Russia 1 1. Brief profile - RUSSIA Background: Repeated devastating defeats of the Russian army in World War I led to widespread rioting in the major cities of the Russian Empire and to the overthrow in 1917 of the 300-year old Romanov Dynasty. The Communists under Vladimir LENIN seized power soon after and formed the USSR. The brutal rule of Josef STALIN (1928-53) strengthened Russian dominance of the Soviet Union at a cost of tens of millions of lives. The Soviet economy and society stagnated
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INTRODUCTION BANKING SYSTEM IN INDIA What is a bank ? A bank is a financial institution that provides banking and other financial services to their customers. A bank is generally understood as an institution which provides fundamental banking services such as accepting deposits and providing loans. There are also nonbanking institutions that provide certain banking services without meeting the legal definition of a bank. Banks are a subset of the financial
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INDIA’S RELATIONS WITH NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES 7 Replies India has always been known as a peace-loving country. She championed the cause of peace in the world. Being a large intry‚ India has a long border and many neighbours with whom has traditionally maintained friendly and good-neighbourly relatIons. In her relations with her neighbours‚ Indi? has been awing the five principles of the famous Panchsheel‚ which have Mid dividends. The keynote of India’s policy towards her neigh-DOUrs
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Women –The Disenfranchised in Nigeria Tension is building in Nigeria’s largely Christian South over reports that Muslim women are being asked to take off their hijab or deny the right to register for the April presidential elections. The women are asked to remove their headscarf and she refuses to because it is against their religion. The Muslim Rights Concern said that it has received a flood of complaints from Muslim women being denied the right to register
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Women ’s Roles Then and Now Katrina D. Pratt Professor Naomi Sanderovsky World Cultures II (HUM -112) Strayer University 25 August 2013 1. Biographical information for each woman. Betsy Ross was born Elizabeth Griscom to Samuel Griscom and the former Rebecca James in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania‚ on January 1‚ 1752‚ the eighth of seventeen children. She grew up in a household where the plain dress and strict discipline of the Society of Friends dominated her life. She learned to sew from
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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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[pic] DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT (LSM) TERM PAPER OF BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT ON CORRUPTION IN INDIA-STATUS AND SOLUTIONS SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY: MR. SANJAY JINDAL SALEEM ANWAR (MBA-IT) ROLL NO: A 06
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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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