The article deals with the "smart city" concept which comprises the intellectual transport system, public security, energy consumption management and control, measures to protect the environment, and information-communication technologies (ICT)

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The paper analyzes the nature, basic aspects, and specific features of self-translation in the context of translation theory and practice, as well as basic causes making writers translate their works. The analysis of the works on the topic shows that the issue is understudied and demands further investigation. Our analysis shows that self-translation (translation of the author) is considered to be the translation of an original work into another language by the author himself. On the one hand, it is a rather rare phenomenon. On the other hand, self-translation represents "ideal" translation since the author is in a better position than any ordinary translator because he knows his creation as nobody else and has the authority to allow himself shifts in the translation which might not have been 'allowed' by another translator. The results of self-translation can be regarded as certain "gold standards" for others to make use of. There are different reasons that cause bilingual writers to translate their works, both linguistic (interest to languages, wish to create and use new expressive means, dissatisfaction with existing translations, etc.) and extralinguistic (emigration, challenge to check one's gift in new conditions, paying tribute to motherland, etc.). It is obvious that some reasons are objective, but others can be considered subjective, the latter being more powerful and stimulating.

The article analyses the modern state of Russia's competitiveness on the world market of agricultural products, the competitiveness of the Russian Federation concerning certain types of food products, identifies problems of the current competitiveness of Russia and the suggested solutions.

Despite being a country of various blue stockings, Indian daughters particularly from the countryside and lower socioeconomic hierarchy have remained the victims of unfairness in learning opportunities from ancient to modern time. The present research work tries to examine the regional progress and inequality in education and determinants of lower educational prospects of girls in India on the basis of secondary data. Here, the disparity index and correlation coefficient are applied to analyze the gender discrepancy of education and the relationship between literacy and its major determinants respectively. It has been examined that despite the celebration of longtime independence, it is very distrustful to accept that one fourth proportion of the population of the country is not capable to read and write to an easy cohesion of words with understanding in any of language. Though various plans have been launched with prime target of enhancing the female literacy, yet in all over the nation, the disparity in literacy still exists which demands some impressive efforts for bringing the equity.