Volume 12 | Issue 10 |

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Across the world, it is common practice to burn mixed garbage containing plastics outdoors, which releases harmful gas emissions and ash deposits that are bad for the environment and human health. Plastic pollution is a serious environmental issue, but it's frequently confused with plastic trash, and burning plastics outside contributes to pollution in the air, land, and water. Burning plastics outside emits a lot of harmful pollutants that harm human health and the environment, such as fine particles and black carbon, which plays a major role in climate change. When burning plastic garbage, the most harmful chemicals that are frequently discharged into the air include Nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and polycyclic organic matter (POMs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), benzo(a)pyrene (BAP) and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), Toxic substances including dioxin and heavy metals and furans; prolonged exposure to these compounds can cause cancer and disrupt hormone processes. Burning garbage can have long-term negative effects on health. Thus, efforts to enhance public awareness of plastic pollution frequently result in a rise in open burning. From this vantage point, we highlight this crucial but frequently disregarded aspect of plastic pollution as a pressing worldwide health concern. We also support initiatives to educate people about the dangers of open burning and stress the need to phase out some particularly harmful plastics from high-churn, single-use consumer products. Using a harm reduction strategy, we then recommend taking preventative steps to lessen the health hazards associated with open burning by concentrating on the plastics and packaging materials that burn with the greatest toxicity.

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Plastic Pollution, Waste, Air Pollution, Plastic Burning

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Pervious concrete, also referred to as permeable or porous concrete, is a highly porous material designed to facilitate water infiltration, making it a vital component in sustainable construction and stormwater management.

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Pervious concrete, compressive strength, permeability, mix design, aggregate gradation, sustainability, fibre reinforcement, curing methods, SCMs.

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Rabindranath Tagore's achievements like emergence of 'Shantiniketan' is elaborated here. It also explains the way it turned into an acclaimed university, where he had received the news of 'Nobel Prize Award' for the English translation of 'Gitanjali'. The chapter also explains his other achievements and awards like 'D Litt' award by the University of Calcutta. The chapter also describes his experience of becoming an international celebrity. The status of 'Knight' was conferred upon him and his renunciation of 'knighthood' due to 'Jalianwala Bagh massacre'. The special happening of his life that is the convocation arranged by 'Oxford University' at Shantiniketan to bestow on him the 'Honorary Doctorate of Literature'. It was for the first time that any university had travelled to confer a degree on someone, in the last period of his life which is fertile and variegated. Thus this chapter highlights his selected works, awards achievements, his whole life is in brief discussed here.

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Shantiniketan, Nobel Prize Award, Gitanjali, international, renunciation of knighthood, Jalianwala Bagh massacre, convocation, Honorary Doctorate of Literature, awards achievements

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Cell phones, often known as mobile phones, are one of the fastest-growing industries in modern history and are now an essential part of every person's life. Tissues near mobile phones may absorb the non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation that these devices release. This radiation is capable of hurting the different organs of the body through thermal and non-thermal means and has also been shown through numerous experiments. With billions of mobile phone users worldwide, even a slight rise in the frequency of negative health impacts could have significant repercussions for long-term public health. One of the oldest healthcare systems in the world, Ayurveda, continues to alleviate humanity under such complex circumstances. To comprehend this complicated addiction, ideas like Prajnaparadha, Parinama and Asatmendriyartha Samyoga are useful. Asatmendriyartha Samyoya, or incorrect contact between sensory organs and their objects, is one of the three primary causes of illness according to Ayurveda. The three categories of improper contact are Hina yoga, which involves less contact, Atiyoga, which involves excessive contact, and Mithya yoga, which involves erroneous contact with its object. Human senses are how we interact with the world around us. Our eyes are the most vital sensory organ. Inappropriate eye contact with digital devices, or Asatmendriyartha Samyoga, leads to the various eye disorders. Although Ayurveda makes no explicit mention of digital eye strain, the foundations of Ayurveda can be used to explain the Ayurvedic approach. This article discusses the importance of regarding the chakshurindriya asatmyendriyartha samyoga w.s.r. increasing screen time in the digitalizing the world.

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Asatmya Indriyarth Samyoga, Prajnaparadha, Excessive screentime, eye diseases, electronic raditions.

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In the present research paper, Macrophytic study in different five lakes [ Gaurala Lake, Shivaji Lake I, Shivaji Lake II (Pinduni Lake), Vijasan Lake and Nagrala Lake] was carried out during study period from September 2023 to August 2024. During the study, total 18 species of aquatic macrophytes belonging to 04 groups including, 04 free floating, 07 free floating suspended submerged, 02 rooted floating leaves, 02 rooted submerged, 03 rooted emergent were recorded in five different lakes. Presence of Aquatic Macrophytes plays an important role in maintaining ecological balance of ecosystems.

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Aquatic macrophytes, Lakes, Bhadrawati, Diversity.

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The goal of the current study is to compare senior secondary pupils from rural and urban areas in terms of both academic achievement and personality qualities. 218 students made up the sample for the study (109 from rural and 109 from urban areas). For the investigation, the simple random approach is employed. The answers of the Eysenck Inventory Personality Questionnaire were utilized to comprehend the personality qualities. The grades obtained in grades 10 and 11 were taken into consideration in order to compare the disparity in academic achievement. The results of the studies showed that students in rural and urban areas differ significantly in terms of both personality traits and academic achievement. The findings indicate that, when comparing pupils from urban and rural areas, there are more introverts in the former and more extroverts in the latter.

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Key words: Senior Secondary level, Personality, Academic achievement, Urban and Rural areas

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Midnight children

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decolonization

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The global ecological crisis makes it a compelling necessity to evolve a "green vision" and to move beyond the anthropocentric views for the conservation and preservation of nature. The continuing assault on nature by man has awakened the need for corrective action to halt the desecration of the planet. Writers like Amitav Ghosh try to bring about a change in our anthropocentric views through their works. An ecocritical view which has one foot in literature and the other on the land help us to be more open to the issues of the ecology and ecosystem. Amitav Ghosh focuses on the ecology of islands and articulates the ecological crises that is evident today through his novel The Hungry Tide (2004) set in Sundarbans- an archipelago of islands. He engages with some of the burning issues of the day and showcases an array of characters who are advocates of both deep ecology and shallow ecology. The two characters in the novel, Piya, a cetologist who is on her mission to survey the marine population of the Sundarbans advocates deep ecology whereas Kanai Dutt, a translator puts forward the ideals of shallow ecology. Ghosh mixes facts and fiction and focuses on the geography and history of the place in order to speak out loud about the current environmental issues. The Sundarban islands referred to as the "tide country" is the most important character in the novel. Ghosh elevates its position from that of a setting to a character. The Sundarbans which is the world`s largest mangrove forest is a home to a multitude of living organisms. The encroachments of human beings have disrupted its natural ecological balance and has affected its flora and fauna. Refugees after partition has made it a home and the pristine island has started to lose its primordial uninterrupted phase. This paper attempts to look at how Amitav Ghosh problematizes the islandness of the Sundarbans to examine the ecological imbalance that has occurred as an aftermath of human invasion

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Ecology, Islandness, Ecological Crises, The Sundarbans, Ecological Balance, Flora and Fauna.

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Abstract Open source software is not something to be afraid of! Its software that you can modify, fix, add to, and distribute to others. Benefits are numerous, including having the ability to create good software that works for you and your library, all while paying a fraction of the cost that you might spend on proprietary software. The website introduces librarians to using open source software and provides tips for implementing and evaluating your transition, ideas for funding, and suggestions for open source software to use in your library.

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Keywords: Open source software, OSS, libraries, librarians,Library technology.

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