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East Asian Countries: Emerging Hubs for Youth Employment Opportunities

  Research Blog Written By Dr Shiv Om Pratap ,  Associate Professor, Institute of Sciences SAGE University, Indore     East Asian Countries: Emerging Hubs for Youth Employment Opportunities Dr Shiv Om Pratap , Associate Professor, Institute of Sciences SAGE University, Indore Among the rising rents, cost and opportunities, a challenging job market, and increasingly stretched pay checks, a growing number of young Britons are looking beyond the East Asian Countries like Japan, Singapore, Hongkong etc to shape their futures. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that around 195,000 people under 35 relocated abroad in the year leading up to June. This trend raises key questions: where are they heading, what opportunities are they pursuing, and will they eventually return home—or build their lives elsewhere? The challenges of youth employment are as follows- Ø   1.   Even during periods of economic g...

Microplastics: A Silent Threat to Ecosystems and Human Health

  Research Blog Written By Dr Shiv Om Pratap ,  Associate Professor, Institute of Sciences SAGE University, Indore Dr Manjeet Singh Teeth Associate Professor School of Computer Science IPS Academy,  Indore   Microplastics: A Silent Threat to Ecosystems and Human Health Introduction: Microplastics are synthetic solid particles or polymeric materials, exhibiting either regular or irregular shapes, with sizes ranging from 1 μm to 5 mm environment as deposited or suspended form along with numerous hazards. They originate from both primary manufacturing processes and the degradation of larger plastic materials under the aerobic oxidation from secondary sources and normally found insoluble in water. These microscopic plastic particles have become ubiquitous in the environment, and detected in oceans, rivers, soils, air and even agricultural lands. The term microplastics is used to distinguish these minute particles from larger plastic debri...