IOSR-JHSS   Volume-26 ~ Issue-7 ~ July 2021

Abstract: Noosphere represents the current phase of human development in Geological Time Scale.Just like various other realms of geographic study- as, e.g., lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, barysphere and so on, the concept of noosphereis gaining momentum since the last few decades.The term frequently pops up in contemporary discussions about the present and future place of humans in planet Earth1. It constitutes the realm of interaction between nature and society, within whose boundaries human intellectual activity becomes the primary decisive factor in development (other parallel terms in use being the 'Anthroposphere', 'Technosphere' and 'Sociosphere').2The concept is supposed to yield a fresh outlook on the state of humanity merged with the technical and physical development in contemporarytimes, identified as Anthropocene.3 The Anthropocene indicates a new era on the Time Scale in which humans have become a distinct global force of nature. Capitalist industrialization, large-scale agriculture and unwarranted consumerism have led to global pollution, exhaustion of natural resources, pandemic mass extinction,.....

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Abstract: Acharya Vinoba Bhave was a great non-violent activist, freedom fighter, social reformer and spiritual teacher. An avid follower of Mahatma Gandhi, Vinoba upheld his doctrines of non-violence and equality. He dedicated his life to serve the poor and the downtrodden, and stood up for their rights. Most of his adult life he led an ascetic style of existence centered on spiritual beliefs of right and wrong. He is best known for his 'Bhoodan Movement' (Gift of the Land). Vinoba once said, "All revolutions are spiritual at the source. All my activities have the sole purpose of achieving a union of hearts." Vinoba was the first recipient of the international Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 1958. He was also conferred with the Bharat Ratna (India's highest civilian awards) posthumously in 1983. Born Vinayak Narahari Bhave, at Gagode in Kolaba district, Maharashtra on 11 September, 1895, he was the eldest son of Narahari Shambhu Rao........

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Abstract: The high cost of doing business in Nigeria coupled with the lack of essential infrastructure, effective mechanism to strengthen export accomplishment for efficient returns,has led to neglect in output and closure of some businesses. Thisnecessitated the study to appraisethe effectof trade export oneconomic growth in Nigeria from 1986 to 2019. Trade export, inflation, direct credit to private sector and money supply were the explanatory variables while gross domestic productwas the control variable. The Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model and Error Correction Model (ECM) was employed using time series data. Consequently, the result of the ECM term indicates that the economy will recover at 29% after disequilibrium within a year. The results of the analysis.......

Keywords: Trade Export, Economic Growth, Inflation,Money Supply, Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag Model

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Abstract: The partition of India, one of the most terribly traumatizing attempts of a forced geopolitical restructuring of human lives, is the greatest of human tragedies in the twentieth century. The mountainous shame and violence inflicted upon the women during the riot was not possible for the historians to record about. Literature has relived and recreated these 'hard' truths by fictionalizing the colossal desecration of human values. This paper aims to explore the Indian partition fiction from a humanist perspective. The academic objective of this paper is to present a detailed textual analysis of one classical text on the partition i.e., Amrita Pritam's Pinjar. Such a study is bound to be interdisciplinary and it will borrow from history, ethics, culture studies and philosophy as an overall theoretical base.

KEY WORDS: Trauma, human rights, human dignity, education, honour, human values

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Abstract: Aside being a global pandemic, the prevalence and mortality rate of malaria in Nigeria has remained higher than any other disease over the years. Self-medicating for malaria consequently has become a popular practice following the categorization of malaria medication as an over-the-counter option; and the direct-to-consumer advertisings that promote malaria medication in a three days dosage for public consumption. Typically, these adverts include a caveat that directs the audience to consult a physician after three days of the medication use should the symptom persist. Motivated by the unimpressive figures in malaria prevalence despite this effort, this study sought to determine how residents of North Central Nigeria respond to this caveat and the impediments to their adherence. Employing the.......

Keywords: Malaria, Advert Caveat, DTCA, Over-the-counter medication, Adherence

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Abstract: Background: The rapid development of historiography at the global level has not been fully matched by the development of historiography in Indonesia. In the context of social history, the significant developments that have occurred since the integration of the social science approach have not been able to pave the way for the emergence of new categories of autonomous historical writing as elsewhere. This paper aims to describe the context and challenges of developing everyday life history writing in Indonesian historiography. It draws upon historical writings that have been published in Indonesia in the last four decades or so and employed a historical method. The failure of Indonesian social historiography in pushing the development of the history of everyday life is due to the epistemological and methodological....

Key Word: Social History; Everyday life; Indonesian historiography; Challenges; Prospects

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Abstract: The society, earnestly require policies and law to eliminate everyday torments and to ensure a safe world that promotes free movement of people in unrestricted manner in wider sphere, provide secure livelihood and access to all modern beneficial resources to them. Literature has witnessed the roles of women evolving through ages among others. Anita Nair too feels that nothing has changed in terms of mentality though women in fiction may have shrugged some of the sound jacketed representations. There are men as well who have recorded and acknowledged women's contributions to several movements and that a room of one's own benefits not only women but the literary tradition as a whole. In this context, I would like to bring out that the contemporary Indian fiction in English through local narratives in debuts that have focused perpetually on how women are working towards solidarity to establish a global women's movement that appeals for justice and peaceful survival of masses.

KEY WORDS: Local, mistrust, uncertainty, self-discovery, folk

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Abstract: Universal vaccination is essential for flattening and crushing the Covid19 (SARS-Cov2) pandemic in India. Given that India was one of the countries who got affected by Covid19 in its first wave, we got relatively adequate time to prepare for upcoming waves of the infection.However, policy uncertainty and under prioritisation of health sector damaged the life and livelihood of the population adversely. Progress in vaccination has substantially slowed down in the past few weeks and is sure to miss the herd immunity target. The truncated pricing policy as per the new vaccine policy of the Union government is bad economics because each unvaccinated or under-vaccinated individual poses threat to the rest.

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Abstract: Organizations go through crises and during such times, it is imperative that the different publics are communicated to. Increasingly, social media is offering an enticing channel to communicate with the different publics. This paper locates the place of social media as a channel of communication during crises. The study focused on Daystar University's 2017/2018 crisis. The study findings revealed a consumption of messages on social media among the students with a not so high consumption and usage of social media by the then university management. Further, the findings show similarity with the constructs of the Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT) to which the then university management communication on the crisis did not align to expectations. Crisis communication and more so through social media needs to be handled carefully as this would impair the reputation of the organization.

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Abstract: The need to pay serious attention to the agricultural sector becomes very obvious when the benefits accruing from agriculture are objectively weighed. Agriculture plays vital role in the process of developing the economy of Nigeria. It provides food for consumption of Nigeria population. It provides jobs or employments for millions of people in Nigeria. It supplies raw materials for manufacturing of goods by industries in the country. It also serves as source of foreign exchange earnings for the country. The aim of this research was to evaluate the effect of communication in sensitization of people to participate in agricultural development programmes of Ebonyi State Government. Analysis of this research question revealed that 90.5% of the respondents said "Yes‟ to the extent of effectiveness of development communication which has been used to sensitize people to participate in the State Government.......

Keywords: Agricultural sector, sensitization, communication and development

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