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Radio frequency identification is an addition toalready existing wireless technologies based on communicationvia waves. The RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)market is in a hyper growth phase. RFID technology has foundits application in several fields which ranges from retailindustry to government projects and medical sector. Via RFID,objects can be connected to Internet or databases in such a waythat they can be easily tracked and companies can share andutilize data about them. RFID involves three primarycomponents: RFID tags, RFID readers and central databasewhich is placed in any computer system depending upon theamount of data it is supposed to handle. The benefits of RFIDtechnology in the supply chain are fairly convincing. RFIDtechnology has the potential to increase the profit of companiesby improving the efficiency, accuracy and security of thesupply chain. Because of positive and appealing prospective ofRFID, many companies are busy in implementing thistechnology. It is for sure that in the coming future the marketfor RFID products and services is set for a huge leap. But if weview the other side of the coin, there are certain hurdles thatare faced during effective implementation of RFID technology.RFID systems now have been in existence since many yearsbut the technology for supply chain management is stillemerging. The two major problems faced by RFID is collisionbetween multiple readers and collision between multiple tags.In this research paper, the concentration is laid on majorissues which poses obstacle for effective implementation of thistechnology. The paper illustrates removal of these hurdles withappropriate implementation. Moreover paper focuses on indepthlook at cost, technology, standards, privacy and securityand business process reengineering related issues surroundingRFID technology in supply chains.Index Terms – RFID, retail industry, reader, tags, wirelesscommunication.

This paper examines the gender differences in the statements measuring ethical leadership and to explore the factors affecting ethical leadership. The questionnaire has been distributed among the various government senior secondary schools of Punjab, India. Independent t-test is applied to know the perception of males and females. The result reveals that females have higher perception in many of the statements in the ethical leadership scale as compared to male staff members. On the other hand, there are three factors that are affecting the ethical leadership showing the important correlation among them.

E-governance is becoming a phenomenon that is catching the attention of government as well as the citizens across the world. Lately, the governments of almost all the countries of the world made huge investments in implementation of e-government projects including India. There have been a number of centre- and state-level projects launched in the recent years. Hence, it becomes all the more important to assess the impact and viability of such projects. A number of studies have been undertaken in this area. It is observed that most of the studies in this field have focused on exploring e-governance service delivery dimensions in government-to-citizen (G2C) context; however, a few studies are carried out in government-to-business (G2B) context. Hence, the present study is an attempt to bridge this gap. The study aims to explore e-governance service delivery dimensions as perceived by the employees of Registrar of Companies (ROC), North Region. Ninety employees of ROCs were surveyed to know about their perception about the pioneer e-government project named Ministry of Corporate Affairs of 21st Century (MCA21) launched in 2006. Results of the study identified four dimensions as perceived important by the employees. To improve the services provided by the employees to the users, it would be useful to be aware of these dimensions in the future.

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have gainedenormous attention for their wide range of applications suchas environmental monitoring, military surveillance, healthcare, disaster management. Energy is the main constraint ofwireless sensor network due to irreplaceable and limitedpower source of the sensor nodes. Clustering is the mostpopular topology control method to reduce energyconsumption and improves scalability of WSN. Here weproposed a distributed fault tolerant clustering algorithmcalled DFCA which uses a cost function of the cluster headsfor the formation of cluster. We also present a distributed runtime recovery of the sensor nodes from the faulty cluster dueto sudden failure of the cluster head. The experimental resultsshow the strength of the proposed algorithm. We can removethis fault by using back up cluster or we can set the rootinformation as a prefix. Keywords: WSN, Routing protocols, Energy Consumption,DFCA, Sensor Nodes.

India and European Union trade relations go back to 1960s. Both sides started their bilateral trade relations after their first summit which, was held in 2000 and after that India-EU has gone through various rounds of summits and negotiations for improving the bilateral trade ties. As a result, Free Trade Agreement was agreed upon between them in 2007 but it is still not fully implemented. EU is India's largest trading partner which has accounted 14.8 percent in its total trade in 2011. The study has taken up six nations of EU namely Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and UK as India has a large average share of trade with these countries during 1996-2011. The study strives to find out the trade trends of India with these six EU countries namely Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and UK. The study is an attempt to find out the trade competitiveness and patterns of India with these countries by using various indices like Revealed Comparative Advantage Index (RCA), Revealed Symmetric Comparative Advantage Index (RSCA) and Intra Industry Trade Index (IIT). The study finds out that European debt crisis have vigorously affected Indian pattern of trade with these six countries.

AbstractStructural racism encompasses the effects of racial bias across all systems of society. A growing body of data indicates that structural racism contributes to racial inequities in health across the lifespan. Investigators have documented associations of different dimensions of structural racism, including cultural and institutional discrimination, to health. To clarify and integrate the scope of these data, we examine a broad array of manifestations of both cultural and institutional racism and review their associations to specific health effects outcomes. We examine effects on COVID‐19 prevalence and mortality, but also investigate data on birth outcomes and premature mortality to gain insight into health effects at each end of the lifespan. Given the pervasive and well‐documented history of racism facing Black Americans, we focus this review on the effects of structural racism on the health of Black populations in the United States.To examine the association of cultural discrimination to health, we review studies of prejudicial communications assessed with measures of area‐level prejudice, leader communications of prejudice, and reactions to race‐related cultural events. To examine the association of institutional discrimination to health, we examine laws and institutional policies that discriminated against Black Americans and shaped social and physical environments characterized by residential racial segregation and disadvantage, occupational segregation, and restricted voting rights, among other manifestations of inequity. As we document, research has demonstrated associations of cultural racism to birth outcomes and mortality, data are lacking on direct relations to COVID‐19 mortality. Institutional discrimination has been consistently linked to the increased prevalence of and mortality from COVID‐19, and some aspects are associated with birth outcomes and mortality. Understanding the interrelations among cultural and institutional aspects of discrimination and their historical roots have important implications for the development of policies and interventions to reduce structural racism and mitigate its effects on health.

Intro -- Preface -- About This Book -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Theoretical Underpinnings of Energy Security and Energy Diplomacy in Global Context: Reconnoitring India's Position -- Energy Security and Energy Diplomacy: Intertwined Concepts -- Contextualizing Energy Security -- Why "Diplomacy"? -- Energy Diplomacy: Shaping the Foreign Policy -- Rise of Globalization of Energy: Changing Paradigms of Global Energy Governance -- Major Structural Changes in Global Energy Regime -- Growing Phenomenal Role of Global Energy Governing Institutions -- Regional Energy Governance -- Structural Changes in the Emerging Economies in the Asian Super-Complex -- Growing Role of National Oil Companies (NOCs) -- Expanding Network of Pipelines and the Changing Face of Transit Countries -- Rising Climate Change Concerns -- Global Energy Governance: An Unlikely Concept -- Persistent Problems -- Reconnoitering India's Position on Global Energy Issues: An Overview of Its Governing Capacity -- References -- 2 Identifying and Addressing India's Energy Challenges: A Policy Assessment -- Profiling India's Energy Potential: Oil and Gas Sector -- Sectorial Snapshot of Oil and Gas Landscape in India-Pertaining Issues -- Upstream Sector -- Mapping India's Engagement in Global Energy Landscape -- Natural Gas Demand-Supply Scenario -- Midstream and Downstream Sector -- Subsidization and Pricing Issue-A Political-Bluff -- Governmental Consumer-oriented Initiatives -- Indian Energy Policy: A Domestic Perspective -- Policy Perspectives and Visions -- An Appraisal -- References -- 3 India's Quest for Energy Security in Eurasia: A Conceptual Assessment of Energy Diplomacy -- Eurasia: The Pivot of Indian Foreign Policy -- India's Defensive Realism in Eurasian Energy Theatre: A Theoretical Underpinnings -- Eurasia: A Matter of Importance?.