman has to face insults/ humiliation at home and in the society also. By writing these novels the writers have exposed the lives of the exploited characters which are full of suffering and humiliation.

The present study is an attempt to investigate the difference in Social Tension and Personality of the students of two communities i.e. Muslim and Hindu. The sample constituted of 108 female students (54 Muslims and 54 Hindus) within the age range of 18-22 years in Mumbai and its suburbs. Subjects were studied using Eysenck’s Personality Questionnaire - Revised (E.P.Q. - R) and the Comprehensive Scale of Tension (Hindi Version) of Dr. Rajivlochan Bhardwaj. The results revealed that there is a significant difference between reacting to social situation among Muslim and Hindu community students. Analysis of the data, using t – test showed significant difference in Social Tension between Hindu and Muslim Subjects (t = 3.51, df = 106, P < 0.05). Muslim subjects group mean were higher than group mean of Hindu subjects. No significant difference was found in Personality factors - Psychoticism (t = 1.80, df = 106, P > 0.05), Extraversion (t = 1.46, df = 106, P > 0.05), and Neuroticism (t = 0.051, df = 106, P > 0.05). These trends may not be treated as generalized conclusions as such, and should be treated only as guidelines for future research.

Mass awareness regarding the detrimental effects of excessive use of pesti cide was generated only after the publication of 'silent spring' (Carson,1962) which made it imperative to consider some environment frien dly, safe and compatible alternatives. In the last two decades or so juvenoids have opened new vistas in that res pect. These insecticides are very much target specific, effective in small quantities and often decompose quickly (Ware,1994) .These attributes will reduce the pesticide inputs and conserve our natural flora and fauna . In holometabolous insects like Lepidoptera, only in absence of juvenile hor mone the last larval instar undergo a pupal moult by the action of ecdysone. Juvenile hormone prevents any precocious development of imaginal disks, and control the morphological, ultrastructural and physiological changes that occur during shedding of epide rmis i.e.ecdysis. This ecdysis and moulting are dependent upon regulation of gene expression with different titers 20-ecdysone in absence or presence of JH (.Riddiford,1996).

Periodicals are effective means for propagating the ideas from one generation to another as well as for imparting education in connection with society and culture. Periodical is one of the printed mass media which inculcate and promotes emotional and national integration at regional and national level. The teachers who are migrated to Mumbai Metropolitan city are having versatile linguistic and regional background. In the present research paper language-wise dailies and leading dalies have been focussed with the intension to acquaint the readers with the size of circulation. The inclusion of such quantitative information has helped to understand interest of the migrated teachers in the Mumbai Metropolitan city. It also helps to acquaint with the interest of secondary school teachers interest in periodical readership. The questionnaire was administered and the interviews were conducted as per the requirement for data collection.

It is very clear that man is a social animal . In the early age of development of human and human culture there was a great need of communication . Infact it worked as the basis of further development and the enhancement of the civilization . The out come of this step was the formation of society . But the need of human mind could not be satisfied and new methods were invented to make a bigger group or society . The development of technology gave impetus and the results are so surprising that now the traditional political and geographical boundaries have no meanings in the current age of technology. The word “ Technology “ which changed the traditional society to the “Internet Society “ is the second name of globalized human society . No doubt every concept is changed with the development of technology . When this technology is emerged with crime or criminal mind, results may be disastrous . This article reflects the impression of the same .

The effect of aqueous seed extract of Abrus precatorius on reproduction was studied in male albino mice. The study was divided into three groups of six animals each. The first group (I) received distilled water and served as control. The second and third group (II & III) of animals were administered the aqueous seed extract daily at 250mg/kg body weight and 300mg/kg body weight respectively for 30 days. A dose related reduction in testicular sperm count and the motility were observed. The result showed thatAbrus precatorius has effect on male reproduction affecting the male reproductive system.

The present investigation was carried out to document the avifauna of three water bodies (Kanhala, Pindavani and Malhara Ponds) of Bhadrawati town located in the Chandrapur district of Maharashtra State from Oct. 2005 to Sep. 2007 in which 38 species of Birds were recorded of 12 different orders viz. Podicipediformes, Ciconiformes, Anciriformes, Falconiformes, Galliformes, Gruiformes Pelecanformes, Charadriformes, Columbiformes, Psittaciformes, Coraciformes and Passeriformes. The frequency percentage, diversity for pond, abundance, diversity for order was calculated and was found that the diversity was 12.66 in Malhara pond, 11.33 in Pindivani pond and 11.00 in Kanhala pond. The order diversity ranges from 0.15 to 0.03 in Kanhala pond, 0.02 to 0.20 in Pindavani pond and 0.02 to 0.20 in Malhara pond.

The effect of mutagenesis was studied in lentil varieties K-75 and L-4076. Seeds of lentil varieties K-75 and L-4076 were subjected to 0.01%, 0.02%, 0.03% and 0.04% of methyl methane sulphonate (MMS).The mutagenic treatments of methyl methanesulphonate caused biological damage which was measured by M1parameters. Data on various quantitative traits such as plant height, days to flowering, days to maturity, plant height, fertile branches/plant, pods/plant, no. of seeds/pods, 100 seeds weight (g) and total plant yield (g) were also recorded in both varieties of lentil. The mutants were morphologically quite distinct, as compared to the control and to each other. The mean values of plant height, fertile branches/plant and pods/plants were found to be significant in both varieties and no. of seed/pods were found to be significant in both varieties. No. of seeds/pods and 100 seeds weight did not show any significant difference. The total plant yield did not show significant in var. K-75 but it is significant in var. L-4076.

Ahmednagar region is a part of Deccan plateau, is situated in the western part of Maharashtra. In the course of survey conducted on the medicinal plants of Ahmednagar region it has been observed that large number of plant species are in traditional use to treat various minor/major diseases by rural people and tribal such as Bhils, Pardhi, Thakur, Mahadeo Koli, Vadar, Wanjari, Kaikadi, Laman etc. The area is rich in vegetation shows more biodiversity of medicinal plant species. Akole taluka is very rich with botanical and ethno medicinal wealth. The present paper provides information regarding 110 medicinal plants belonging to 37 families identified from Ahmednagar region. Brief information about the plant part/s used, botanical names, English name, Marathi name, Hindi names have been presented. As the traditional herbal remedies are based on ancestral knowledge and empiric experiences. This type of ethno-medicinal biodiversity survey appeared to be useful for the research on medicinal plants for betterment of mankind.

Between June 2010 and May 2011, 90 men who agreed to participate in this study, after obtaining the Institutional Ethical clearance. The recruited Fourty Four men with histologically proven cancer prostate (Group 1) and Fourty Six benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) (Group 2) as control. These Group 2 men were symptomatic had serum PSA less than 4 and failed in biopsy approval. Men having diabetes, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, hepatitis, AIDS and other inflammatory diseases were excluded. Immediately after blood sampling, serum was obtained by centrifugation at 2000 r/min for 15 min at 4oC and stored at -80 oC until later analysis. Serum PSA, and IL-18 (Bender Med Systems, ELISA kits Vienna, Austria) levels were determined using ELISA kits as per standard protocol of manufacturers.

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Children are said to be developmentaly delayed if they fail to reach developmental milestones at the expected age. Developmental delay is considered as a disability, which the child displays either due to biological or environmental factors. This affect child’s speech, language, fine and gross motor skills and cognitive development. So delay or abnormal development may affect individual areas of development or child’s overall development. Based on this a need was felt to study the prevalence of developmental delays among infants born in government and private hospitals of Dharwad. Detailed information of the newborn was collected within 24 hours of birth. After 6 months of interval developmental assessment were made by administering Bayley scale for infant development (BSID-1993), test for screening developmental delays developed by National Institute for the mentally handicapped, Secunderabad (2000). Student‘t’ test was employed to know the differences in the psychomotor and mental development between low birth weight and normal birth weight infants. The results revealed that psychomotor and mental developmental levels of low birth weight and pre-term infants fell in low and medium level of development when compared with normal birth weight infants. The incidence of developmental delays was noticed in case of low birth weight infants either with or without birth complications, while among normal birth weight infants only among those born with birth complications delays were found.

Modernity is one of the most invaluable values and important insignias of society and literature. Infact, it is a process of change, evolution and development. But it should be based on rationality, a progressive thought and should aim at achieving a decent standard of living of all the people. It means that modernity means a way of life and a mode of thinking. However, each society as a small replica of vast universe, wants change and transformation, which, can not be achieved by emphasizing the traditional way of life, nor it can be acquired merely by blind beliefs, adaptation or borrowing things from the west or elsewhere. Therefore, it requires change in action, opinions, beliefs, conventions, modes of thinking, social behaviour, social structure and other values. Thus ‘change-continuity’ lies at the core of any modern society.

The works of feminist writers of India in 1990s mirror a realistic picture of the contemporary educated, urban Indian women. At a glance, their novels appear to be a product of feminism. On the other side, they satirize modern urban culture in the frame of feminism. To project urban culture, they have changed tradition picture of enduring, submissive and self-sacrificing women with a new picture of bold and liberated urban women. Shobha De is renowned for bold and frank style of writing. She explored the lives of bored housewives and their loveless rich husband and family. Her novels mirror the life styles of the elite and the middle classes of urban world.

Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles. Male to female and female to male are the two gender identities which have been widely noted in the transgender literature. The study aims at unraveling the nutritional status of the selected transgenders. One hundred and twenty transgenders from the age group of 20-70 years were selected from the locale by using convenience sampling method. A detailed interview schedule was used to collect their demographic profile, lifestyle patterns, psychological aspects and assessment of nutritional status by adopting standardized procedure. Statistical analysis was applied to find the significance of their nutritional status based on the type of their type of activity. Transgender face more psychological problems and social exclusion is one of the most important one.

The 21st Century library and information centre’s environment has brought with it an increased availability of information and communication technology (ICT), new forms and formats of information resources, and more particularly the ever increasing growth and development of web, internet and mobile technology. Information and knowledge is available in number of ways and means including through search engines, meta-search engines, subject gateways, discipline archives, opens access resources, virtual libraries etc. In this circumstanced the effective searching, using and evaluating of information is very difficult. Users need to be train in this regard to coup with the situation. Pointing to the skill based literary programmes is essential to achieve overall development of men and women for the progress of the knowledge society.

The present study was undertaken to study the awareness towards electronic waste among college students. For this investigation a sample of 200 students studying in different colleges of Ambala affiliated to Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra were taken. Objectives of the study were (1) to study the awareness towards electronic waste among male and female college students (2) to study the awareness towards electronic waste among the college students of science and humanities stream and (3) to study the awareness towards electronic waste among high and low socio-economic status college students. The results revealed no significant difference in the awareness towards electronic waste between the Male and Female college students. The study further revealed no significant difference in the awareness towards electronic waste between the college students of science and humanities stream. Also no significant difference was found in the awareness towards electronic waste between high and low socio-economic status college students