Some people called it âthe cripplerâ. A shot in the dark. Polio is a devastating disease; the preferred method for fighting it is vaccination. Yet there is a mass of historic evidence that suggests it is not caused by a virus but by industrial and agricultural pollution.
RELATIVE LOCATION: India is positioned on the Indian subcontinent in south-central Asia, and is located in both the eastern and northern hemispheres. India bordered by the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Gulf of Mannar, Indian Ocean, and the countries of Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Burma (Myanmar) .
India lies largely on the Indian Plate, the northern portion of the Indo-Australian Plate, whose continental crust forms the Indian subcontinent.The country is situated north of the equator between 8Â°4' and 37Â°6' north latitude and 68Â°7' and 97Â°25' east longitude.ndia's Andaman and Nicobar Islands, some 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) southeast of the mainland, share maritime borders with Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia. Kanyakumari at 8Â°4â²41â³N and 77Â°32â²28â³E is the southernmost tip of the Indian mainland, while the southernmost point in India is Indira Point on Great Nicobar Island.