Prostitution in India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia In India‚ prostitution (exchanging sex for money) is legal‚ but related activities such as soliciting sex‚ operating brothels and pimping are illegal.[1][2] Prostitution is currently a contentious issue in India. In 2007‚ the Ministry of Women and Child Development reported the presence of 2.8 million sex workers in India‚ with 35.47 percent of them entering the trade before the age of 18 years.[3][4] The number of prostitutes has doubled
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destroying the cultural diversity of the world. As one of the oldest nations in the sense of tradition and culture‚ India has been a land of sages‚ saints and various renowned scholars. Countless religious temples and shrines built in different parts of the nation expose the devotion to religion and family that dwells within all aspects of India’s culture. Everything was steady for India until a few decades back. Most of the people were farmers and survived on their pieces of land. They were satisfied
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civilisation and culture over the past several millennia. Few are aware that India was the fountainhead of important foundational scientific developments and approaches. These cover many great scientific discoveries and technological achievements in Mathematics‚ Astronomy‚ Architecture‚ Chemistry‚ Metallurgy‚ Medicine‚ Natural Philosophy and other areas. A great deal of this traveled outwards from India. Equally‚ India also assimilated scientific ideas and techniques from elsewhere‚ with open-mindedness
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INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRY The Times of India (TOI) is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. According to Audit Bureau of Circulations‚ it has the largest circulation among all English-language newspapers in the world‚ across all formats (broadsheet‚ tabloid‚ compact‚ Berliner and online). In 2008‚ the newspaper reported that (with a circulation of over 3.14 million) it was certified by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (India) as the world’s largest selling English-language daily‚ ranking
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1211043 2 B.Com T The Constitution of India is the Supreme Law of India. It lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles‚ establishes the structure‚ procedures‚ powers‚ and duties of government institutions‚ and sets out fundamental rights‚ directive principles‚ and the duties of citizens
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SECTION IV Financing of Health in India F K. SUJATHA RAO SECRETARY NATIONAL COMMISSION ON MACROECONOMICS AND HEALTH‚ GOVERNMENT OF INDIA NEW DELHI E-MAIL: ksujatharao@hotmail.com S. SELVARAJU SOMIL NAGPAL somilnagpal@yahoo.com S. SAKTHIVEL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH‚ UNIVERSITY OF DELHI ENCLAVE‚ NORTH CAMPUS‚ DELHI 110007 E-MAIL: sakthivel327@hotmail.com INANCING IS THE MOST CRITICAL OF ALL DETERMINANTS OF A HEALTH SYSTEM. The nature of financing defines the structure‚ the behaviour
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Caves: A Look at E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India In E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India‚ the Marabar Caves occupy an important part of the plot. The purpose of this deserves exploration considering Forster entitles the entire second part of his novel to them. Are these caves symbolic of an exploration into one’s own subconscious? Could they be a physical representation of freedom from societal constraint? Perhaps they are meant to embody the enigma that India and the East present to the West? An exploration
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! Dear Reader‚ It gives me immense pleasure to introduce you to the Centre for WTO Studies‚ coinciding with the inaugural issue of our new bimonthly newsletter: “ India‚ WTO and Trade Issues”. The Centre for WTO Studies – WTO Centre in its shorter form – has indeed been functioning since November 2002 in the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade with the objective of providing research and analytical support to the Department of Commerce in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on identified issues
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Air India plans a turnaround strategy without wage and job cuts After all the turbulence national air carrier Air India went through in the recent past‚ Arvind Jadhav‚ Chairman and Managing Director of the beleaguered airlines is now determined to have a positive balance sheet by 2014-15 and is ready with a turnaround strategy. Some of the key targets the national carrier has set for itself include achieving 25 million domestic and 15 million international passengers by 2015‚ 93% on-time punctuality
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