RELATIONS WITH INDIA: Relations between India and Pakistan have been strained by a number of historical and political issues‚ and are defined by the violent partition of British India in 1947‚ the Kashmir dispute and the numerous military conflicts fought between the two nations. Consequently‚ even though the two South Asian nations share historic‚ cultural‚ geographic‚ and economic links‚ their relationship has been plagued by hostility and suspicion. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH INDIA: After their
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MALNUTRITION IN INDIA India is one of the world’s fastest growing economies sitting on a population of 1.241 billion [1]. Yet still‚ since its independence in 1947 majority of Indian population is either at or below the National Poverty Line. According to a report by the World Bank‚ malnutrition in India is more common than in Sub-Saharan Africa. More than a third of malnourished children live in India. The number is almost 5 times higher than that of China. Malnutrition thus has alarming implications
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Tourism in India Tourism is the largest service industry in India‚ with a contribution of 6.23% to the national GDP and 8.78% of the total employment in India. India witnesses more than 5 million annual foreign tourist arrivals and 562 million domestic tourism visits.[2][3] The tourism industry in India generated about US$100 billion in 2008 and that is expected to increase to US$275.5 billion by 2018 at a 9.4% annual growth rate.[4] In the year 2009‚ 5.11 million foreign tourists visited India. Majority
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power refers to a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world. Firstly‚ India has a fine chance at becoming a superpower. India’s young population coupled with the second largest English-speaking population in the world‚ could give India an advantage over China. Also while other industrial countries will face a youth gap‚ India will have lots of young people‚ or in other words‚ workers. India cannot become a superpower just by sniffing a ‘feel good’ feeling in the air. We cannot
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The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. From equal status with men in ancient times[6] through the low points of the medieval period‚ to the promotion of equal rights by many reformers‚ the history of women in India has been eventful. In modern India‚ women have held high offices in India including that of the President‚ Prime Minister‚ Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Leader of the Opposition. As of 2011‚ the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Leader
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FEDERALISM IN INDIA Federalism is a basic feature of the Constitution of India in which the Union of India is permanent and indestructible. Both the Centre and the States are co-operating and coordinating institutions having independence and ought to exercise their respective powers with mutual adjustment‚ respect‚ understanding and accommodation. Tension and conflict of the interests of the Centre and the respective units is an integral part of federalism. Prevention as well as amelioration of conflicts
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Outline Thesis statement: The purpose of this paper discuss what role does the caste system play in India today? The word “caste” finds its origin in the Portuguese word “casta” which means “race” or “breed”. Thus caste basically means people belonging to the same breed. According to E.A.G. Blunt‚ ‘caste is an endogamous group or collection of endogamous groups‚ bearing a common name‚ membership of which is hereditary; imposing on its members certain
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Poverty in India is widespread‚ with the nation estimated to have a third of the world’s poor. In 2011‚ World Bank stated‚ 32.7% of the total Indian people fall below the international of US$ 1.25 per day (PPP) while 68.7% live on less than US$ 2 per day. According to 2010 data from the United Nations Development Program‚ an estimated 37.2% of Indians live below the country’s national poverty line. A 2010 report by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) states that 8 Indian states
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India has a large number of climatic regions‚ tropical climate in the south to temperate and alpine in the north Himalayan regions. The elevated Himalayan regions receive snowfall in the winter months. Himalayas and the Thar Desert substantially influence the Indian climate. The Himalayas block the cold winds from Central Asia. This keeps the Indian subcontinent warmer than places with similar latitudes. Thar Desert attracts the south west monsoons during the June to October post summer months‚
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Neither Man Nor Woman: The Hijras of India In our culture‚ it is for us a belief and an evidence tha the biological term and gender term of “sex” refers for two sexes‚ males and females. Throught this book Neither Man Nor Woman by Serena Nanda‚ focused on the hijras of India‚ a community of outside members‚ I will examine how hijras are categorized as a third sex group and how homosexuality and transexuality takes place in their community with the importance for a hijras of having a husband. Second
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