The paper discusses the significance of Information and Communication Technologies in the Educational sector. With the emergence of ICT's, there has been a rapid change in the way information is exchanged and how people communicate. There has been lot of innovative tools and ways of gathering and sharing information that would have been seem impossible few years back. Digital literacy has become a key 21st century skill. What countries should do is to prepare the students of this generation to cope up with the demands of the new digital age where there is a growing dependency on digital content instead of paper-based content through providing facilities in terms of infrastructure and opportunities to learn through ICT. The paper throws light on the challenges in effective use of ICT by students in India based on an Action Research project. The paper predominantly contributes on the socio-cultural factors that should be given significance in designing technology for making the ICT widely acceptable from a gender perspective.
Nanotechnology deals with nano sized particles in atomic, molecular and supramolecular levels. This technology is used almost in all fields of life. The particular usage of nanotechnology in Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and food systems is important as it influences predominantly the Indian Economy. The usage of nanoparticles in poultry industry and the commonly used nanoparticles are silver, selenium, calcium phosphate, zinc, chromium, germanium, copper, gold and zirconium are reviewed in this article. The effect of nanoparticles on the performance of birds, egg production, gastro intestinal tract, blood parameters, organs, diseases, mineral contents in chicken, embryo development in chicken, use of disinfectant in hatchery and poultry processing plant and packaging materials used in poultry industry.
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