Wildfire Risk Prediction for a Smart City

Wildfires are uncontrolled fires that may lead to the destruction of biodiversity, soil fertility, and human resources. There is a need for timely detection and prediction of wildfires to minimize their disastrous effects. In this research, we propose a wildfire prediction model that relies on multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) to explicitly evaluates multiple conflicting criteria in decision making and weave the wildfire risks into the city’s resiliency plan. We incorporate fuzzy set theory to handle imprecision and uncertainties. In the process, we create a new data set that includes California cities’ weather, vegetation, topography, and population density records. The model ranks the cities of California based on their risk of wildfires

Co-operative Banks - A Helping Hands for Small and Medium Entrepreneurs in Saharanpur District

Co-operative banks are more structured compared to credit associations. While local branches of cooperative banks can pick their own leaders and manage their own tasks, big decisions need to be approved by a main office. Credit associations frequently exercise significant local fundamental leadership, but by joining forces, they can share back-office functions including access to the global payments system. This essay provides background information on cooperative banks and small bank groups. Co-operative banks have more information available than "little establishments" as a whole cooperative banking systems exhibit greater organizational structure compared to credit association systems. Local branches of cooperative banks have autonomy in selecting their executive candidates and managing their operations. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) encounter unique challenges in their development compared to large enterprises. The competitive market environment demands that SMEs adapt to the survival-of-the-fittest dynamics inherent in a market economy. In essence, this translates to a competition for human resources, making staff training a crucial method for SMEs aiming at long-term, stable development. Staff training serves as a fundamental approach to elevate the quality of human resources within SMEs. The paper provides background information on cooperative banks and small bank groups, highlighting their organizational structure and decision-making processes. It emphasizes the importance of staff training in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for long-term, stable development, as it enhances the quality of human resources and improves overall productivity and competitiveness. The paper discusses the role of corporate culture in SMEs, stating that cultivating a positive corporate culture can enhance cohesion, employee loyalty, motivation, and job satisfaction, ultimately fostering productivity and innovative outcomes. It also highlights that a strong corporate culture can be a unique selling proposition for SMEs in attracting and retaining top talent. Additionally, the paper mentions the significance of cooperative banks in rural financing and their growing activity in metropolitan areas, contributing to the local economy and employment generation

Some Areas of Damage due to COVID-19 in Haryana

In present times when whole world is suffering from the COVID-19 disease which has occurred from virus called as SARS-COV-2. Healthcare workers, doctors, researchers, technologists, teachers, citizens and government all are working day and night to find the vaccine for the disease and the containment of the same. COVID-19 has affected not only health of millions of people but also the economy of the world and the education societies. Hence, there is an urgent need to conduct academic research to contain the virus and study the impact of the same which can further help the government in minimizing the impact. As of July 13, 2020, roughly, 10.3 million people are infected in the whole world out of which 7.6 million people have successfully recovered and are healthy now and 0.5 million people have died. Even, the wealthiest and developed countries are affected and are finding new ways to restore the balance between healthy economy and healthy people. India is currently having some significant challenges with 0.9 million infected people and half of them fully recovered. This paper is focused on the impact of COVID-19 in the state Haryana which is having total cases of 21k as of July 13, 2020 out of which 16k have recovered. Potential areas of damage due to COVID-19 in Haryana includes environmental, education, economic, health, psychological and some other sectors too. Haryana state is known to be state of villages which also deals with people with more mythical beliefs than scientific theories which makes it a very important for the researchers to understand the situation in Haryana and all kinds of impacts. Also, there are various problems with the new norm work from home (WFH) in field of education and corporate world. Schools in Haryana have been closed since 14th March 2020 after which schools adopted for virtual classrooms but faced many problems including network glitch, lack of training and lack of awareness. This paper was written, keeping in mind every challenge and a try to find the viable solution for them

Role of Assamese Women in the Freedom Struggle of India

In this paper an attempt is being made to evaluate and elucidate the role of the women of Assam in the freedom struggle of India. The year 1920 had witnessed the outbreak of the great nationalist movement in India under the leadership of Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi to make India free from the British bondage. Assam’s contribution to the struggle of Independence as one of its provinces was not in any way less than the rest of the country. Along with the men, the women of Assam also responded to each and every phases of the freedom movement launched by Gandhiji, namely, the Non−Cooperation Movement (1920 / 21), Civil Disobedience Movement (1930) and the Quit India Movement (1942). They participated in the movement by organizing processions and picketings and undertaking tours to the remotest areas to propagate the message of the movement. They whole−heartedly undertook Gandhiji’s constructive programs like spinning and weaving in large scale along with the task of removal of untouchability and popularization of Hindi as a national language. That is why the glory of the Civil Disobedience Movement in Assam is attributed to the women. In 1942, the Assamese women perhaps surpassed all other women of the country in respect of courage and sacrifice. During this period they participated in the movement both on non−violent Gandhian way and the revolutionary way. The revolutionary group of women helped their male counterparts in cutting telephone and telegraph lines, burning government buildings and damaging bridges to paralyze the British administration. Such activities led the government to take repressive measures to suppress the women folk. They were harassed both mentally and physically, which in turn aroused the common people to fight for the noble cause of freedom

Growth of Indian Nationalism and Germination of Left Wings within the National Congress of India

This paper unfolds the saga of the nationalist upsurge and the germination of the left wings within the National Congress of India during the first Non−Cooperation Movement. As a background to our present study we can say that India was not a single country at the time of entry of the British to India. It was divided into many separate kingdoms and the vast portion of it was ruled by the Mughals. Taking advantage of the weakness of the Mughal emperors the British entered the country and established their trade monopoly and gradually established their rule in India. Riding on the back of the British rule modern ideas peeped into India from the west. It resulted in the growth of nationalist ideas among the newly educated Indians and opened their eyes to the evils of the British rule, which instigated them to fight against the aliens. The first form of this type of resistance was the revolt of 1857. The British suppressed the revolt no doubt but it was the first struggle of the people of India for their independence. The National Congress was established in 1885 which could be termed as the first all India political organization. The tragedy of Jalliwanala Bagh and the publication of the Turkish peace terms brought Mohan Das Karam Chand Gandhi to the Indian political scene. He took the Khilafat issue as an instrument to create an anti−British sentiment among the Indian people and thereby started the first non−cooperation movement in India. Gandhiji gave the call for launching the non−cooperation movement on August 1, 1920 in the form of satyagraha means non−violence and truthfulness. The mass awakening in all over India compelled the British Government to take repressive mearures. Though the non−violence was the main principle of Gandhiji’s mass civil disobedience movement a violence took place in Chauri−Chaura in the United Province and Gandhiji suspended the movenment. It disappointed a young nationalist group including Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose who wanted to give the movement a radical colour owing to the influence of scientific socialism of Marx. As a result a new group was formed within the Congress termed as Left Wings. The ideologies of the two groups were different. When the Right Wing of the Congress led by Gandhiji demanded dominion status for the country the Left Wing stood for complete independence. Gradually the Left Wing divided into two groups : Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Congress Socialist Party (CSP) with the same objective of complete independence under the banner of the National Congress

LANAP - A Neoteric Procedure in Periodontics

Periodontitis is an immuno-inflammatory disease with classic signs of periodontal pockets, recession or both. The main goal of the periodontal treatment, thus, is not only to stop the progression of the disease but also to regenerate the lost periodontal components. Laser assisted new attachment procedure is one such method which facilitates proper healing of periodontal disease and its further progression. A 62 year old male patient reported to the department of periodontics with a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The patient had generalized deep pockets and generalized horizontal bone loss, based on which a diagnosis of generalized chronic periodontitis was made. A full mouth LANAP was planned for the patient. This case shows that LANAP can be considered a possible option for the treatment of periodontal pockets with a minimum operative and postoperative complications

Synthesis of Agro waste Nano Composites Using coconut and rice husk for adsorption of chromium ions

As India is the second largest country producing wheat and rice in the world resulting in production of large amount of residue. Agro Residue burning has become biggest environmental problem in India causing air pollution, global warming as well as health issues. As nanotechnology is most fascinated area in every field including pharma, food and cosmetics so scientists are trying to utilize these agro residues in the field of nanotechnology. In this study, agro residues specifically coconut husk, rice husk and rice straw were subjected to alkaline and bleaching treatment which further resulted in nano cellulose-composites which have application in heavy metal adsorptions. In this study nano-composite of coconut and rice husk has capacity of about 97-100% absorption of chromium heavy metal ions

Role of social media during Kerala floods 2018

For almost 19 years social media has been used in crisis management. During the time of natural disasters like flood, earthquake or cyclone, when all the other modes of communications are found incapable, these social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube etc. are found to be the most efficient and beneficial. The present study discusses the role of social media during the Kerala Flood 2018. Results show that During the flood; Whatsapp, Facebook and Instagram are found to be used by majority of the respondents. Most of the respondents spend more than 3 hours on Whatsapp followed by Instagram and Facebook during the flood. For the information regarding the location status of friends and family, majority of respondents used Facebook followed by Whatsapp and Instagram. During the flood, majority of the respondents used the hashtag #Keralafloods, followed by #Keralafloodrelief, #cmdrf and #Keralaflood