Monthly Archives: April 2012

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on Sustainable Cities International blog:
Jill Merriman is one of our CIDA -IYIP interns based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Her work over the next 6 months will focus on Local Economic Development. ~ ~ Foleni is Kiswahili for traffic,…

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Posted on April 8, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on Mashed Musings:
Top left is where the fun is!! It has been six months since I shifted home to Ghaziabad. Don’t cringe. Yes, I have left Delhi for good because the locality where I lived had started…

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Siachen:World’s Highest Battleground

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

 Siachen glacier  is billed as the world’s highest combat zone, but atrocious weather conditions have claimed more lives than actual fighting. The 77-kilometre-long (48-mile) glacier traverses the Line of Control, the de facto border separating Indian- and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, at … Continue reading →

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A Woman to Lead RISAT-1 mission of ISRO,India

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

 Valarmathi, who hails from Tamil Nadu state (in India), will lead RISAT-1 (Radar Imaging Satellite) mission, announced Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). She is the second woman scientist in India’s space history to head such a mission. T K Anuradha … Continue reading →

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