national holiday in India. It is celebrated all over the country through flag-hoisting ceremony and distribution of sweets. The main celebration takes place in New Delhi‚ where the Prime Minister raises the national flag at the Red Fort and delivers a nationally televised speech from its ramparts. In his speech‚ he highlights the achievements of the government during the past year‚ raises important issues and gives a call for further development. Prime minister also pays tribute to leaders of the freedom
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heart. A man who hasn’t this noble sentiment lacks the sense of self-respect too. He is the weak end of the nation who can succumb to pressure and may not become slave himself alone but may assist the aggressor in making the whole nation slave. India has been prone to foreign attacks for centuries. It is neither just a chance nor a sheer miracle that the country has maintained old traditions and culture. During different periods there have been patriots who sacrificed all they had to save the motherland
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witch trials‚ one man stands out as a true martyr who died in the pursuit of justice and whose actions served as a model for all the people in Salem. In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller portrayed the character of Giles Corey as a martyr through his strong convictions‚ honesty‚ concern for justice‚ and his willingness to die for these causes. Giles Corey‚ a man of strong beliefs‚ refused to give the authorities the lie they demanded‚ therefore‚ he died a martyr. Unlike many of the people of Salem‚ Giles
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CLEAN-India‚ for a Green India ‘When the last tree is cut and the last fish killed‚ the last river poisoned‚ then you will see that you can’t eat money.’ -John May The CLEAN-India Programme India has a population of over one billion‚ of which almost 300 million live in around 600 towns and cities. Unfortunately‚ as a result of stressed environmental conditions‚ most of these towns and cities are unable to cope with the rapid pace of urbanisation. Water pollution‚ unavailability of drinking water
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and tribute in the Persian Empire. The Persian people called Darius a ‘merchant’ as an acknowledgement for his ability to renovate the administration and economy of the empire. The introduction of a number of schemes to promote the economy has led to an unprecedented prosperity in all parts of the empire which lasted for half a century. Darius introduced coinage and a uniform system of weights and measures to create a simple trade system. He also fixed inequalities of taxation and tribute which
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IST(9/5/2007) Last Updated: 03:48 IST(9/5/2007) India 2020 The Indian economy is on the path of rapid progress. In July 1991 the country’s economy was so shattered that India was on the brink of bankruptcy. The Congress won in the general elections of June 1991 and Narasimha Rao became Prime Minister. He took a wise step and made Manmohan Singh the Finance Minister who‚ in turn‚ opened up the economy to the private sector. The quantum of progress that India has made from 1991 to 2007 has not been achieved
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HomeNewsOpinionBusinessSportS & TFeaturesBooksIn-depthJobsClassifiedsShopping INTERNATIONALNATIONALCITIES NEWS PTISchool children pay tribute to victims of Chapra midday meal tragedy‚ in Patna. BIHAR MIDDAY MEAL TRAGEDY From playground to the graveyard On Tuesday morning‚ Rahul (10) bade goodbye to his mother and set off for school. By Thursday he was dead. The death toll in the tragedy rose to 23 on Thursday after the death of seven-year... » 1 comment Related: “No doctors‚ no
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Jalianwallah Bagh butcher General Dyer of british army. If Mahatma Gandhi was alive today ‚ he would have been disgusted with the present way of democratic government ‚ functioning of public servants & would have died heart broken. If our freedom martyrs like sri.Bhagath Singh or Sri. Madan Lal Dingra or Sri.Subhash Chandra Bose would have been alive ‚ they would have given a befitting reply to this corrupt police ‚ corrupt judges ‚ public servants. Whenever ‚ a commonman raises his voice
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initiative by UNESCO and the Government of India UNESCO and the Government of India in a major new partnership The United Nations Educational‚ Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Government of India are embarking on a major new partnership to create the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development. Through research and capacity-building‚ the Institute aims to develop and promote new Minister Kapil Sibal (India) and UNESCO’s Director-General‚ Irina Bokova
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n "The Civilizing Process" Norbert Elias marks the ruling courts as a site in which western habitus was forged and later broadly circulated. Separated and independent warrior societies began to consolidate into growing political and physical entities. This was due‚ according to Elias‚ to social and economical developments. No one predesigned these changes and they had no clear objective‚ they were just warranted on account of shifting modes of social existence. This process of the monopolization
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