Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from Latin: aurum) and atomic number 79, making it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. In a pure form, it is a bright, slightly reddish yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element. It is one of the least reactive chemical elements and is solid under standard conditions. Gold often occurs in free elemental (native) form, as nuggets or grains, in rocks, in veins, and in alluvial deposits. It occurs in a solid solution series with the …

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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 22 January 2024 English

A Bengali poem by Rabindranath Tagore, the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize, reminds us of the values that have to be the foundation of a kingdom, a religion, …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 29 August 2023 English

Young athletes from rural Maharashtra are winning medals despite poor equipment and the glaring absence of state support. A story for National Sports Day, celebrated on August 29


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 24 July 2023 English

The report Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls in Sport: A Handbook for Policy Makers and Sports Practitioners was published by UNESCO and UN Women in 2023. It was authored …

Gymnastics national team members, including Olympic gold medallists. Civil suits dating as far back as 2013


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 27 June 2023 English

A poem about human apathy towards climate change also speaks of the changing social and political environment in India

climb over leaves, a chameleon turning from lime to gold-green to deep forest to orange, to rust... who keeps


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 25 May 2023 English

A folk-song from a region that has preserved its syncretic traditions in music, architecture and culture, despite political upheavals. This devotional song carries the unique flavour of this desert

praying for the benefactor. “A tola and a quarter of gold in my hand and also in the hands of my sister Be Muhammad, allah! allah! A tola and a quarter of gold in my hand and also in the hands of my sister Be


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 12 May 2023 English

In Biharsharif, a 113-year-old madrasa and its library of over 4,000 books was set on fire by rioters

○ Odia • [image] Losing its sheen: the liquid gold of Ballikita Shreya Katyayini Text Editor : Sharmila


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 24 April 2023

When the powerful manipulate the official records, a poet picks up his words to pen the truth. This one about farmer suicides in UP and elsewhere in the country

listen? Who would believe? How to encash my harvest gold? Who will share my tragic tale Where to let out


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 April 2023 English

Agricultural Statistics at a Glance is published annually by the Economics and Statistics Division, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India. This …

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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 April 2023 English

This report was published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in April 2023. It is the seventh edition of UNODC’s biennial Global Report on Trafficking in …

he [recruiter] started promising me mountains of gold.” After eating, Aleksandr felt disoriented, and


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 15 February 2023 English

Just like Mahatma Phule's student Mukta Salve challenged the caste system in 1885, Kadubai Kharat has raised her voice and ektari against oppression in our times – guided by Babasaheb's …

disgrace My Bhim, yes, my Bhim, he filled my life with gold My broken hut had a broken door The torn saree had dear My Bhim, my father, he filled my life with gold PHOTO • Courtesy: TISS Tuljapur PHOTO • Courtesy: या रमा ईची कहा णी My Bhim filled my life with gold Or In my Bhim’s name Rama applied the kunku [vermillion]


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