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Tag Archives: India
Cotton and Wool Blending
Like much of our knowledge and language, the word ‘cotton’ comes from Arabic ‘quton’. As with wool and silk, so cotton is a natural fabric and is comfortable to the most sensitive skin. It is soft yet strong; is absorbent; … Continue reading
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Tagged British colonialism, climate change, cotton blending, cotton industry, Covid, disease, ecology, GMO, India, organic cotton, overpopulation, poverty, textiles, Tuberculosis, wealth, wool and cotton
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O2
There is an excellent Forbes of India article on how oxygen is made for use by patients in hospital. There are three different ways: Vacuum Insulated Evaporator: Storage system of liquid oxygen 2. Oxygen Cylinders: hold oxygen under pressure 3. … Continue reading
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Tagged Covid, CPAP, elitism, health infrastructure, India, intubation, oxygen supply
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Generic Drug Supply and Raw Materials Supply
In March 2021, Boris Johnson, Prime Minister, announced the UK was acquiring 10m doses from the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer and the key source of doses for Covax, a vaccine-sharing agreement on which poor and middle-income countries are relying. … Continue reading
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Tagged Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, black market, China, citizen ingenuity, costs of drugs, covid 19, crime, deaths from neglect, drug demand, drug making hubs, drug shortages, drug supply, elections, generic drugs, Hindi festival, human vulnerability, India, irresponsible decision making, lockdown easing, masks and no masks, poverty, power base, premature lockdown easing, reverse-engineering, rural areas, sanitation, social distancing, social distancing forgotten, tribes, vaccine industry
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Will we be Fishless?: Part III
Discovered in the 1920s, antibiotics have saved tens of millions of lives from pneumonia, tuberculosis, meningitis and a host of deadly bacteria. But, as with all things we do as humans, we get in the habit of overdoing everything. Overuse … Continue reading
Clean Water Shortages Worldwide: how to fight disease, such as Covid-19?
“According to a point of Buddhism, water is the most valuable and most important thing because of its connection with disease,” says the monastery’s facilities manager, Urgyan. “Clean water helps everything: healthy body, healthy mind.” A Nepalese Region Reclaims Its … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, brazil, clean water, covid 19, disease, India, infrastructure, lack of water, Mexico, poverty, unnecessary deaths, venezuela, washing hands
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The Significance of Aurochs
During the Pliocene, the colder climate caused an extension of open grassland, which led to the evolution of large grazers, such as wild bovines. Bos acutifrons is an extinct species of cattle that has been suggested as an ancestor for … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, aurochs, cave paintings, China, Eurasia, Europe, herds, India, long horned cattle, megafauna, rock art, steppe bison, wisent, zebu
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Adam Smith: Part XI
When Adam Smith was 17, Britain was at war against Spain, ostensibly due to an old grievance of a Captain Robert Jenkins. His merchant ship was boarded by Spanish coast guards and Jenkins had his ear sliced off by one of … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th century, adam smith, Afghanistan, Britain, Carnatic War, Empire building, India, profit from war, Silesian war, trade, war, wealth
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