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28/03/2023

The Birth of Agriculture: How Settling Down Changed Human Society Forever

Around 9000 BCE, in what is now known as the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East, the human race took a momentous step towards civilization by settling down and beginning to cultivate crops and rear livestock. This transition was prompted by climate change, which made the Levant region an ideal site for settlers, and by the proliferation of plants like wild wheat and barley that produced large seeds. The nomadic way of life that had sustained humanity for thousands of years was forever altered as people began to tend to renewable crops and domesticated animals.

The origins of agriculture are shrouded in mystery, with experts debating whether the decision to experiment with crop-development was pre-meditated or a one-off occurrence. Nevertheless, the technology continued to improve and soon led to the development of irrigation and evolving agricultural practices. As communities grew ever larger, intensive farming practices emerged that ultimately contributed to climate change.

The legacy of the birth of agriculture is vast and far-reaching. It paved the way for the development of ever-growing towns and cities, and the evolution of human society as we know it today.

27/03/2023

China a No-Show at G20 Meeting in Arunachal Prades

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27/03/2023

NSCN operatives escape from central jail in Tirap,

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26/03/2023

The G20 is a group of 19 countries and the Europea

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26/03/2023

AFSPA EXTENDED IN PARTS OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH

The Union home ministry has extended the “disturbed area” status in parts of Arunachal Pradesh under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958. The extension comes after a review of the law-and-order situation in the state. The AFSPA gives armed forces sweeping powers to search, arrest, and to open fire if they deem it necessary for “maintenance of public order”. The Tirap, Changlang and Longding districts in Arunachal Pradesh and the areas falling within the jurisdiction of Namsai and Mahadevpur police stations in Namsai district of Arunachal Pradesh have been declared as ‘disturbed area’ under Section 3 of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 for a period of six months with effect from April 1, 2023, unless withdrawn earlier.

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26/03/2023

Massive Fire Engulfs Itanagar IG Park Area.

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30/06/2022

Miji Mishmi Tale on Creation of the World

Long long ago there were two powerful spirits named Draku and Supaidang, They were strong and powerful but rather lazy and spent their days in a free and happy way.

One day Draku met Supaidang on the bank of a river and said, ‘Look brother, let us do some real work which will remain on earth in token of our strength and power.’ Supaidang agreed and after some discussion they decided to level down the hills and make the surface of the earth equal. They each went to opposite corners of the earth and crushed the hills and mountains to sand and dust, :

But there was a bird called Cherrai who with his wife had built a nest on the branch of a lofty tree. When he saw the spirits levelling the hills and mountains and making the whole earth one great plain he was frightened, for he thought that if they went on like this there would be no hills on earth, and if the hills were destroyed there would be no trees, and if there were no trees the birds would have no shelter. So he went to the spirits and said, ‘Look, you are no doubt doing a wonderful job of work breaking down mountains and turning everything into dust, but you forget what you are missing at home. Don’t you know that while you are doing all this your wives have fallen
sick and your parents have died ?’

When Draku and Supaidang heard this, they sat down silent in grief and did not move or speak for a long time, Then Supaidang said to his brother, ‘Look, brother, by doing a little work you can get anything in the world, but it is very difficult to get a wife. Even if one’s parents live to a great age they become a burden to the son, but a man can enjoy his wife’s company till his death, for a woman is a very precious thing.’

Draku agreed and the two brothers gave up the idea of levelling the hills and mountains and went back home. Because they abandoned their task before it was complete, the surface of the earth remained uneven, with plains in one part and with mountains in another.

29/06/2022

BUGUN TRIBAL TALE ON CREATION OF THE WORLD







Long ago, before the earth or the sky was made, Zongma, who is the greatest of all, had two sons, Nipu and Nili.
Nipu and Nili were without form; they were not human beings, they were not animals, nor were they like the rocks. Many ages passed and then Nili made the earth and Nipu made the sky. When it was ready the earth was very big and Nipu put the sky like a lid above it. But the lid was too small and Nipu said, “Brother, make the earth smaller so that the sky will fit it.” So Nili pushed and pulled the soil together until the sky and earth were of the same size, and as a result parts of the world stood up as mountains.

26/06/2022

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23/06/2022

Vattavada, Kerala

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14/06/2022

Pangong Lake, situated at a height of almost 4,350m, is the world’s highest saltwater lake. Its water, which seems to be dyed in blue, stand in stark contrast to the arid mountains surrounding it. Extending to almost 160km, one-third of the Pangong Lake lies in India and the other two-thirds in China. The Lake derives its name from the Tibetan word, “Pangong Tso”, which means “high grassland lake”.

13/06/2022

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13/06/2022

What is the National Herald?
The National Herald newspaper was started in 1938 by Jawaharlal Nehru.The newspaper was published by Associated Journals Limited (AJL) which was founded in 1937 with 5,000 other freedom fighters as its shareholders. The company published two other dailies - the Qaumi Awaz in Urdu and Navjeevan in Hindi.
Nehru routinely wrote strong-worded columns - were met with the derigion of the British government, which banned it in 1942, forcing the daily to shut down. But the paper reopened three years later.
In 1947, when India won independence, Nehru resigned as chairman of the board of newspapers after taking over his role as PM. The National Herald went on to become one of the leading English dailies under the tutelage of some of India's finest journalists, even as the paper continued to be funded by the Congress party.
But the newspaper again ceased operations in 2008 for financial reasons. In 2016, it was re-launched as a digital publication.

What are the allegations against the Congress?
In 2012 , Mr Swamy alleged that the Gandhis used Congress party funds and took over AJL to try to acquire more than 20 billion rupees in property assets. At the time of shutting down the National Herald in 2008, AJL owed the Congress an accumulated debt of 900m rupees
In 2010, the Congress assigned this debt to Young India Private Limited, a non-profit company that had been created a few months earlier. Sonia and Rahul Gandhi are among its board of directors and they each own 38% of the company.The remaining 24% is owned by Congress leaders Motilal Vora and Oscar Fernandes, journalist Suman Dubey and entrepreneur Sam Pitroda, who are also named in the case.
Mr Swamy alleges that the Gandhis used subterfuge to "take over" assets worth millions in a "malicious" manner.Young India acquired complete control over AJL and its real estate, located in Delhi, Lucknow, Mumbai and other cities, the BJP leader has alleged.

The Congress party has described it as "a strange case of alleged money laundering without any money" and accused the BJP of "political vendetta".

The party says that Congress bailed out the Herald publisher AJL when it ran into financial problems because it believed in its historical legacy. Over time, the Congress lent about 900m rupees to AJL.In 2010, the party said, AJL became debt-free when it swapped its debt for equity, and assigned the shares to the newly created Young India Private Limited.
Young India, the Congress says, is a "not-for-profit company" and that no dividends have been paid to its shareholders and directors. The AJL, it insists, "continues to be the owner, printer and publisher of National Herald and that there is no change or transfer of property".

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12/06/2022

"Dont forget,Glorious Sunset need cloudy skies. " - Paulo Coehlo

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