Libraries in India are striving to provide necessary and relevant information to their users. Limited resources have been one main barrier to satisfying the growing informational needs of the users. Now, the Indian libraries are planning various methods of resource sharing to help meet information demands. Attitudes of library and institutional managements have undergone a change, to become mor...

This article explores the influence of local concepts of matrilineal kinship and descent through women in the construction of a modern Sufi silsila (an authorized ‘chain’ of spiritual and genealogical ancestry) in Sri Lanka. Makkattar Vappa, a popular Sufi shaykh in the Tamil-speaking eastern region of the island, asserts hereditary maulana (sayyid) status as a member of the Prophet’s household...

Marine ornamental fishes are remarkably valuable due to their high demand in domestic and international markets. It is a growing global interest to maintain these fishes in captivity. The bacterial and fungal infection is the major drawbacks in captive condition. In the present study, in-vitro screening of organic solvent extracts (methanol and acetone) of green algae Halimeda micronesia were t...

I n a developing country such as India, there is huge inequality in health-care distribution. Although nearly 75% of Indians live in rural villages, more than 75% of Indian doctors are based in cities [1]. Most of the 620 million rural Indians lack access to basic health care facilities [2]. The Indian government spends just 0.9% of the country's annual gross domestic product on health, and lit...

Monsoon plays a critical role in triggering environmental features such as seawater temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen content and nutrient generation which in turn become responsible for production of phytoplankton and zooplankton. Along the southwest coast of India the intensity of southwest monsoon as evidenced by annual rainfall showed a declining trend during the years 1983 to 1988. A...

In spite of increase in resources and expenditure on education sector, it is still struggling with declining education outcomes. In the last few decades, Teacher quality/Effectiveness through national and international researches has emerged as a shaft of light to attain educational aims. On the parallel lines, Teacher management has emerged as flaming issue from past few years throughout the g...