power refers to a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world. Firstly‚ India has a fine chance at becoming a superpower. India’s young population coupled with the second largest English-speaking population in the world‚ could give India an advantage over China. Also while other industrial countries will face a youth gap‚ India will have lots of young people‚ or in other words‚ workers. India cannot become a superpower just by sniffing a ‘feel good’ feeling in the air. We cannot
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The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. From equal status with men in ancient times[6] through the low points of the medieval period‚ to the promotion of equal rights by many reformers‚ the history of women in India has been eventful. In modern India‚ women have held high offices in India including that of the President‚ Prime Minister‚ Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Leader of the Opposition. As of 2011‚ the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Leader
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Outline Thesis statement: The purpose of this paper discuss what role does the caste system play in India today? The word “caste” finds its origin in the Portuguese word “casta” which means “race” or “breed”. Thus caste basically means people belonging to the same breed. According to E.A.G. Blunt‚ ‘caste is an endogamous group or collection of endogamous groups‚ bearing a common name‚ membership of which is hereditary; imposing on its members certain
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Poverty in India is widespread‚ with the nation estimated to have a third of the world’s poor. In 2011‚ World Bank stated‚ 32.7% of the total Indian people fall below the international of US$ 1.25 per day (PPP) while 68.7% live on less than US$ 2 per day. According to 2010 data from the United Nations Development Program‚ an estimated 37.2% of Indians live below the country’s national poverty line. A 2010 report by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) states that 8 Indian states
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India has a large number of climatic regions‚ tropical climate in the south to temperate and alpine in the north Himalayan regions. The elevated Himalayan regions receive snowfall in the winter months. Himalayas and the Thar Desert substantially influence the Indian climate. The Himalayas block the cold winds from Central Asia. This keeps the Indian subcontinent warmer than places with similar latitudes. Thar Desert attracts the south west monsoons during the June to October post summer months‚
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Travel may occur by human-powered transport such as walking or bicycling‚ or with vehicles‚ such as public transport‚ automobiles‚ trains and airplanes. Motives to travel include pleasure‚ relaxation‚ discovery and exploration‚ getting to know other cultures and taking personal time for building interpersonal relationships. Travel may be local‚ regional‚ national (domestic) or international. In some countries‚ non-local internal travel may require an internal passport‚ while international travel typically
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116TH INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE PARTICIPANTS’ PAPERS CRIME IN INDIA Sanjiv Kumar Upadhyay * I. CRIME IN INDIA A. General There were 61.8 million criminal cases reported in 1998 with a rate of 6366 per million population. 77.8% of cases investigated were chargesheeted in a court of law. There were 5.7 million cases pending in courts of which trail was completed in 15.8% of cases and of these‚ 37.4% cases ended in conviction. There are 41.6 police personnel per sq. kilometers and 1360 per million
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ACCOUNT OF INDUSTRIALIZATION IN INDIA AND IN KERALA 20 . Introduction By way of substantiating the thesis that the large scale industries and their promotion have proved detrimental to environment‚ a close look at the history and evolution of industrialization is a must. But such a historical account of industrialization is too vast a field for the researcher to look into. It is therefore necessary to limit this enquiry to the area of industrialization in India in general and to industrialization
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Chapter 3 __________________________________________________________ Balance of Payments from a Comparative Perspective: China‚ India‚ and Russia under Globalization Akira Uegaki Introduction The three regional powers of China‚ India‚ and Russia have been actively participating in international trade and international financing recently‚ although they have large populations‚ huge territories‚ and abundant natural resources‚1 which would enable them to be independent and autarkic. The globalization
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investment‚ India section. Share of top five investing countries in FDI inflows. (2000–2010)[159] Rank Country Inflows (million USD) Inflows (%) 1 Mauritius 50‚164 42.00 2 Singapore 11‚275 9.00 3 USA 8‚914 7.00 4 UK 6‚158 5.00 5 Netherlands 4‚968 4.00 As the third-largest economy in the world in PPP terms‚ India is a preferred destination for FDI;[160] During the year 2011‚ FDI inflow into India stood at $36.5 billion‚ 51.1% higher than 2010 figure of $24.15 billion. India has
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