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More convenient, environment friendly and safer mode of commute is need of the day. image: flickr Roads are being built by human beings since the invention of the wheel and axle. They take different formats in terms of carpeting or no carpeting. On the one hand these roads and highways have proved to be the most popular mode of intra country or intercountry transportation; they have proved to be a burden on the society in several ways.

ARE YOU ANGRY?? A friend of mine is very short tempered. He shouts at his friends and family members with slightest of provocation. Nobody likes him in his workplace. His colleagues, seniors and subordinates hate him for his quick temper. He has been unstable in his career as he is not able to stay long with one company .  Anger is an intrinsic human trait that we need to curtail for our own good.

 A look at some startling facts: Forests cover 31% of the land area on our planet. They produce vital oxygen and provide homes for people and wildlife. Many of the world's most threatened and endangered animals live in forests and 1.6 billion people rely on benefits forests offer, including food, fresh water, clothing, traditional medicine and shelter. Some 129 million hectares of forest - an area almost equivalent in size to South Africa - have been destroyed since 1990, according to FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) most comprehensive forest review to date. The Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015: An estimated 18 million acres (7.3 million hectares) of forest, which is roughly the size of the country of Panama, are lost each year. In the Amazon around 17% of the forest has been destroyed in the last 50 years, mostly due to forest conversion for cattle ranching. About half of the world's tropical forests have been cleared (FAO) Forests curren...

India, with the estimated total population of 1.30 billion people, the second-largest population in the world, is projected to overtake top-ranking China in the next 4 decades. This largest democracy in the world is a living paradox of modern development. On the one hand, the country is gifting the world a highly educated workforce, exporting engineers, programmers and doctors to Europe, the US and elsewhere. With its English medium education system India has produced a sizable number of English speaking workforce leading to a burgeoning BPO and Call center industry across the country.

It is almost one month of demonetization of Rs 1000 & Rs 500 currency notes in India. Masses are still struggling to withdraw cash as banks and ATMs are still running dry. Long queues at the banks are getting longer day by day.  This demonetization driven cash crunch is hitting hard small-medium businesses and public at large.