land degradation
Land is the principle resource in the world. Land degradation means the loss in capacity of land to support growth of useful plants on a sustained basis. It is a complex phenomenon. Natural calamities like landslides in the hills, drought in most of..
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Selected transcript of Maoist Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s videotaped address
Shaktikhor Cantonment, 2 January 2008
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