Monthly Archives: May 2013

Highest-resolution Global Forest Cover Dataset

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

A team of Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a 30-meter resolution forest cover data set that could boost our efforts to track deforestation and forest degradation. The dataset, which is published in the International Journal of Digital … Continue reading →

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Of Education and Democracy in India: Linkages with proposed Four Year Undergraduate Programme in Delhi University: Preeti Chauhan

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on KAFILA – COLLECTIVE EXPLORATIONS SINCE 2006:
This is a guest post by Preeti Chauhan Now that the cat is out of the bag and the four year undergraduate programme(FYUP) is being criticized and thereby being discussed threadbare by some…

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Caste System: Its’ Life & Birth

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on 2ndlook:
How real is the caste system? 100 years of a hoax Strangely, one British hoax that has not been called out, even sixty-five years after independence, is the creation of the caste-system narrative. While many Indians…

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World’s rarest mammals, amphibians on new map

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on Dear Kitty. Some blog:
https://youtu.be/bgZlVMlogck This 18 September 2018 video from Singapore says about itself: Sandshrew the Sunda Pangolin released back to the wild Sunda pangolins like Sandshrew – named after a Pokemon character – will receive…