Traditional Folk media holds a true position in the field of media communications because of its uniqueness and practical existence. Considering the importance, popularity and use of traditional folk media, Dhemaji district of Assam was selected for the purpose of the study based on the cultural diversities of the area. A descriptive research design was followed and data were collected through personal interview technique from the ethnic groups of Ahom, Kachari, Mising and Deori. The findings of the study revealed that the different traditional folk media prevalent among the selected ethnic...

The study was envisaged to investigate the polymorphism, expression pattern and association of Heat Shock Protein 70 (HSP 70) polymorphs with thermotolerance traits on fifty Murrah buffaloes using advanced molecular technique. SSCP banding pattern of 503bp fragment of HSP 70 gene revealed three genotypes AA, AB, BB comprised of A and B alleles in studied Murrah buffalo population. The respective genotype frequencies and allelic frequencies were estimated. RT-PCR studied of HSP 70 gene of Murrah buffaloes indicated that its expression was significantly higher (p 0.01) in summer season while it...