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Socio-Economic Challenges of the Construction Boom: Transformation of Recruitment Methods and Employment Practices [PDF]
SocioEconomic ChallengesIndia’s recent expansion in construction and real estate, particularly in Assam, has created significant employment opportunities and increased the variety of livelihood options.
Dhritiraj Sarma, Suresh Kr. Nath
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Women Empowerment in Assam [PDF]
The present paper is an attempt to analyze the status of women and their empowerment in terms of various indicators such as access to education, employment, household decision making power, financial autonomy, freedom of movement, exposure to media ...
Mahanta, Bidisha, Nayak, Purusottam
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Map and Archival Evidence of the Historical Avulsion of the Brahmaputra River
The Geographical Journal, EarlyView.Short Abstract One of the world's great rivers, the Brahmaputra, avulsed—changed course—significantly sometime between the dates of 1765 and 1830. These are the dates of surveys by James Rennell (grey) and Richard Wilcox (black), both under the direction of the East India Company; no other surveys between these dates can refine the estimate of the ...
Keith Richards +2 more
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IJCM_40A: Process Evaluation of Routine Immunization in post pandemic period in districts of Assam
Indian Journal of Community MedicineBackground: Globally, immunization faced disruption in 2020, for COVID19. DPT3 coverage fell from 91% (2019) to 85% (2020) in India. Assam reports 67% coverage.
Nabanita Nirmolia +3 more
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The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the death penalty in Malaysia, where foreign nationals have historically been sentenced to death at a disproportionately high rate. The international community has recognised that foreign defendants are disadvantaged in alien criminal justice systems and made efforts to address this through the United Nation's Vienna ...
Carolyn Hoyle, Lucy Harry
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Weeds of tea plantations of Assam and West Bengal of India and their management: A review [PDF]
Journal of Crop ProtectionThe most renowned tea-producing areas in India are located near the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains. The locations above encompass Assam and West Bengal.
Saini Sultana +2 more
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A Forced Union: Exploring the Consequences of India's Removal of Jammu and Kashmir's Special Status
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article adds to academic literature interested in two core questions: What happens to residents as a result of an annexation? And how do aggressor states maintain control over an annexed territory where there is a history of insurgency and mobilization for independence?
Serena Hussain
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Unfree Labour : did indenture reduce labour supply to tea plantations in Assam? [PDF]
Migration to tea plantations in Assam in the 19th century used indentured contracts. These contracts differed by conditions of harshness. Migration under the Special Act gained notoriety by giving tea planter the right of private arrest.
Gupta, Bishnupriya, Swamy, Anand V.
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Beyond species means – the intraspecific contribution to global wood density variation
New Phytologist, EarlyView.Summary Wood density is central for estimating vegetation carbon storage and a plant functional trait of great ecological and evolutionary importance. However, the global extent of wood density variation is unclear, especially at the intraspecific level. We assembled the most comprehensive wood density collection to date, including 109 626 records from
Fabian Jörg Fischer +105 more
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Demographic Invasion, Assamese Identity and Geopolitics
Space and Culture, India, 2013 This article critically examines several dimensions of the Bangladeshi migration to Assam, beginning with the historical background and the factors that led to the Assam Movement.
Jitendralal Borkakoti
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