India is the world’s most populous democracy.[143] A parliamentary republic with a multi-party system‚[144] it has sixrecognised national parties‚ including the Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)‚ and more than 40regional parties.[145] The Congress is considered centre-left or "liberal" in Indian political culture‚ and the BJP centre-right or "conservative". For most of the period between 1950—when India first became a republic—and the late 1980s‚ the Congress held a majority
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the Over the Counter Exchange (OTEC) of India. India has the fastest growing and the best financial market within the emerging countries. The Indian’s stock market was very stagnant until the 1990’s due to the lack of competition in many industries. The major industry sectors were controlled by monopolies. Until the 1990’s‚ many of the industries were controlled by the state. After the industries were opened to competitions‚ the Indian stock market saw a huge growth in IPOs and new companies. The
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2001 - 2010 - Indian scam Decade of worth `.73000000000000 India a.k.a Mother India - Land of over Democracy‚ has been denigrated by Greed‚ graft‚ politics‚ bribery & dirty money. As we are coming to an end of a scammed year (hopefully the last). It might be exasperating to many Indians that the worth of this decade’s scams has reached a new high of 73 Lakh crores. It’s hard to digest isn’t it? Here are the details (year wise): 2001 - UTI scam `. 4‚800 cr Dinesh Dalmia stock scam `.
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1. Stroud‚ Scott R. "Narrative as Argument in Indian Philosophy: The Astavakra Gita as Multivalent Narrative." Philosophy and Rhetoric 37.1 (2004): 42-71. 2. The ways in which eastern philosophy uses different tactics to argue philosphical ideas is the topic for this reading. This research paper focuses on the writings of the Astavarka Gita to show how multivalent narrative is used to convey a message to the reader by causing them to think for themselves thus drawing their own conclusions. 3.
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resource management. As per the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act‚ job cards are issued to the rural unskilled labour by guaranteeing work for 100 days in a financial year at a minimum daily wage of Rs.100. It is the largest programme in the world for rural reconstruction. The scheme covered 604 districts in India in three phases and provided employment opportunities for more than 4.47 crore households in 2008-09 .The total outlay for the scheme is $8 billion during 2009-10. NREGA creates transparency
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States‚ all with their own language and beliefs. Tribes like the Zuni are often not well known and‚ are over shadowed by more prominent tribes such as the Apache‚ Cherokee‚ or Navajo tribes. Background The Zuni are one of the nineteen Pueblo Indian tribes who are descendants of the Ancient Puebloans. Their population exceeds no more than 20‚000 people. Their tribal name is A’shiwi (Shi’wi)‚ meaning "the flesh.” Zuni history is believed to be dated back before 2500 B.C. when they moved to the
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Can Capital Punishment be justified in today’s world? Capital punishment‚ which refers to the act of sentencing a convict to death‚ has been in existence as long as there has been crime and laws. The death penalty serves as the ultimate punishment a state can impose on an individual‚ and is traditionally reserved for crimes that are particularly serious and heinous‚ such as murder‚ rape or treason. However‚ in today’s world where there is increased emphasis on justice‚ liberty and individual rights
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Navajo Wanda Moore Cultural Anthropology 101 Instructor: Jonathan Brooks April 23‚ 2012 In this essay I hope to educate some of the people that read it about the economic struggles that the Navajo tribe has endured‚ because of the white men laws and the government being thoughtless. The Navajo have been uprooted and placed on reservations; where the government wanted them. The Navajo have been called the Bedouins of America. They are a large nomad tribe. They live
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Jivaro Indians The daily dress among the Jivaro is simple. Both men and women wear clothes made of plain brown cloth‚ occasionally painted with vertical stripes. These homewoven clothes are durable and rugged and can last for many years. The women drape the cloth over one shoulder‚ sometimes belting it at the waist with bark string or a piece of woven cotton. Men wrap the cloth around the waist so that it reaches down below the knees. A common feature of male attire is the etsemat‚ a woven band
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Pongal is the only festival of Hindu that follows a solar calendar and is celebrated on the fourteenth of January every year. Pongal marks the beginning of Uttarayana. In Hindu temples bells‚ drums‚ clarinets and conch shells herald the joyous occasion of Pongal. To symbolize a bountiful harvest‚ rice is cooked in new pots until they boil over. Some of the rituals performed in the temple include the preparation of rice‚ the chanting of prayers and the offering of vegetables‚ sugar cane and spices
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