Indian Railways (Hindi: भारतीय रेल Bhāratīya Rail)‚ abbreviated as IR (Hindi: भा.रे.)‚ is the state-owned railway company of India‚ which owns and operates most of the country’s rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India. Indian Railways has more than 64‚015 kilometres (39‚777 mi)[5] of track and 6‚909 stations. It has the world’s fourth largest railway network after that of the United States‚ Russia and China.[5] The railways traverse the length and breadth
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COMANCHE INDIANS The Comanches‚ exceptional horsemen who dominated the Southern Plains‚ played a prominent role in Texas frontier history throughout much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Anthropological evidence indicates that they were originally a mountain tribe‚ a branch of the Northern Shoshones‚ who roamed the Great Basin region of the western United States as crudely equipped hunters and gatherers. Both cultural and linguistic similarities confirm the Comanches’ Shoshone origins
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The case “IKEA’s Global Sourcing Challenge: Indian Rugs and Child Labor (A)” is about IKEA’s development from a backyard company to one of the world’s largest furniture retailers‚ which has to deal with the issues of child labor and how they should behave considering economical issues and the company’s policy! Conclusions made in this study are only based on the facts given in the case‚ considering pros and cons of an action. How should Marianne Barner respond to the invitation for IKEA to have
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INDIAN RAILWAYS AND ITS CONTINUING MONOPOLY Indian Railways abbreviated as IR‚ is the state-owned railway company of India‚ which owns and operates most of the country’s rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India. Indian Railways has one of the largest and busiest rail networks in the world‚ transporting over 18 million passengers and more than 2 million tonnes of freight daily. It is the world’s largest commercial or utility employer‚ with more than
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OnOn Learning to Be an Indian By Santha Rama Rau If you are going to choose between Sampaguita and Rose‚ what will you choose? We know that Sampaguita and Rose has its own identification and different structure but they also have similarities‚ they have stem‚ leaves and they are both flowers‚ right? It’s like an Indian Culture and Philippine Culture‚ they have its own identification‚ different traditions and different cultures but they also have similarities on it. But first‚ did you know
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Navajo Indians The Navajo Indian culture is a very unique culture. Family‚ sense of belonging and helping one another is more than just a nice thing to do. For them‚ it’s a way of life. Being the largest federally recognized tribe in the United States this culture typically reside in the Arizona and New Mexico area. They speak their own language but English is also spoken fluently. Their beliefs and values‚ gender relations and how they handle sickness and healing are all major aspects that
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Plains Indians The American Plains Indians are among the best known of all Native Americans. There Indians played a significant role in shaping the history of the West. Some of the more noteworthy Plains Indians were Big Foot‚ Black Kettle‚ Red Cloud‚ Sitting Bull‚ and Spotted Tail. Big Foot Big Foot (? 1825-1890) was also known as Spotted Elk. Born in the Great Plains he eventually became a Minneconjou Teton Sioux chief. He was part of a tribal delegation that traveled to Washington‚ D.C.‚
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throughout India are approximately 500‚000 villages. The Census of India regards most settlements of fewer than 5‚000 as a village. These settlements range from tiny hamlets of thatched huts to larger settlements of tile-roofed stone and brick houses. Most Indian villages are small; nearly 80 percent have fewer than 1‚000 inhabitants‚ according to the 1991 census. Most are nucleated settlements‚ while others are more dispersed. It is in villages that India’s most basic business--agriculture--takes place. Here
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governing body for the Klamath tribes from 1961 to 1975. The majority of members removed themselves from affiliation with the tribes as a “legal entity”‚ these removed members were still Klamath‚ but they had no legal status either as Klamaths or as Indians. Remaining members of the Klamath tribes occasionally conducted meetings and resolved disputes concerning their common interests; they elected an executive committee from their ranks to enable interaction between themselves and the trustee that managed
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