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HEART OF ASIA CONFERENCE :- The recently concluded "HEART OF ASIA"(HoA) conference witnessed theatrics and controvercies.The sixth HoA was held in Amritsar Dec 3-4.The joint statement was clearly crafted ,supported and pushed by India ,with support from Afganistan.In all common plaatforms since Pathankot,Indisa had raised the Pakistan bogey of sponsoring terror. India diplomcy ensured that "the Afganistan-centric dialogue at Amritsar turned out to be a major embarassment for Pakistan"and exposed "its nefarious design".The conference squarely blamed Pakistan for vitating the the political sability in Afganistan.The Heart of Asia-Istanbul prcess was founded in Istanbul in Nov 2011 to provide a platform forregional cooperation in the "Heart of Asia"by placing Afganistan at its centre.The conference is named so as is Geoographical ,as Afganistan lies at the junction of central ,south and east Asia and also of the ancient trading routes from Chi...

TRAFFIC  MANAGEMENT       It is necessary to rearrange traffic pattern on existing streets & reduce accidents.    Some human activities are responsible for many disgusting accidents and rest are for animals,road construction,breakfailure etc. Advantages                        1.Accident reduces                     2.Journey time reduces                      3.Increases vehicle capacity                     4.Closed side streets are used for parking                     5.At morning time max. no of lanes are reserved taffic moving towards the city centre.                     6.At evening time,max no. of lanes are re...

I NDIA,SWITZERLAND sign pact to swap bank   info  :- Now india is ready to demolish black money.India has done well to sign a pact with Switzerland for automatic exchange of information(AEOI) to access details on Indians hiddi ng their money in SWISS BANK.Both countries will adopt rules prescribed by the Organisational for economic Co-operation and development (OECD) to obtain and share financial information  ,helping established audit trails.AEOI  will be implemented based on  Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) which is based on the international standard for the exchange of information developed by the OEC D.    AEOI is powerful tool to identify early  enough undesirable trends in cross-border transaction and can be helpful in identifying errant taxpayers and certain schemes to take remedial action through enforcement and policy intervention. Switzerland  used to be known for very strong secrecy walls till a fe...

WHAT IS FOUNDATION  ? It is the engineering field of study which is applied  to the design of those structures which support other structures, most typically buildings, bridges or transportation infrastructure. It is at the periphery of Civil, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering disciplines and has distinct focus on soil-structure interaction. It is also called as ground sill, which transfers loads to the ground. It is generally categorized into two types i.e         1.Shallow foundation               2.Deep foundation 1.SHALLOW FOUNDATION:- A shallow foundation is a type of foundation which transfers building loads to the earth very near the surface, rather than to a subsurface layer or a range of depths as does a deep foundation.     2.DEEP FOUNDATION:- A deep foundation is a type of foundation which transfers building loads to the earth farther down...

1.Monolithic Dome 2.Flat Slab 3.Bacterial Concrete 4.Top Down Cracking 5.6.Soil Cement Sonication 7.High Performance Concrete 8.Aging Of Bitumen 9.Underwater Turbines 10.Skybus Technology 11.Green Concrete 12.Intelligent Transport System 13.Block Shear Failure in Tension Members 14.Reinforced Concrete Corroded Columns 15.Ground Improvement Techniques 16.Concrete Admixtures 17.Prestressed Concrete 18.Effect of cement replacement by Silica fume and fly ash 19.Self Compacting Concrete 20.Concepts Of Shotcrete Technology 21.Rainwater Harvesting 21.Hazardous Waste Managment 22.Noise Control Of Buildings 23.Submerged Floating Tunnel 24.Earthquake Resistant Building Construction 25.Geopolymeric Building Materials By Synergetic Utilisation Of Industrial Wastes 26.Stone Mastic Asphalt 27.Burj Khalifa 28.Stress Ribbon Bridge 29.Polymer Modified Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete 30.Significance Of Nanotechnology In Construction Engin...

Earth quake An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the earth’s crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time. Earthquakes are measured using observation from seismometers. The moment magnitude is the most common scale on which earthquakes larger than approximately 5 are reported for the entire globe.                                The most recent large earthquake of magnitude 9.0 or large was a 9.0 magnitude earthquake in japan In 2011(as of march 2011),and it was the Japanese earthquake since records began. One of the most devastating earthquake in recorded history occurred on 23 January 1556 in the Shaanxi province, China,Killing more than 830,000 people. Fault or...