India’s Tejas‚ light combat helicopter dazzle participants at Aero India From ANI Bangalore‚ Feb 9: India’s own first supersonic multi-role combat aircraft Tejas and light combat helicopter (LCH) dazzled participants at the Aero India 2011 on Wednesday with their breathtaking aerobatic manouveres at Air Force Station Yelhanka. It was for the first time that India’s indigenously developed fighter‚ including a trainer variant and a naval variant‚ were on display in a combat-related role on
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husband’s family on marriage… – dowry deaths… – bride burning… b. Explain why there is a “gendercide” in India Æ India’s girls go missing‚ p. 20 – Another girl‚ p. 22 – A country on the march‚ p. 24 – gendercide = gender-selected abortions‚ female infanticide‚ dowry-related murders… – 600‚000 Indian girls go missing every year… – 940 girls for every 1‚000 boys… – sons financially more attractive than daughters… – two-child families encouraged by family planning‚ poor families can’t afford
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Corruption in India Introduction "Power tends to corrupt‚ and absolute power corrupts absolutely." It is not easy to define corruption. But in a narrow sense‚ corruption is mostly concerned with "bribery" and it takes several forms. Corruption is a global phenomenon and it is omnipresent. Corruption has progressively increased and is now rampant in our society.National scenario. Corruption in India is a consequence of the nexus between Bureaucracy‚ politics and criminals. India is now no longer
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The Colors of India “Taste is colored not just by the gustatory properties of the food itself‚ but its smell‚ sound‚ and appearance as well as by expectations… (Len Tiu Wright‚ 1).” In India‚ every corner turned is a plunge into cultural diversity. The people‚ the landscape‚ the aroma-infused air; to us it seems so exotic‚ but most of them probably don’t think twice about their divergent surroundings. That’s because‚ “while in India‚ living with cultural diversity is living in an environment
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Women of India - ’Speak up’ ; Women equality from all walks of life (Women safety from childhood to adults; 70% mistreatment within families - issues which do not come out; women rights suppressed in subtle ways in different walks of life personal to corporate settings) “A woman is human. She is not better‚ wiser‚ stronger‚ more intelligent‚ more creative‚ or more responsible than a man. Likewise‚ she is never less. Equality is a given. A woman is human.” Vera Nazarian‚ The Perpetual
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Raphaela Lin ENG4USR Mr. Andersen Nov 30‚ 2014 The marginalization in India In recent years‚ marginalization in world trade has increased. However‚ the "marginalization" is not simply one thing or just one status‚ which is a growing problem in the world. It is perhaps the most dangerous form of oppression in the society and the society is
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BRITISH PATENT LAW OF 1852. CERTAIN EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGES GRANTED TO INVENTORS OF NEW MANUFACTURERS FOR A PERIOD OF 14 YEARS. | 1859 | THE ACT MODIFIED AS ACT XV; PATENT MONOPOLIES CALLED EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGES (MAKING. SELLING AND USING INVENTIONS IN INDIA AND AUTHORIZING OTHERS TO DO SO FOR 14 YEARS FROM DATE OF FILING SPECIFICATION). | 1872 | THE PATENTS & DESIGNS PROTECTION ACT. | 1883 | THE PROTECTION OF INVENTIONS ACT. | 1888 | CONSOLIDATED AS THE INVENTIONS & DESIGNS ACT. | 1911
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impressive and very much talked about. But it is worth noting that most of India’s software and other IT services companies‚ including IT based business process outsourcing derive a very big chunk of their business from overseas business. This means that India is not able to make much use of IT to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of its business and other economic operations. This also reflects the low priority given by Indian business to improve quality‚ effectiveness and efficiency. I believe‚
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POVERTY ALLEVIATION It is only in the twentieth century that poverty and the poor have come to be matters of our concern and obligation. After a long neglect of the poor during the British Rule‚ the measures adopted after Independence signify the recognition of poverty and the social responsibility for alleviating and reducing it. How did this happen? What have we done? How far have we succeeded? Before attempting to answer these question‚ let us first take up the question of the concept of
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British imperialism on India had many positive and negative affects on both the mother country‚ Britain and the colony‚ India. Many people would argue which effects were more prominent in these countries and some would agree that they were equal. But in both cases there were actually both. In India the British colonization had more positive affects than negative. For Instance‚ When the British colonized India they built 40‚000 miles of railroad and 70‚000 miles of paved roadway. As a result the
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