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Water is called “the elixir of life”. This is, indeed, the name which the Indian Nobel Laureate, C. V. Raman, has given it in his celebrated essay of the same name. The earth comprises two thirds of water and one third of land. Water is essential for all living beings. There can be no life without water.Human beings, animals and all kinds of plants all need water. Much of the beauty of the earth is because of the presence of plenty of water on it. The main sources of water are rain, rivers, lakes and underground water, besides seas and oceans which are the main store-houses of water. Rains are caused by clouds. This rain helps the forests to grow which in turn also cause rain. Rain also feeds the…

It is sometimes said, ‘If wishes were horses, beggars would ride them.’ I fully agree with those who say this. Still, I do not think anything wrong if I were to run the horses of my imagination.Accordingly, I’m in a mood to imagine myself a bird. Hence, I want to contemplate how I would look and feel and behave if I were a bird. Naturally, if I were a bird, I’d have a small body which would be well-equipped with soft wings and feathers like every bird. I do not here want to go into the intricacies of difference in wings and feathers of various kinds of birds.It is because I do not want to divide the world of birds on any pretext like the artificial division among human beings…

AIDS is a deadly disease for which so far no foolproof treatment has been discovered. Of course, great research is going on in this field. It is said that a vaccine has now been discovered but how far it is successful, is still doubtful. But its efficacy in saving the new born babies is said to have been proved to an acceptable measure.The best safeguard against this devastating disease is the precautions that we should take and bear in mind. The first reason how a man gets AIDS is through infected blood transfused into his body. So, if we need transfusion of blood for any reason, we should make sure that it is AIDS free and has conclusively been tested as such. In is quite understandable that we should use…

In the modern world everybody is busy. Men and women go to their respective places of work and children have to attend school or college. In such a state of affairs, it should not be binding on the mother to prepare meals or tea for everybody every time.Sometimes, she may not be having enough time and at another time, she may be too tired to do any work. Then, anybody who needs a cup of tea must help himself or herself. Such a situation arose yesterday in our house. Mother had just returned from office. She was dead tired. I had come earlier from, school because the school was off for the purpose of making preparations for a school function which was to be held today.I took it not only…

The following important points should be noted by the auditor in the audit of accounts of a banking company: General: 1. He should, first of all, confirm that his appointment is in order. ADVERTISEMENTS: 2. He should see that Annual Accounts of the banking company have been prepared in proper form. 3. He should examine the system of internal check and control and ascertain whether such a system is adequate or not. Generally, banks have a separate audit department for the examination of day-to-day transactions. The efficacy of such a system should be examined. Image Source: accountancyage.com 4. He should visit the bank on the last working day of the year to count the cash himself. If the money has been kept with the Reserve Bank of India or any…

People have different definitions of adversity according to their own experiences. According to my perception, this is another name for misfortune, distress or we often name our bad times as adversity.The effects of adversity depend upon the time span and individuals capacity; the long term anxiety fallout into unusual, upshot and short term results into an entirely different effects.Everybody wants to avoid misfortune. I mean, who wants for tough times to come in his/her life and then keep struggling for the good ones for the entire life? Basically, adversity is the best teacher. Image Source: mormonchannel.org ADVERTISEMENTS: With the know-how of life, you realize the fact that shoddier times teach you a lot. More significantly, worse things that ever strike you from behind meet you as some of the finest…

Article 75 (1) says, “The Prime Minister shall be appointed by the President and other Ministers shall be appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister”.This provision of the Constitution gives a free hand to the President to appoint a Prime Minister. ADVERTISEMENTS: But in actual practice, the President has little opportunity of exercising his personal choice in appointing the Prime Minister. Normally he has to appoint the leader of the majority party in the House of the People as the Prime Minister.Only when there are several parties in the House and no party commands a clear majority, the President may have some freedom of choice. Image Source: canadait.comAfter the Prime Minister has been appointed, the President has to accept the other Ministers selected by him. Ministers…

India, though rich in coal and abundantly endowed with renewable energy in the form of hydro, wind, solar and bio-energy, has very small hydrocarbon reserves. ADVERTISEMENTS: India is a net importer of energy, more than 25% of primary energy needs being met through imports mainly in the form of natural gas and crude oil. Energy production pattern: Coal and oil account for 54% and 34% respectively, with natural gas, hydro, solar and nuclear contributing to the balance. Nearly 62% of power generation is from coal fired thermal power plants and 70% of the coal produced every year in India has been used for thermal power generation. Image Source: ksb.com Distribution of primary commercial energy resources: The distribution is non-uniform. The Northern and North-eastern regions account for 70% of the total…

Free sample essay on Some Facts about the Natural Phenomena. Comets: Comets are celestial bodies which move about the solar system in elliptic orbits. Usually these star like bodies are accompanied by long shining tails.Meteors are shooting stars coming from space which become luminous on entering the atmosphere of the earth. This is due to the fact that friction with air causes them to blaze to white heat. Some of them reach the earth.Honey: Honey is considered as a part of the traditional medicines for which India is famous. There are references to this unique liquid food in our scriptures. It has an antibiotic action because of its natural concentration of many types of sugar. The healing property of honey is due to the presence of hydrogen paradox. Cold, a…

Short essay on The Value of Vegetables and Fruit. Doctors say that everyone should take more vegetables and fruit than rice or wheat.Rice and wheat contain much carbohydrate which is quite essential for energy. But more of rice and wheat and less of vegetables and fruit is not a balanced diet. Vegetables and fruit contain nutrients like vitamins, calcium, iron, phosphorus, folic acid, iodine, magnesium, zinc etc. Green leafy vegetables contain a lot of nutrients, especially calcium and iron. We should take one type of green leafy vegetable every day. Spinach is quite good for health.The cereals such as Bengal- gram, beans, black-gram, horse-gram, maize, millet, raga, red- gram etc., contain much protein which is essential for our growth. Iron and calcium contribute to healthy bones. Asafetida relieves gas from…