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Genetic engineering can enable the transport of genes between unrelated (transgenesis) or related (cisgenesis) organisms that would otherwise be unable to occur naturally, due to differences in anatomy or the correspondence between the DNA structures.Biotechnology draws on the pure biological sciences ad in many instances s also dependent on knowledge and methods from outside the sphere of biology. Conversely, modern biological sciences (including even concepts ...
About one-third of the world’s population lives in an urban slum. The culture of slums provides a great contribution to cities as a labor force, artistic expression and countless otherways. The survival of the over 2 billion slum inhabitants is, therefore, crucial to our world economically and culturally. Countries throughout the world are rapidly urbanizing, particularly in the developing world, and for the first time inhuman history, the majority of ...
Hinduism is regarded as the oldest of world's major religious and Hindu mythology and philosophy has had a profound impact in many parts of the world, especially southern and South East Asia. With more than a billion adherents, Hinduism is the world's third largest religion. Vast majority of Hindu's approximately 1 billion, live in India. Other countries with large Hindu populations can be found in various parts of the world.Hindu customs and ...
The second half of the last decade has seen exponential and unprecedented growth in adivasi participation in the migrant labour market while there is evidence of adivasi participation in migrant labour markets over the last four decades, from the nineties onwards the phenomenon has risen to levels that can only be termed as a crisis of enormous proportions.As livelihoods get eroded, old practices of bonded labour and forced labour are re-emerging in myriad new ...