is kidnapped • Every 93 minutes‚ a woman is killed • Every 102 minutes‚ a dowry death • One out of every three women has experienced violence in marital life • Physical abuse of Indian women is high ranging from 22-60 percent • 71.5 percent increase in cases of torture and dowry deaths from 1991-1995 • 45 percent of Indian women are slapped‚ kicked or beaten by their husbands • India also had highest rate of violence during pregnancy - 50 percent were kicked‚ beaten or hit when pregnant • 74.8 percent
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and External Trade Policy in face of the Global Slowdown: The Indian Context The global economic outlook deteriorated sharply over the last quarter. In a sign of the ferocity of the down turn‚ the IMF made a marked downward revision of its estimate for global growth in 2009 in purchasing power parity terms – from its forecast of 3.0 per cent made in October 2008 to 0.5 per cent in January 2009. In market exchange rate terms‚ the downturn is sharper – global GDP is projected to actually shrink by
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Global Warming Causes Global warming is primarily a problem of too much carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere—which acts as a blanket‚ trapping heat and warming the planet. As we burn fossil fuels like coal‚ oil and natural gas for energy or cut down and burn forests to create pastures and plantations‚ carbon accumulates and overloads our atmosphere. Certain waste management and agricultural practices aggravate the problem by releasing other potent global warming gases‚ such as methane and nitrous
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Socio-economic issues in India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search This article ’s lead section may not adequately summarize key points of its contents. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. (August 2013) This article uses bare URLs for citations‚ which may be threatened by link rot. Please consider adding full citations so that the article remains verifiable. Several templates and the Reflinks
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Running head: THE LENAPE INDIANS The Lenape Indians Pennsylvania and Local History The Lenape Indians The Delaware River‚ named after Sir Thomas West‚ Lord de la Warr the governor of the Jamestown colony‚ flows from the Catskill Mountains in New York to the Delaware Bay along the borders of New Jersey and Delaware. The Delaware River meanders along and forms the boundary of present-day Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The first known inhabitants living along the banks of the Delaware
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INDIAN CONSTITUTION CONTENTS 1.What Is Constitution Anyway? 2.Why Do We Need Constitution? 3.The History of Constitution of India. 4.The Framing of Constitution of India. 5.The Preamble to Constitution of India. 6.What Is The constitution of India? 7.Main Characteristics of Constitution of India. 8.Conclusion The First Book of Constitution of India is Located at Parliament Library Building‚ New Delhi‚ India. 2 CONTENTS 1.What Is Constitution Anyway? 2.Why Do We Need Constitution? 3.The History
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INTRODUCTION The Abenaki Indians lived in the northern part of New England and the southern part of the Canadian Maritimes. The Abenaki were divided into eastern‚ western‚ and maritime divisions. The eastern Abenaki were located in modern day Maine‚ to the east of New Hampshire’s White Mountains. The southern boundaries of the Abenaki homeland were near the present northern border of Massachusetts. The western Abenaki lived on the eastern shores of Lake Champlain. The Maritime Abenaki were
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The Kalapalo Indians The Kalapalo Indians of Central Brazil are one of a few surviving indigenous cultures that is uniquely protected by a national reserve in lowland South America. Through no effort of there own‚ they have been isolated artificially from Brazilian social and economic influences that reach almost every other Indian tribe in Brazil. This unusual situation has made it possible for the Kalapalo’s culture to be undisturbed by the outside world and the surrounding tribes. Much of Kalapalo
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GROWING CALAMITY: AN IN-DEPTH REPORT ON GLOBAL FOOD INSECURITY In The 21st Century TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page Table of Contents Report: Introduction Historical Context Contemporary
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serious effects on our food supply‚ our environment‚ and our species diversity. Our growing population is affecting both the total amount of food we have and the distribution of food to those who need it. Because of improvements in agriculture‚ we are still increasing the amount of food the world produces‚ but the rate of increase is slowing down. According to the World Health Organization‚ in developing country‚ 20 percent of the population does not have enough quality food. While people in developing
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