ENERGY SECURITY: TODAY AND TOMORROW

Purpose:To emphasize the importance of renewable and alternative energy, as nations become increasingly reliant on increasingly less available conventional energy sources. Simultaneously, the long-term and detrimental effects of such reliance is explored and quanitified so as to better justify investments into renewable, widely available, and less polluting energy sources.Design/Metholody/Approach:Data is collected from a variety of publicly available sources and their relevance is explored through contrast and comparison. The graphs and data used primarily focus on energy and energy consumption such as fuel pricing and exporting as well as the rate of fuel exporting by various nations.Findings:Based on the data analyzed, through the continuous use of fossil fuels, a country faces multiple challenges: depletion of fossil fuel reserves, global warming, environmental concerns, geopolitical and military conflicts and, of late, a continued and significant fuel price rise. The authors conclude these problems create an unsustainable situation and that without converting their energy sector to at least be in part less reliant on hydrocarbons and similar fuels and more reliant on more widely available and less polluting energy sources such as sunlight or geothermal energy a nation will inevitably face a catastrophic collapse of their energy sector.Research Limitations/Implications:Without cooperation of the governments of leading energy consuming nations in redeveloping their energy sector based on this or similar research, little of what has been explored can be widely applied. Consequently, the conclusions of this paper represent a single step in the process of redefining worldwide energy consumption rather than giving an explicit answer. Further research will be needed in order to most fully present an effective argument to the public sector, the private sector, and the common citizen that energy habits must be changed.Originality/value:The conclusions reached are an essential part to understanding the wide reaching effects of the world’s current energy habits. With the ever increasing threat of global warming, emptying fuel reserves, and unnecessary polluting and waste habits of most nation’s energy sectors, this research, along with the cited data, can aid in the redirection of such energy habits before a point of no return.

A. N. Dwivedi’s Wayward Wanderings: A Critical Appraisal

Indian poetry in English written before Independence is too much preoccupied with Romantic tradition and inclined towards idealism and escapism. Indian English poetry of the post-Independence era, to some extent, becomes realistic and deals with everyday problems. Of late, a group of ‘new’ poets called ‘academicians’ has emerged fast. The poets of this group include Shiv K. Kumar, A.K. Mehrotra. O.P. Bhatnagar, A.N. Dwivedi, Niranjan Mohanty, Saleem Peeradina, Syed Amanuddin, Syed Ameeruddin and many others. These poets belong to the world of teaching and they have lighted the horizon of Indian Poetry in English with the lamp of their learning. Irony, sarcasm and wit are the hallmarks of their poetry

Efficacy of Educomp Smart Class

Explosion of knowledge is opening new branches of knowledge. Nowadays we have entered into wisdom society from knowledge society. ICT has changed the all aspects of human being. Way of living is being changed and thus role of society as well as school is also is shifting from conventional class room to ICT oriented smart classroom further more to virtual classroom. Innovative apparatus, devices are mushrooming, hence being a teacher we cannot live isolated. If we do not make ourselves ICT- friendly we cannot perform our duty accordingly. Smart class is today’s demand; it does not completely do away with the traditional method of teaching. Rather it seeks to club the use of technology with conventional methods of teaching. The consequential merchandise is a harmonious blend of the modern and the traditional. For instance, the teacher while teaching a lesson on tsunami will supplement the information given in books by showing a video of how a tsunami erupts. All of us know that if we teach by doing or playing and with audio visual aid, learning occurs perfectively. DOI: 10.17762/ijritcc2321-8169.16043

Compassion & Vegetarianism In Buddhist Literature

Indian culture is rooted in the ethos of compassion and non-violence, which leads naturally to vegetarianism. Buddhism which has non-violence at its core has always championed vegetarianism. Buddhist literature is replete with commandments and references which promote compassion for all beings and vegetarianism. The literature shows that at that time animal welfare and environment conservation was key issue and was much cared for both by the kings and the general public

Private Label Motivators and Product Category Association: An Empirical Study

Abstract Private labels are important contributors in a retail strategy, especially when the industry starts maturing and competition starts intensifying. While modern trade penetration in India is still low, the proportionate private label growth is much higher owing to a new generation of shoppers that is open to trying out new products and brands.It is thus important to understand the private label motivators in India and also to understand the role of product category in the private label decision. This particular study aims at these two objectives in the Indian context. The findings of the study indicate that product category does have an intervening role in the customer’s private label purchase decision. The implications need to be assessed and incorporated in the private label strategy of the retailers. &nbsp

Covid-19: a mental health crisis

Aim: To assess the various mental health issues during the Covid 19 and its impact on the public health. Introduction: The world has been confronted by the epidemics like Asian flu, SARS, MERS, Ebola, etc but the current pandemic of COVID-19 is of a gigantic proportion, it has halted an entire humanity and brought the world to a standstill. The mathematical exponential growth of the viral illness is creating panic and nations are reeling under its impact. Discussion: Emergencies like these affect the health, safety, and well-being at an individual and the community level like causing fear, uncertainty, insecurity, loneliness, and stigma.  Studies in disaster management have shown that public health along with mental health suffers for many days following the situation. The psychological effects of the pandemic can be understood keeping in mind the problems which predated the pandemic and the ones that are a consequence of the latter. Fear as a result of the facts and those based on a barrage of information/misinformation circulating in the media especially on social media platform. The public at large may also experience boredom, disappointment, and irritability under the isolation measures. A real threat of job losses, pay cuts, layoffs, economic hardships, slowdown of growth as a consequence of the pandemic can lead to a spiral of dejection, sadness, and distress. Anxiety; loneliness; difficulty in concentrating, low motivation and a state of distraction and alertness can lead to a negative emotional spiral, desperation, panic and fear. Lockdown restructuring of day-to-day activities and realignment. Specific health issues are related to special populations and sub sections of the populations. Simple steps to mitigate the crisis have to be undertaken. Steps of disaster management have to be implemented. Conclusion: Pandemics like COVID have significant impact on individuals, families and countries. Individuals have to deal with consequences of infection and also measures adopted to contain the infection like quarantines, social distancing and lockdowns

Re-living the Trauma of Partition in Gulzar’s Two

Gulzar’s newly published novel, Two redefines the trauma of partition. Even after 70 years of Indian Independence, the frozen unspeakable anguish melted out slowly as he re-lives the pain of Partition. This paper seeks to explore the present state of the refugees who tried to locate a place called ‘home’ after the horrifying event of partition. This paper examines how the demarcation line failed to subdue the undivided psyche of the people of both the sides of the border and how they continue to exhibit such shared cultural heritage