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    EVALUATION AND STRUCTURE OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN INDIA Vinod Raina‚ ACS‚ Company Secretary Anjani Technolast Limited‚ Noida Introduction In the earlier societies functions of a bank were done by the corresponding institutions dealing with loans and advances. Britishers brought into India the modern concept of banking by the start of Bank of England in 1694. In 1708‚ the bank of England was given the monopoly for the issue of currency notes by an Act. In nineteenth century various banks started

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    of Miami. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2013. <http://www6.miami.edu/ethics/jpsl/archives/all/Singer%20and%20Famine.html>. Interesting examples of Singer’s point of view about giving people help and charity. Barnet‚ Sylvan‚ and Hugo Adam Bedau. "Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality ."Critical Thinking Reading‚ and Writing A Brief Guide to Argument. 7th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin ’s‚ 2005. 402-413. Print. Barnet‚ Sylvan‚ and Hugo Adam Bedau. "Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor"Critical

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    Katelyn Rachels AEGL102-008 Carlson April 30‚ 2010 Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution Animal Farm is an allegory for what happened in Russia between the years of about 1917 and 1943. Orwell uses characters and certain details to symbolize different situations in the Russian Revolution. Understanding the specific historical context underlying Animal Farm enriches one’s reading of the book. The novel is about failed revolutions everywhere‚ but above all‚ it is about the Russian Revolution

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    Postage stamps and postal history of India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For the states with their own stamps‚ see Stamps and postal history of Indian states. For India Post‚ see Indian Postal Service. [pic] [pic] The first stamp of independent India shows the new Indian Flag. It was meant for foreign correspondence.[1][2] [pic] [pic] The second stamp depicts the Aśokan lions capital‚ the national emblem of India‚ and is for domestic use.[1][2] This is

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    Beijing.² During the Early Modern period‚ Chinese invention slowed; this technological slowing was because of extreme isolationism policies‚ which prohibited most international trade and travel.² This dynasty eventually declined due to overpopulation‚ famine‚ and corruption‚ leaving the nation vulnerable to European imperialism; the height of this decline was the Taiping Rebellion‚ the bloodiest civil war in

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    West Bengal University of Technology BF-142‚ Salt Lake City‚ Kolkata-700064 Media Science Revised Syllabus(To be applicable for the students who admitted in the academic session 2004-2005‚ 2005-2006 & 2006-2007) Nomenclature of BMS will be changed to BMS(H) for the Batch starting from Academic Year 2008-2009 FIRST SEMESTER A. THEORY: A. THEORY Code 1. 2. 3. 4. MMS-101 MMS-102 MMS-103 MMS-104 Subjects Development of Mass Communication Laws & Ethics in Mass Communication Print Journalism & Comparative

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    part of India’s productive base. Religious restrictions on killing cattle are ecolo~ically sensihle; they have developed and persisted to insure a contitlUous supply of these valuable animals. News photographs that came out of India during the famine of the late 1960s showed starving people stretching out bony hands to beg for food while sacred cattle strolled behind them undisturbed. The Hindu‚ it seems‚ would rather starve to death than eat his cow or even deprive it of food. The cattle appear

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    Technology The earliest evidence of technological progress in the India is to be found in the remains of Harappan civilization (4000-3000 BC.). Archaeological remains point to the existence of well planned urban centres the boasted of private and public dwelling laid out in orderly fashion along with roads and drainage systems completing them. The drainage systems are particularly remarkable for the times since they are built underground and constructed in a manner to allow for regular cleaning

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    4. British held most of the political and economic power and they used this to restrict Indian-owned industries including cotton textiles. This led to a loss of self-sufficiency for many locals and‚ in the late 1800s‚ India experienced a severe famine. C- Africa 1. The incomes of the

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    Stalin’s Russia‚ 1924-53 The leadership struggle * Russia wasn’t a democracy * Struggle wasn’t about winning popularity with the people * Influence was very important * Lenin was leader as party respected him could count on the loyalty of most party members The contenders: Leon Trotsky * Most obvious contender * Heroism during revolution and Civil War * Organised October Revolution and commanded Red Army * 1917-22 Lenin’s right-hand man * Radicalism‚ strong

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