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Pioneering Polio Vaccine Developer Hilary Koprowski passes away

Dr. Hilary Koprowski (96), the Polish-born virologist who developed the first successful oral vaccination for polio. Albeit not as famous as his companion researchers Jonas Salk and Albert...

April 17, 2013

Union Govt approves a project National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) project

Union Government approved a project for creation of NOFN (National Optical Fibre Network) that will help in connecting all the 2,50,000 Gram Panchayats (GPs) in India via Optical...

April 17, 2013

IMFrecognizes Somalia's new government after a 22-year break

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recognized Somalia’s new government after a 22 year break in relations with the once disorderly nation. This move came as a result of...

April 17, 2013

Fact Box: ‘Pig 26’

Scientists who created Dolly (the cloned sheep) bring GM food a step closer by producing a pig that is immune to disease The piglet, known as ’Pig 26′...

April 17, 2013

From where has the concept of free world emerged?

[Jurisprudence] From Kant’s theory of free willing individual has emerged the concept of free world in the twentieth century and twenty-first-century a free their inherent rights, freedoms and...

April 17, 2013

Write briefly about Kant’s theory of natural law and the categorical imperative?

[Jurisprudence] After Rousseau, Kant made man a rational entity an end in himself and developed the theory of natural law and the categorical imperative. His categorical imperative was...

April 17, 2013

Who was Immanuel Kant and what was his contribution to law?

[Jurisprudence] Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was the last forceful philosopher as apostle of natural law theory. He enunciates his theory of knowledge, his famous doctrine of categorical imperative and...

April 17, 2013

What was Rousseau’s theory of general will?

[Jurisprudence] -According to Rousseau’s theory of general will, it is the duty of every individual to obey the ‘general will’ because in doing so he directly obeys his...

April 17, 2013

Who was Rousseau and what was his concept of popular sovereignty?

[Jurisprudence] -‘Social Contract’ and ‘natural law’ received a new interpretation from Rousseau. He developed a theory of popular sovereignty in which liberty and equality and freedom and authority...

April 17, 2013

What is the contribution John Locke to law?

[Jurisprudence] John Locke’s theory is contrary to that of Hobbes. His plea is for a constitutionally limited sovereign. He exercised great influence and his writings commanded almost scriptural...

April 17, 2013

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