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Please do not divide your manuscript into numbered sections. The manuscript should be structured in Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussions, Summary, References, Acknowledgement, and Appendix. Main heading (12, Times New Roman, Capital and Bold), sub-heading (12, Times New Roman, Bold), and further headings (12, Times New Roman, Italics). Type your manuscript in A4 paper size with font 11/Times New Roman and line spacing of multiple at 1.08. Express unit as mg/l.
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Abstract.
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References
Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). For web references, the full URL should be given and the date when the reference was last accessed. Web references should be listed after the reference list.
Reference style
Text: All citations in the text should refer to:
Single author: the author’s name and the year of publication e.g.Gupta (1970); (Gupta, 1970);
Two authors: both authors’ names and the year of publication e.g.
Gupta and John (1985); (Gupta and John, 1985)
Three or more authors: first author’s name followed by ‘et al.’ and the year of publication e.g. (Gupta et al. (1990); Gupta et al., 1990).
List: References should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary.Examples:
Reference to a journal publication:
Singh, J., Gupta, J.A. and Agarwal, S.K. 2018. The way of reference in a text. Journal of Institution of Engineers. 163:51–59.
Reference to a book:
Rao, M. K. and Singh, S. K. 2000. The Ideology of Faith. third ed. New Delhi Publishers, Kolkata.
Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
Srivastava, S. K. and Adams, K. L. 20018. How to prepare an electronic version of your manuscript, in:Jones, B.S. and Smith, K.Z. (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age. New Wonder Publication, New Delhi, pp.381–396.
Reference to a website:
Ministry of Water Resources, GoI. 2016. Draft National Water Framework Bill, http://mowr.gov.in/policies-guideline/policies/draft-national-water-framework-bill-2016. [Assessed on April 1, 2020]
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