In spite of the contentious issues of farmer suicides, their inability to receive full price for their production and the fact that 60 percent of India's population is somehow attached to agriculture and related activities, GOI has rejected the recommended increase in the MSP for commodities. GOI against Recommended Increase in MSP The National Commission on Farmers, headed by Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, had recommended that the government base new Minimum Support Prices (MSP) of the 24 commodities on a calculation that ensures a 50 percent profit margin to farmers. The Parliament's Standing Committee on Agriculture has advised the same and also that the MSP should be regional. 60 percent of the Indian population is somehow attached to agricul...
ZanzibarMnemba Marine Parksouthern cassowary Mnemba Marine Park is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) from Stone Town and forms part of the northeastern Unguja Island. A marine reserve and atoll, its shallow stretch of coral reef is in the shape of an oval. It is located between Matemwe and Nungwi, w...
A microlith is a small stone tool usually made of flint or chert and typically several centimeters in length and half a centimetre wide. They were made by humans from at least the Upper Paleolithic, across Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. The microliths were used in spear points and arrowhea...
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An Ankylosaurus lumbers along the shore of what’s now eastern Montana. Walking low to the ground, the dino uses its flat, leaf-shaped teeth to tear at ferns lining the water. Suddenly, a shadow looms over the herbivore—a Tyrannosaurus rex is hungry. But Ankylosaurus won’t be a...
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Like all marmots
An adult Vancouver Island marmot typically measures 65 to 70 centimetres (26 to 28 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.