ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS Introduction 12. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, consists of two groups of islands at the southeastern edge of the Bay of Bengal. The peaks of a submerged mountain range, the Andaman Islands, and the Nicobar Islands, form an arc stretching southward around 950 km between Myanmar and the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. The arc constitutes the boundary between the Bay of Bengal to the west and the Andaman Sea to the east. Port Blair (on
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andaman and Nicobar Islands, are large group of Islands. It is unlike any other place in India. Andaman and Nicobar Islands, are group of, 572 islands. Port Blair, is the capital located on the Andaman Islands. The Islands have tropical type of climate. It is very warm in summer season, between January to April, and wet for about eight months, between May to December. The islands have very humid weather, and have no winter season. Tourism is an important source of income
It possesses the greatest continuous mountain range, the highest mountain peak and some of the mightiest rivers and broadest plains in the world. The Andaman and Nicobar Island is the major. On the north, there is the Himalayas which form a great mountain barrier which shuts out the rest of Asia and forms a controlling factor in the climate and physical geography of India. This mountain range is 1500 meters long
is to understand the diaspora of man across the globe along with the socially darwinistic interactions that follow. Modern homo-sapiens left the plains of Africa a mere sixty-thousand years ago. Today mankind populates six continents hundreds of islands with a seemingly endless ethnic diversity. But what comes of a culture that is antiquated on a global scale that comes to interact with a more advanced civilization. The Americas prior to 1492 where home to millions of indigenous people with wide
Name: Ann Mary George OT Code: D-53 Word Count: 2493 Housing the Homeless-Innovative Ideas “We have come dangerously close to accepting this situation of rising homelessness as a problem that we can't solve.” -Linda Lingle “ “God’s own country, “Kerala, is a coastal state. It is dotted with small fishing villages. In the 1970s, high waves would wash away many villages with routine hits. So, every year the affected fishermen and women would receive a government compensation for clothing, blankets
those moving across states (15%). Women formed a majority of this migrant population. From the reports, we see that the top 5 states with highest per cent of intra-state migration are Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Gujarat and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. When we look at the statistics available for inter-state migration, we notice that the states with higher out-migration are Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, and the places with high in-migration are Delhi and Maharashtra. Bangalore is known to have
NEED AND PURPOSE FOR CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY Biodiversity conservation is about saving life on Earth in all its forms and keeping natural ecosystems functioning and healthy. Biodiversity is being depleted by the loss of habitat, fragmentation of habitat, over exploitation of resources, human sponsored ecosystems, climatic changes, pollution invasive exotic species, diseases, shifting cultivation, poaching of wild life etc. Since the human beings are enjoying all the benefits from biodiversity
national political and economic system that brings tribes into increasing contact with other groups and different, prestigious belief systems. In general, those tribes that remain geographically isolated in desert, hill, and forest regions or on islands are able to retain their traditional cultures and religions longer. Those tribes that make the transition away from hunting and gathering and toward sedentary agriculture, usually as low-status laborers, find their ancient religious forms in decay
Introduction Biodiversity refers to wide diversity found in the living components of the earth which refers to the numerous varieties of flora and fauna including those of microorganisms too. The interaction of biotic and abiotic components of the ecosystem is very important aspect of life on earth. Biodiversity helps us to understand the variations among species and also how life originated on earth. Its study helps us to understand the inter-relationship between various forms of life and their
Orissa during seven. There were 68 outbreaks in 18 states, and 222 038 cases were detected overall. This figure is about six times higher than the number reported to WHO (37 783) over the same period. The states of Orissa, West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Assam and Chhattisgarh accounted for 91% of all outbreak-related cases. India has problems with sewage management, food and water safety is not monitored. 1. Kanungo S, Sah B, Nair G, et al. Cholera in India: an analysis of reports, 1997--2006
India is an extremely diverse country. It is a country full of culture, history, and strength. It is not only a huge international power in foreign affairs but its one of the largest countries geographically in the world. India has been acknowledged for its strength, history, government, and culture, all of which define the country. The capital of India is New Delhi, other major cities include Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, and Bangalore. India’s current population is 1,205,073,612; this was established