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எந்திரப்பெண் வயோம் மித்ரா

பெங்களூருவில் நடந்த மனிதர்களின் விண்வெளிப் பயணம் மற்றும் ஆய்வு - தற்போதைய சவால்கள் மற்றும் எதிர்கால போக்குகள் என்ற மாநாட்டில் வயோம் மித்ரா எனப்படும் எந்திரப் பெண்ணை இஸ்ரோ அறிமுகப்படுத்தியது.

இந்திய பொருளாதாரம்

இந்தியப் பொருளாதாரமானது வளரும் பொருளாதாரம் (இரண்டாம் நிலை பொருளாதாரம்) என அழைக்கப்படுகிறது.

செங்கல்லை படைக்கும் பாக்டீரியா

அமெரிக்காவிலுள்ள கொலராடோ பல்கலைக்கழக விஞ்ஞானிகள் பாக்டீரியாக்களின் உதவியுடன் செங்கல்லை உருவாக்கி சாதனை படைத்துள்ளனர்.

ஆழ்ந்த உறக்கம் பெற....

ஓருவருக்கு தூக்கம் மிகவும் இன்றியமையாதது. ஆனால் இந்த தூக்கத்தை இன்றைய கால இளைஞர்களால் சரியாக பெற முடிவதில்லை .

கிறிஸ்டினா கோச்

அமெரிக்காவை சேர்ந்த விண்வெளி வீராங்கனையான கிறிஸ்டினா கோச் அதிக நாட்கள் விண்வெளியில் இருந்த பெண் எனும் சாதனையோடு கஜகஸ்தானில் விண்வெளி ஓடம் மூலம் கடந்த மாதம் 6-ஆம் தேதி தரையிறங்கினார்.

ஆசிரியர் தகுதித்தேர்வு (TET) அறிந்ததும் அறியாததும்

ஆசிரியர் தகுதித்தேர்வு (TET) என்பது அனைவருக்கும் கட்டாய இலவச கல்வி உரிமைச்சட்டம் 2009 இன் படி அறிமுகப்படுத்தப்பட்டது.

உலகை உலுக்கும் கொரோனா வைரஸ்

கொரோனா வைரஸ். நோய் வருவதும் அதை குணப்படுத்தவோ அல்லது கட்டுக்குள் வைப்பதோ எப்போதும் நிகழ்வுதான்.

உலக கோப்பை படகு போட்டி

அமெரிக்காவின் மியாமியில் ஹெம்லி பல் உலகக் கோப்பை படகு ஓட்டும் போட்டி நடைபெற்றது.

PEN கௌரி லங்கேஷ் விருது

பிரபல இந்திய பத்திரிக்கையாளர் யூசுப் ஜமாலுக்கு ஜனநாயக கருத்தியலுக்கான 2019-20-ஆம் ஆண்டுக்கான PEN கௌரி லங்கேஷ் விருது வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

भारत के शीर्ष 100 विश्वविद्यालय

हर रैंकिंग प्रक्रिया को सबसे पहले इस प्रश्न का जवाब देने में सक्षम होना चाहिए: आखिर विश्वविद्यालय अच्छा बनता कैसे हैं ?

THE 2018 KERALA FLOOD: BEST PRACTICES AND LESSONS LEARNT

It is imperative to reconnoiter the potential best practices, lessons learned and way forward from the Kerala 2018 floods, which include community response to disaster risk reduction and institutionalizing capacity building for flood risk management. In order to support this review the significance of social capital in initial response as first responder and the need of institutionalizing this social capital is critically analysed. The paper also suggests a way forward for flood risk reduction.

Multi Hazard Disaster Risk Assessment: A Step Towards Disaster Resilience

GVV Sarma, Member Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority, talks to G’nY about building multi-disaster resilient infrastructure through comprehensive and integrated guidelines by involving entire geographic and socio-economic ecosystems.

Predicting weather-related disasters: Towards accuracy

M Mohapatra, Director General, India Meteorological Department (IMD), talks to G’nY about successes in monitoring and prediction as also the associated challenges of climate-related extreme events.

INCREASING VULNERABILITY, RISK AND UNDERMINING RESILIENCE: SOME REFLECTIONS

The essay questions current development paradigms, which undermines community resilience. With climate change and increase in the frequency and intensity of disasters, sustainable living is imperative. there is an urgent need to stop indiscriminate development, which exacerbates vulnerabilities in communities.

DISASTER RISK REDUCTION THROUGH SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: VULNERABILITY AND TRAFFICKING

Research shows disasters exacerbate pre-existing vulnerabilities, which are often ignored in the disaster risk reduction policies. It is observed that people who are already vulnerable get more exposed to disaster risk, suffering a higher rate of mortality, morbidity and significant damages to their livelihoods and property. Although disasters do not make a distinction in gender—women and children tend to be the worst hit. The major global policy instruments thus need to align to facilitate and encourage better communication, participation and create awareness thereby ushering in the sustainable development goals under the 2030 development agenda. The paper attempts to highlight how streamlining disaster preparedness plays an important role in reducing vulnerabilities within and across communities.

DISASTER RISK REDUCTION THROUGH - HUMANITARIAN SUPPLY CHAIN DEVELOPMENT

In a disaster-prone country like India, it is important to work with a multi-pronged strategy to reduce the risk of disasters. Proper supply chain management for disasters, which is known as a humanitarian supply chain (HSC) can play a vital role in disaster risk reduction. HSCs are different than most commercial supply chains. But many qualities of commercial supply chains can help HSCs to be more effective. handling of uncertainty, optimisation of facility locations, planning of inventory, developing proper information network are some of the issues, which HSCs can learn from commercial supply chains. at the same time commercial supply chains can also learn abilities to handle high uncertainty from HSCs. a properly planned HSC where the private sector is also involved can help in improving the response to the disasters.

ECOSYSTEM BASED APPROACHES: DISASTER PROOFING INDIA'S URBAN SPRAWLS

India is undergoing rapid urban expansion. With increasing population, rapid development and infrastructure growth, urban sprawls are the new hotspots of disaster. The article focuses on the Tier II city of Nagpur, which is being developed as a Smart City. The urban areas of the city have been facing recent water/ climate challenges and it is pertinent to explore the future of this city in the backdrop of increasing urban disasters.

DISASTER RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURES IN INDIA

Disasters have been inflicting heavy damage in terms of deaths, injuries, destruction of our habitat and economic activity. While over the last two decades india has much to share about its successful response in terms of minimising life loss—infrastructure damage, however, have remained very high. the economic impact of these extreme events are required to be evaluated, particularly in the light of growing urban and coastal establishments of the country. Citing case studies of vulnerable built-up facilities, this article presents disaster-resilient infrastructure issues in india.

DISASTER RESILIENCE - JOURNEY TO SUSTAINABLE INDIA – 2030

Planning and implementing disaster risk reduction requires integration pathways and appropriate tools. The transition from Hyogo Framework for Action to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction has brought focus on specific goals, integrating climate change adaptation and environment disaster linkages—mainstreaming it across all developmental sectors. This paper examines emerging issues of research and strategies for disaster risk framework strengthening and network development to achieve the designated goals by 2030, as also envisaged under the Prime Minister’s 10 Point Agenda on Disaster Risk Management.

FLOOD RESILIENCE CAPACITY OF THE COASTAL ECOSYSTEM: VIOLATION OF CRZ NOTIFICATION

Coastal zones are facing multiple anthropogenic challenges, including the encroachment of water bodies, which hamper their flood resilience capacity. The recent floods in the coastal cities of Mumbai, Chennai and Kochi are examples. Even though India put in place the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification in 1991, its enforcement is a challenge. The recent Supreme Court order for the demolition of four high rise luxury apartment complexes in Kochi, which violated the CRZ Notifications, is an exception.

UNIVERSITIES OF THEIR OWN

India’s 16 women’s universities are training women to thrive, not just in professions typically associated with women, but also in science and tech.

PROTESTS, POLICE, PUNISHMENT

Students have been at the forefront of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019. They have also been at the receiving end of the state’s efforts to push back.

OUTSIDE LABORATORIES

Some of the most elite research institutions in the country are engaged in explaining what they do to school children and the public.

MEGA UNIVERSITIES

The five largest universities in India have 4,209 affiliated colleges and centres among them.

IMPERMANENT STAFF

What does having thousands of ad hoc appointments mean for a public university, its teachers and students?

GOING DIGITAL

The Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Kerala is becoming a ‘digital university’. The digital world will dictate what it teaches and how.

BEYOND TECH

The IITs have begun the transformation from premier science and tech schools to multidisciplinary institutions

BEING NON-BINARY AT WORK

A new consultancy is helping members of the LGBTQI+ community find work in friendly firms. But many participants of a job fair in February had already had bruising experiences at the workplace.

COLLEGES @HOME

Seven universities have been permitted to launch full-fledged degr programmes online. What are their plans?

Online Admissions: Easy For All?

Online admissions have relieved the universities of a huge burden. But the process is less convenient for poor and rural students.