India is one of the few countries in the world endowed with abundant land and water resources. The average rainfall in the country is estimated to be over 4000 cubic km spread over the geographical area of 328 m.ha. of which 185 m.ha is culturable our to tr opical climate conditions, India experiences vast spatial and temporary variation in the rainfall about one thir d of the country's area is drought prone. The southern and western parts of the country comprising states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, T amilnadu and Karnataka are drought prone. On the other hand the areas subjected to periodic floods are mainly in the Norther and North Eastern parts of the country comprising states of Uttarpradesh, Bihar W est Bengal, Assan and the seven north Eastern states.

In this paper , the global problem of ground water depletion is addressed; the seriousness and the need to have concern about this crisis are emphasized. The causes for this crisis and some suggestions in handling this alarming situation at the local level with reference to Indian conditions are discussed in detail.

An Overview: Contemporary African poetry remains implicated in the life of politics and the fate of nations with a fixity of concern not found in Asia or the Caribbean. The end of colonialism was followed in most African countries by decades of native misrule. For thr ee generations, African poets have given voice to a wide range of experiences, always conscious that their use of English links them across regional boundaries, while they present the language with the challenge of dealing with the local in all its uniqueness, in circumstances ravaged by civil war , natural disasters, human greed, and political misrule.

Follow a line of investigation has shown that conditions of socio cultural factors in parents can be interr elated to the religiosity in children and the aim of the present study is to find out correlation between parents socio cultural background and religiosity in pre university students. The sample comprised 214 (108 males and 106 females) subjects fr om two pre university in Iran. Family socio cultural background questionnaire and Muslim religiosity-personality inventory (MRPI- Krauss et al. 2006) carried out on the student's group sample. The effects of gender on religiosity and family socio cultural background were also examined. Pearson correlation analysis and two independent sample T test were used to analyze the data .The results have revealed that the level of religiosity is significantly correlated with family socio cultural background. Moreover it was found that ther e is significant gender difference in religiosity , whereas ther e is no significant difference between family socio cultural backgrounds.

In coalition politics when no single-party is able to reach power by itself. In such circumstances one party joins another one or more parties to fight the elections and / or to form a government.

The aim of the present study is to find out the level of anxiety among female college students. 60 samples were selected on the basis of random sampling method .Hamiltan anxiety scale is used to measure the level of anxiety among the female college students (HAM-A.1959). 't'-test is used to test the hypothesis. Result found that ther e is significant different in Anxiety between the female psychology college students and non psychology female college student. (P<0.05).

The ancient Chinese society first encountered the tea plants,the British intr oduced tea to India, in order to compete with the Chinese monopoly on tea. India is the world's lar gest tea drinking nation and the second lar gest producer of tea, Indian tea production during the year 201 1 was 988.3 M.Kgs compared to 966.4 M.Kgs in 2010, an incr ease of 21.9 M.Kgs. In 201 1, India contributes the share of 23.4 percent in the world tea production. Time Series Analysis is used to compute the tea production and price. The domestic tea production during 2010 was lower by 12.6 M.Kgs and was placed at 966.4 M.Kgs. The south India production was estimated at 243.4 M.Kgs and the price of the year was Rs. 76.69 per Kgs.

Present study has been carried out on 300 regular and 200 contractual tertiary teachers. The primary purpose of the present study was to compare burnout behavior of regular and contractual tertiary teachers. Further an attempt has also been made to explore that how interaction between nature of appointment and sex, level of teaching (UG&PG) nature of course (Pr ofessional & non-professional) affects the burnout behavior of tertiary teachers. Results of the present study show that the effect of nature of appointment (Regular & contractual) is significant on burnout behavior of tertiary teachers. Contractual teachers are found to be more burned-out than their regular counterparts.

Central Board Of Secondary Education (CBSE) had been emphasizing education of students at secondary level, that is, grades IX and X, by developing their ten core Life Skills called self-awareness; empathy; critical thinking; creative thinking; decision making; problem solving; effective communication; interpersonal relationship; coping with stress and coping with emotion along with linking it to its scheme of comprehensive and continuous evaluation (CCE) in the formative evaluation format.

Maharashtra is among the states that have along and glorious legacy of the communist movement. It goes back to the struggle for independence against British imperialism. A lar ge number of communist, as well as workers and peasant owing allegiance to the communist party , have been martyred in this Indian fr eedom struggle. This movement commenced in the decade of the 1920 with the massive strikes and other militant struggles of the textile workers of Mumbai, under the r ed flag of the famous Girni Kamgar Union. Which was led by the communist leaders Co. S. A. Dange was one of the most important leader . One of the most memorable of these strikes was six months strike of textile workers in 1928

The laws relating to co-operative societies play a vital role in the development of a co-operative movement. These laws are complementary to co-operative principles, otherwise ther e is no room for the growth of a movement which is truly cooperative. Both the government official and the public will take the law to be correct and understand the content and character of the movement fr om the law relating to it. It is necessary to exercise the law in the co-operative structures to pave way for a brighter and stable cooperative movement in India

The inhibition effect of Acacia nilotica P ethanolic extract on copper corrosion in 0.5N hydrochloric acid has been studied by weight loss method between 303-353K temperatur es. The inhibition efficiency incr eased with incr ease in concentration of plant extract. The corrosion rate incr eased with incr ease in temperatur e and decreased with incr ease in concentration of inhibitor compared to blank. The adsorption of inhibitor on Cu metal have been found to obey Langmuir adsorption isotherm. The values of activation energy (Ea), free energy of adsorption (? G ), enthalpy of adsorption (? H), ads and entropy of adsorption (? S) were calculated. The G values indicate that the adsorption of EE P on copper metal surface is physical in nature. Surface analysis (FT An IR) was also carried out to establish the mechanism of corrosion inhibition on copper corrosion in hydrochloric acid medium.

In India, promoting quality in education has been the focus of almost all the committees and commissions constituted at different stages of the development of the higher education system. Every education commission which has examined the educational problems of the country had drawn attention to the most important c omp o n e n t s o f t h e e d u c a t i o n a l s y s t e m, i e t e a c h e r s , s t u d e n t s , c l i e n t s , management/government employees.

The Kavatagimath family derives the toponym part of their surname from 'Kavathe' village in Sangli District of Maharashtra state. The family was the resident of Kavathe Mahankal village. Mallayyaswami's great grandfather migrated to Chikodi 1 from this village. Hence, the family came to be known as Kavatagimath.

The history of the Hindu empire of V ijaynagar is closely entwined with that of the Muslim Bahamani Empire and the later sultanates of the Deccan for more than two centuries. The story of the Hindu Monarchy which proved a barrier of the armies of Islam is one of the singular inter est and might be narrated with a fullness of detail rarely possible in Indian History. Several European and Muslim travelers fr om the 14th to the 16th Century have recorded the Historical traditions of the empire with vivid descriptions of the system of Government and the glories of the magnificent capital. The study of the polity manners, customs, and religion of the V ijay Nagar Empire merits particulars attention because the state was the embodiment of the T elinga or T elugu Kanarese forms of Hinduism which differed widely fr om the more familiar forms of the 1 north.