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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PEACEKEEPING Introduction about Peace Keeping: Peacekeeping refers to activities that tend to create conditions that favour lasting peace. The Peace Keeping emphasised non-coercive activities aimed at re-establishing and maintaining peaceful international intercourse. Nonviolent accompaniment or interventions‚ Speaking out for those who have little or no voice‚ Bearing witness to the facts‚ mechanisms‚ dynamics‚ and results of violence and oppression‚ standing in the way of i.e.‚ nonviolent resistance
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The hijras of India are unlike any you might see in any other part of the world. You might have occasionally come across men dressed as women‚ wearing garishly bright makeup. They immediately attract attention to themselves for all the wrong reasons and most often win ridicule. We are really not sure if eunuch‚ transvestite‚ gay or transgender is actually the right term for a hijra as their social mores are very unique and are almost above classification by western terms. One can attempt to
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The Power of Superstition in Public Life in India Why are superstitions a part of public life in India? The modern mechanisms for risk-management or “disciplines” ranging from statistics to modern medicine exist side-by-side with superstitions in the country. The answer to why these disciplines have not penetrated into the pores of Indian society lies in the history of political power in India. It is difficult to use the word “superstition” without imagining quotation marks around it. For‚
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“The Greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated”- Mahatma Gandhi. We believe that we are a great nation who has high moral values. If this is true‚ then why since 2000 have reports of animal cruelty jumped up 40 percent? Cases that involve neglect‚ abuse‚ mutilation and‚ yes‚ bestiality. There are two main categories of animal cruelty. First being Passive cruelty‚ also referred to as Acts of Omission. This type of cruelty is sometimes controversial
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------------------------------------------------- Electricity sector in India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Ramagundam Thermal Power Station‚ Andhra Pradesh Sabarmati Thermal Power Station‚ Gujarat The electricity sector in India had an installed capacity of 223.625 GW as of April 2013‚[1] the world’s fifth largest. Captive power plants generate an additional 34.444 GW. Non Renewable Power Plants constitute 87.55% of the installed capacity and 12.45% of Renewable Capacity.[2] India generated 855 BU (855 000 MU i.e. 855
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Danone in India History of Danone India Danone India is today a huge part in the work of internationalization of the French group Danone. This subsidiary was established in two steps. Danone first established in 1989 a merger with an Indian group called Britannia‚ they were just participative. Then in 1993‚ they took the control of Britannia so it became a Danone subsidiary. At this time‚ it was said that this buying had required an investment of RS 150 cores. Danone becomes after
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Special Economic Zones in India TANUJ BHUSHAN AND APARNA SHARMA To provide an internationally competitive and hassle free environment for exports‚ the Government had introduced the concept of SEZ in the Export-Import Policy‚ 2000. This concept has transformed the focus solely from exports to multi market where the equivalent weightage is given to tourism‚ township‚ ports and it is not confined to manufacturing alone. This article attempts to analyse the SEZ in India‚ types of SEZ and incentives
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The Problem of Secularism in India Secularism is one of the most contested ideologies in most parts of the world. As T.N. Madan (1997) states‚ we may not hear of wholly secularised societies‚ even in the West‚ which is responsible for introducing the ideology to the rest of the world. In the Indian context‚ no other ideology may have generated more attention‚ debate and controversy since the country’s independence. Yet‚ despite the vast and varied literature and public discourse‚ the ideal of secularism
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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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