western India spent the night outside Friday‚ too fearful to go back into their damaged homes after India’s most powerful earthquake in half a century. The 7.9 magnitude earthquake killed as many as 2‚000‚ injured at least 2‚000‚ and left 4‚000 missing. Most of the missing are thought to be buried under rubble‚ and rescue workers dug frantically with bulldozers‚ shovels‚ sticks -- even bare hands -- trying to find them. India’s Earthquake -- Residents in the Gujarat State of western India spent the
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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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Brazil‚ 1960’s‚ City of God. The Tender Trio robs motels and gas trucks. Younger kids watch and learn well...too well. 1970’s: Li’l Zé has prospered very well and owns the city. He causes violence and fear as he wipes out rival gangs without mercy. His best friend Bené is the only one to keep him on the good side of sanity. Rocket has watched these two gain power for years‚ and he wants no part of it. Yet he keeps getting swept up in the madness. All he wants to do is take pictures. 1980’s: Things
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Life in a big city is different from life of a village or a small town. The hustle and bustle which is found in the cities is not in the small places. Once I had an experience of a life in a big city. It was a strange experience. I went to Karachi to spend my summer holidays with my uncle. He lives in Sadar Bazar. A very busy and crowded area of Karachi. I was surprised to see such frenzied activities of people throughout the day. As I live in a village near Narowal I had no idea that life would
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THUA THIEN HUE AND HUE CITY 1. Basic information Area: lt has the natural area of 5‚053.9 square meters spread in the long and narrow land‚ with the average width of 60 km and the length of 127 km. It is along the direction of North West - South East parallel with the coast‚ with various terrains of mountains‚ hills‚ coastal plains and lagoons. 2. Location a.Geography location Locates in the North Central Coast of Vietnam‚ approximately in the center of the country at latitude of
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INDIA ON THE MOVE - 1. This is about a recent report‚ I saw in NDTV. The report was really shocking and really shaken me thoroughly. The report is talking about small farmers in the Vidarbh region (Near Nagpur) committing suicide because they could not sustain the loan burden and could not survive from the agricultural income. In the last eight months around 400 farmers have committed suicide. This has become a daily occurrence. The government as usual just woken up and started its preliminary
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Sex and the City When television shows first came about‚ sex was a subject that was hardly ever brought up. Shows would not even make the viewer come to the idea that the shows characters had sex. Today‚ television shows rarely go one episode without showing some kind of sexual act. Sex plays a major role in television. Many people believe that sex sells and the more sex there is the higher the ratings along with more viewers. One television show that changed women around the country and the way
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COMMENTARY Corruption in India A Quantitative Analysis Vani K Borooah This article represents one of the first attempts at quantifying the level of corruption in India. This has been made possible by the unique website ipaidabribe.com which invites people who paid a bribe to record their experience. By choosing a specific issue – identity verification by a police officer prior to issuing a passport – it was able to focus on a “harassment” bribe‚ that is a bribe paid for something a person was
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finally flows into the Arabian Sea? The Satluj river basins are very fertile. The main crops grown here are wheat‚ rice‚ cotton and sugarcane. The Bhakra Dam is built across the Satluj River. Amritsar‚ Jalandhar‚ Ludhiana‚ and Ambala are the important cities of this basin. 2. The Ganga Basin: The Ganga is the most important river in the Northern plains. The river originates as Bhagirathi from a glacier called Gangotri‚ in the Himalayas. On its way down the hills‚ Alaknanda and Mandakini rivers join
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http://www.studymode.com/essays/Essay-On-India-Of-My-Dream-1445580.html http://www.studymode.com/essays/India-Of-My-Dreams-1315397.html Home About Site Content Quality Guidelines Suggest Us Report Errors Contact Us Our country India has completed 63 years of her independence. In every walk of life‚ we find Indians on the top. For example‚ earlier in sports we found Indians winning only in cricket‚ but now we have been captivating other sports like Chess‚ Boxing‚ and Badminton
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