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Biosafety Mechanism in India

An expert committee, appointed by Supreme Court, has recommended a 10-year moratorium on field trials of all genetically modified (GM) food crops and a complete ban on field...

November 24, 2012

Cold Start Doctrine

What is Cold Start Doctrine? Cold Start is a military doctrine developed by the Indian Armed Forces. It involves the various branches of India’s military conducting offensive operations...

November 24, 2012

G-Zero

In May 2012, a book titled "Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World" was published by political scientist Ian Bremmer. The book describes the...

November 24, 2012

Classification of the Prehistoric Period

Prehistoric period refers to the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins around 3.3 million years ago till the advent of...

November 24, 2012

Steps Taken by Government to Tackle LWE

Government has adopted both violent and peaceful strategies to tackle threat posed by naxals. But lately it seems government is keener to follow peaceful strategy of development as...

November 24, 2012

Challenges for scientific research in India

India has an impressive scientific heritage. Scientific research — in fields such as mathematics, astronomy, medicine and material science — has been carried out in the Indian sub-continent...

November 24, 2012

Structural Reforms in Indian Economy

Of late 2011 and early 2012, Indian economy has shown resilience and positive growth momentum. It is true that India has come out reasonable well in macro-economic policy...

November 24, 2012

Tax Increment Financing

TIF (Tax Increment Financing) programs are measures to use increase property tax revenues generated by urban development to pay for public costs of that development. It is a...

November 24, 2012

India Myanmar Relations

At the time of its independence in 1948, Myanmar had not joined the Commonwealth due to too much bitterness towards British. Immediately afterwards, Burma came under the grip...

November 24, 2012

Reproductive Tourism in India

What is Reproductive Tourism? · Reproductive Tourism is the practice of travelling to another country for fertility treatments. It is closely linked to the practice of commercial surrogacy....

November 24, 2012

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