The world’s population is growing at 1.1 per cent per year‚ having surpassed 7 billion people in late 2011. It is expected to rise to 9.1 billion people by 2050. This growth is unprecedented and is being felt mainly in the developing world. Due to the unprecedented growth rates being experienced and uneven distribution of population growth occurring it is resulting in huge amounts of pressure on the natural environment‚ drastic global inequalities and is affecting age structure and employment in
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India is a vast country with a vast population. The vast population follows different cultures and religions; and; belongs to different castes and sub-castes‚ races and communities. So‚ the national integration of India invariably depends on the integrity of its citizens. It is the individuals who constitute a society or a nation. Society or nation is nothing without its individuals. The existence of individuals is a reality; whereas the society or nation is a myth. The nation exists because of
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Cultural Briefing-India | October 20 2010 | Brief overview on India’s history‚ geography‚ size‚ population‚ languages‚ values and traditions to help business managers conduct new business venture in India | Prepared by: Sunita Goel‚ University of Maryland‚ University College | ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Starbucks has decided to launch its product in India. In order for the company to succeed in this new venture‚ I have prepared a cultural briefing for
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(GK) 2. Mathematical Aptitude 3. Reasoning 4. English language SECTION-II QUESTIONS - ESSAY: Essay Writing on Given Topics‚ IB ACIO Exam has Three Topics for Essay(Not more than 400 words): 1) Emergency Trends in india 2) Security threats in India 3) Cultural Diversity In India SECTION-I QUESTIONS -GK‚ APTITUDE QUESTIONS: 1. How many languages and dialects are spoken by people all over the world? A. 6‚000 B. 9‚000 C. 4‚000 D. 1‚000 Ans: C 2. Approximately‚ how many people speak Chinese
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CULTURAL EMERGENCY IN INDIA Is India facing what author Salman Rushdie calls a "cultural emergency" with writers‚ painters and filmmakers being targeted by the mob? Consider the events that have made the front pages this week. Leading academic Ashis Nandy is threatened with arrest after he makes controversial remarks about corruption and disadvantaged groups at the popular Jaipur literary festival. Sir Salman himself is asked to stay away from a film promotion and a literary festival in Calcutta
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Social Integration and Communal Harmony in India In India from time immemorial‚ people belonging to various religious faiths lived in harmony and peace. There are fundamental values and traditions in our culture that promote integration among different communities. This was helpful for the growth of a great civilization in the Indian sub-continent. It will be our endeavour as the citizens of this country to preserve the rich tradition of Social Harmony among diverse religious and ethnic groups and
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Cultural Diversity in India India has a history of thousands of years . People have been living in India since the Stone Age. People from different regions of the world came to India. They became one with the Indian culture .From this has evolved the composite Indian Culture. All of us living in different parts of the country are Indians. Though there is a variety in our languages‚ literature and art‚ as Indians‚ we all are one. It is this diversity which has created a sense of unity among the Indians
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Geographic setting India along with Pakistan and Bangladesh constitutes a geographical unit. This geographical unit has distinctly stood apart from the main continent of Asia – the reason being that Himalayan ranges are present in the North side while seas cover the other three sides. Thus it can be seen that the country was always isolated from the rest of the world but as a matter of fact it always tried to keep in touch with the outer part of the world. The vastness of India has resulted in a variety
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NATIONAL CULTURE OF CHINA AND INDIA IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Introduction 1. Increased business globalization‚ emergence of new economic hubs like BRIC countries (Brazil‚ Russia‚ India and China) as well as more intense competition among organizations at the domestic and international level alike over the past two decades‚ have necessitated the need for studies in the comparative Human Resource Management (HRM) (Budhwar & Sparrow‚ 2002a). As a result‚ a growing number
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Jonathan Dong DBQ Global integration‚ the idea of combining of economics‚ politics‚ and cultures to become a more universal world ‚ has become especially prevalent in the ancient civilizations of South America. Cortes ‚ the Spanish conquistador was able to conquer the massive Aztec empire. Christopher Columbus‚ another European explorer‚ united the growing settlements of the Americas and Europe. Because of their modern weaponry and diseases‚ the Europeans were able to create the ideal society
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