Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia: A Passage to India by Robin A. J. Nicholas

“…More convincing reports of CBPP confirmed by laboratory tests were made in the 1930s and 1940s in the Indian state of Assam. Eradication campaigns began in the 1940s with immunizations of live attenuated vaccines and then more comprehensively in the 1950s and 1960s, supplemented with serological screening and the establishment of quarantine centres at international borders. …”
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State and society reimagined: India’s novel Unique Identification Scheme as a state hi-tech fantasy by Itay Noy

“…This essay thus provides an analysis of Aadhaar as a state hi-tech fantasy, which can offer an insight into the (post-)neoliberal Indian state.…”
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Women and Pornography: A Voyeuristic Perspective With Special Reference to Coimbatore by D. Brindha, R. Jayaseelan, S. Kadeswaran

“…Tamil Nadu is an Indian state with different cultural trends in marriage, including endogamy, post-marital residence, spousal differences in age and education, and the extent of women’s say in the timing of marriage and choosing a partner, and disbursal of dowries. …”
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Criminal behavioral data analysis for recidivation estimation in convicted offenders by Aman Singh, Subrajeet Mohapatra, Madhumita Bhattacharya

“…Behavior sample was gathered from several jails and correction facility in the Indian state of Jharkhand for the objective for initial relapse estimation from first convicts in the current study. …”
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Re-Thinking the Role of Compensation in Urban Land Acquisition: Empirical Evidence from South Asia by Craig Johnson, Arpana Chakravarty

“…This paper explores the challenge of compensating losses incurred as a result of rapid urban land acquisition in the Indian State of West Bengal. Drawing upon 6 months of empirical field research, it explores (1) the ways in which national and local development authorities have structured processes of land acquisition in areas surrounding Kolkata; (2) the rights and entitlements that have been used in compensating losses incurred as a result of land acquisition; (3) the degree to which local populations have been incorporated into this process; and (4) the extent to which public policy may be used in strengthening the rights of vulnerable populations to basic forms of entitlement, such as housing, employment, and social assistance.…”
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The expectations and satisfaction of Hindu pilgrims in north-west India – the case of the Naina Devi shrine by Ravi Bhushan Kumar, Lakhvinder Singh

“…The aim of this paper is to evaluate expectation and satisfaction of Hindu pilgrims at Naina Devi Shrine situated in the north-western Indian state Himachal Pradesh. This has been done following the Expectancy Disconfirmation Theory. …”
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Fiscal responsibility law and subnational finance in India - An analysis of Assam’s fiscal scenario by Santosh Borkakati, Konthoujam Gyanendra Singh

“…As a fiscally weak Indian state, Assam enacted the Assam Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (AFRBM) Act in 2005 for better fiscal management. …”
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Panchayat Jagratha Samithi role on Violence against Women and Children in Kerala by Titty Varghese

“…The Indian state Kerala is renowned for its overall development in various indexes such as human development, equality and education. …”
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Forest Biomass for Energy Production: Perceptions of State Forestry Professionals from China and India by Pradipta Halder

“…This study investigated perceptions of a group of Chinese and Indian state forestry professionals (SFPs) related to the potential benefits and challenges of developing forest-based bioenergy projects (FBPs) in their countries. …”
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The Cultural Politics of “Spring Thunder”: The Naxalbari Movement and the Re-framing of Bengali Culture in the 1960s by Samrat Sengupta, Saikat Maitra

“… This article tracks the radical turn in Bengali politics and culture and from the late 1960s, ushered in by the ultra-leftist Naxalbari Movement in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. The movement initiated a search for a Maoist revolutionary praxis that could decisively liberate the dominant Bengali cultural sphere from its moorings in colonial and semi-feudal bourgeois class interests. …”
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First detailed survey of waterbirds in Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts, Tamil Nadu, India by K. Abhisheka, J.P. David, M.B. Prashanth, K.S. Seshadri, T. Ganesh

“…The semi-arid districts of Tirunelveli and Tuticorin in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu consist of numerous wetlands in the form of irrigation tanks, interconnected by an ancient network of canals, and fed by the rivers originating from the Western Ghats. …”
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The mismeasure of nature: the political ecology of economic valuation of Tiger Reserves in India by Ajit Menon, Nitin D Rai

“…The Indian state has conserved tigers by establishing reserves that are governed as a form of fortress conservation. …”
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Political Entrepreneurs or Development Agents: An NGO’s tale of resistance and acquiescence in Madhya Pradesh, India. by Chhotray, V

“…This article presents a case study of an NGO in a central Indian state that, over an entire decade, was able to combine development work regarded as legitimate by the state with practices resisting state action in development. …”

Infant and child mortality in Andhra Pradesh. by White, H

“…Yet, some countries and regions – including the Indian state of Kerala – have achieved impressive reductions. …”

Climate stress impacts on livestock health: Implications for farming livelihoods and animal disease in Karnataka, India by Adam Eskdale, Mahmoud Tholth, Jonathan D. Paul, Jayant Desphande, Jennifer Cole

“…Providing spatial context to climate-associated disease risk across the Indian state of Karnataka will benefit: local farmers who may already be practising, or are transitioning to, more intensive livestock farming; policymakers; and private sector companies who are planning for future investments. …”
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Defending Informal Workers’ Welfare Rights: Trade Union Struggles in Tamil Nadu by K. Kalpana

“…The South Indian state of Tamil Nadu has had a rich history of informal workers’ movements and struggles that have pressured the state government to enact statutory schemes and set up worker welfare boards to extend social protection to informal workers. …”
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A new ancient lineage of ablepharine skinks (Sauria: Scincidae) from eastern Himalayas with notes on origin and systematics of the group by Zeeshan A. Mirza, Andrey M. Bragin, Harshal Bhosale, Gaurang G. Gowande, Harshil Patel, Nikolay A. Poyarkov

“…A recent herpetological investigation of the eastern Himalayas of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh led to the discovery of a unique lineage of ablepharine skink, which is herein described as a new genus along with a new species. …”
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Self-Esteem and Happiness as Predictors of School Teachers’ Health: The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction by Paula Benevene, Maya M. Ittan, Michela Cortini

“…The participants were 300 primary and middle school teachers from the Indian State of Kerala.Results: Job satisfaction fully mediates between both happiness and self-esteem, and health in teachers.Conclusion: Work is a relevant domain to promote teachers’ happiness and self-esteem, and their health, through job satisfaction.…”
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The Transformation of Secularism and the BJP’s Hindu Nationalism by Jinying Chen

“…Under the BJP’s rule, a secular Indian State based on communal (religious) politics is taking shape.…”
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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EXPERIENCE OF WEST BENGAL FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN BANGLADESH by A. A. Nemova

“…Using comparative-historical method the article compares the experience of Bangladesh and Indian state of West Bengal in implementing agricultural reforms aimed at improving life of the poor. …”
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