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Author: Dialogue India

Edible coating materials to improve shelf life of fruit crops

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Fruits are one of the most important horticulture commodities worldwide due to its organoleptic and nutritional properties. In India, the diversity of agro climatic zones ensures availability of all varieties of fresh fruits & vegetables. The country ranks second in fruits production in the world after China. As per National Horticulture Database published by National Horticulture Board, India produced about 300 million metric tonnes of fruits and vegetables during 2016-17.  However, fruits are a highly perishable commodity as they contain 80-90% water by weight. The water quickly begins to evaporate, if fruits are left without cuticle, resulting in poor product shelf life. Absence of postharvest treatment, non-availability of modern systems for on-farm storage, infestation of micro...
e-waste recycling with zero waste concept 

e-waste recycling with zero waste concept 

TOP STORIES, विश्लेषण
Huge generation of mobile phone batteries, its rudimentary disposal, improper collection system as well as lack of cost-effective processing technology have resulted in loss of valuables encapsulated in them. For recovery of cobalt and other valuable metals from the black powder and other constituents of lithium ion Batteries (LIBs), National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML), Jamshedpur, has developed a novel process based on zero waste concept.   To boost cooperation in the sector of e-waste recycling, NML signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Technology Transfer with Unique India Private Limited, Firozabad, for the extraction of cobalt metal and salt from the black powder of lithium batteries. The process consists of physical beneficiation, leaching, solvent extraction, pre...
हिन्दू उत्कर्ष

हिन्दू उत्कर्ष

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  हिन्दू कोई धर्म नहीं है बल्कि भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप की एक जीवन शैली है। इस भूभाग में रहने वाला हर व्यक्ति हिन्दू है। इनमें कुछ सनातन धर्म को मानते हैं तो कुछ अन्य धर्मों को, जिन्हें भारत में अल्पसंख्यक कहा जाता है। इस भूभाग में रहने वाले सभी लोगों के पूर्वज हिन्दू सनातनी ही रहे हैं। विदेशी आक्रांताओं के आक्रमण और उनके शासन के कारण कुछ ने इस्लाम धर्म अपना लिया तो कुछ ने ईसाइयत को स्वीकार कर लिया। पर सभ्यता और संस्कृति के आधार पर सब हिन्दू ही कहे जाएंगे। इसलिए जब भारत के हिन्दू राष्ट्र की बात की जाती है तब इसमें सभी धर्मों के वे सभी लोग शामिल हो जाते हैं जिनके पूर्वज हिन्दू रहे हैं। वामपंथी इतिहासकारों ने अब तक इतिहास को अपने हिसाब से काफी तोड़ मरोड़कर प्रस्तुत किया है। भारत को बांटने के क्रम में इन्होंने अंबेडकर के उन लेखों को तो प्रोत्साहित किया जिसमें उन्होंने हिन्दू धर्म की कमियां ...
विश्वविद्यालयों में हिंसा  बड़े षड्यंत्र का हिस्सा

विश्वविद्यालयों में हिंसा  बड़े षड्यंत्र का हिस्सा

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जब से नरेंद्र मोदी सरकार आई है कांग्रेस, तृणमूल कांग्रेस, समाजवादी पार्टी, राष्ट्रीय जनता दल, भारतीय कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी, माक्र्सवादी (सीपीएम), भारतीय कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी (सीपीआई), भारतीय कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी, माक्र्सवादी, लेनिनवादी (सीपीआई, एम एल) आदि जैसे जातिवादी इस्लामिक सांप्रदायिक (जाइसा) दलों के पेट में भीषण दर्द चल रहा है। इस जाइसा मोर्चे का नेतृत्व कर रहे हैं कांग्रेस और साम्यवादी-नक्सल दल जिनकी दिल्ली मीडिया में अच्छी-खासी पैठ है। कभी ये असहिष्णुता का रोना रोते हैं तो कभी जवाहरलाल नेहरू के 'आईडिया ऑफ इंडिया’ का, जिसमें धर्मनिरपेक्षता का अर्थ है इस्लामिक सांप्रदायिक कट्टरवाद को बढ़ावा देना और उदारवाद का मतलब है देशद्रोही ताकतों को शह देना। साम्यवाद रूझान वाले जवाहरलाल नेहरू के 'आईडिया ऑफ इंडिया’ ने देश को मानसिक स्तर पर ही विषाक्त नहीं किया, इसने भौतिक स्तर पर भी देश तोडऩे वाली देशद्र...
हमारी प्रमुख समस्या नागरिकता की पहचान अथवा गिरती हुई अर्थव्यवस्था?

हमारी प्रमुख समस्या नागरिकता की पहचान अथवा गिरती हुई अर्थव्यवस्था?

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मैं बहुत वर्षों से लिखता रहा हूं कि साम्यवाद दुनियां की सबसे खतरनाक विचारधारा है तथा इस्लाम सबसे अधिक खतरनाक संगठन। साम्यवाद से तो दुनियां धीरे धीरे मुक्त हो रही है किन्तु इस्लाम अभी चर्चा तक सीमित है। इस्लाम सारी दुनियां के लिये खतरनाक है यह बात पूरी तरह प्रमाणित हो गयी है किन्तु इस्लाम की बढ़ी हुई शक्ति और शेष समाज में मानवता की बढ़ी हुई धारणा के बीच दूरी इतनी अधिक है कि या तो लोग इस्लाम को उतना खतरनाक समझ नहीं रहे हैं अथवा उनकी संगठित शक्ति के आगे भयभीत हैं। धर्म के नाम पर आतंक का समर्थन करने वाला दुनियां का एक मात्र संगठन इस्लाम है। अन्य कोई भी संगठन धर्म के नाम पर आतंक को उचित नहीं मानता। इस्लाम अपने विस्तार के लिये हिंसा का भी समर्थन करता है। कुछ इस्लामिक देशों में ईश निंदा कानून जैसे घोर अमानवीय कानून भी खुले आम मान्यता प्राप्त हैं। किन्तु दुनियां की कोई अन्य विचार धारा इस प्रकार के...
Importance of NOTA calls for increased effectiveness

Importance of NOTA calls for increased effectiveness

समाचार
Non-Of-The-Above (NOTA) is becoming popular day-by-day with NOTA getting appreciable about half-percent votes in polls for Delhi state-assembly becoming an important factory in constituencies with very low victory margin of less than 2000. Earlier two assembly constituencies in Maharashtra namely Latur (rural) and Palus Kadegaon witnessed NOTA emerging second after the winning candidate. Large fall-down of voter-turnout and increased vote-share for NOTA in earlier held assembly-elections for Haryana and Maharashtra establishes that common people are fed up with present type of professional politicians and political system. All those getting votes less than NOTA should be disqualified for life to contest any future election even though any second-runner after NOTA wins the election. S...
There may be no Hindus left in Bangladesh in 30 years

There may be no Hindus left in Bangladesh in 30 years

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9 In 2001, following the electoral victory of BNP led by Khaleda Zia, her supporters unleashed a systematic campaign of violence against Hindus for about 150 days.   The tragic tale of the Hindus of East Bengal (which later became East Pakistan and is now Bangladesh) must start with the Noakhali genocide, for it was a prelude to what would unravel in the years to come. In 1946, Noakhali district in south eastern Bangladesh, was the scene of a gruesome carnage which the historian Yasmin Khan described as being defined by “clear strategic organization (roads in and out of the almost inaccessible region were cordoned off)” (The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan. Yale University Press, 2008); at least 5,000 Hindus were massa...
Controversy on Reservation-policy again

Controversy on Reservation-policy again

समाचार
It refers to controversy created on Supreme Court verdict dated 11.02.2020 on Reservation-policy wherein demand has been made for legislation to ensure reservation in promotion also. Complete policy of Reservation is in itself a big failure when it could not homogeneously mix people of reserved-categories in the society in stipulated 15 years initially fixed by constitution-makers and now for about seven decades after independence. In present era, policy of reservation is itself responsible for alienating persons of reserved categories from normal society by making them identified separately. If reservation is to be continued indefinitely, all reserved categories like SC, ST or OBC should be merged into one single category with an annual review of progress or benefits made by differe...
Poll-results in Delhi

Poll-results in Delhi

राज्य
Poll-results for Delhi state-assembly giving Aam Admi Party (AAP) a thumping majority and Congress coming with poor-most zero confirms elimination of Congress as a national political party, and rise of Arvind Kejriwal aiming towards a probable opposition-face for top post in governance of the country in case AAP goes ahead by establishing its strong units in other states starting from UP because people of UP are amongst most beneficiaries of free medical facilities available in Delhi at cost of money of Delhi tax-payers. Poll-strategist Prashant Kishore has once again established his expertise in AAP leading to historical victory, and can be instrumental in AAP aiming to replace Congress as national party. Poll-results should lead BJP to think of much-required change in state-leadership...
India may find it difficult to meet its  175 GW target by 2022, finds CSE and Down To Earth’s State of India’s Environment report

India may find it difficult to meet its 175 GW target by 2022, finds CSE and Down To Earth’s State of India’s Environment report

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India’s renewable energy (RE) sector seems to be losing steam, even as the total capacity has reached almost 86 GW by December 2019, says the latest State of India’s Environment Annual report, released here at the 2020 Annual Media Conclave and Anil Agarwal Dialogue. India has set itself a target of 175 gigaWatt (GW) RE capacity by 2022 -- mainly in the form of 100 GW solar (60 GW utility-scale and 40 GW rooftop) and 60 GW wind. Between 2014 and 2018, the RE sector grew from 2.6 GW to 28 GW -- a cumulative aggregated growth rate of around 18 per cent. But, says the report, “there has been a slowdown in capacity addition and auctions due to emerging risks and unaddressed structural issues.” Annual additions to solar capacity have dipped drastically to 6.5 GW in 2018-19, from 9.4 GW in...