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Advanced Persistent Threats

APTs (Advanced Persistent Threats) are a category of cybercrime directed at the businesses and the political targets. The APT attacks are different from other types of cyber threats....

December 15, 2013

Sarin

Sarin is a man-made nerve gas that was originally developed as a pesticide in Germany in 1938. It is an organophosphorus compound with the formula [(CH3)2CHO]CH3P(O)F. It is...

December 15, 2013

Agricultural Biosecurity Bill, 2013

The inflow of pests/diseases of plants and animals into countries through imports is considered one of the biggest threats to diversity, leading to huge economic losses. All of...

December 15, 2013

Judicial Overreach

The role of the Judiciary in India has recently come under considerable attack, particularly from the Legislative branch, which feels that the courts have been exceeding their authority...

December 15, 2013

Lok Adalat

Lok Adalats (people’s courts) settle dispute through conciliation and compromise. The First Lok Adalat was held in Gujarat in 1982. Lok Adalat accepts the cases pending in the...

December 15, 2013

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in India

ADR or “Alternative Dispute Resolution” is an attempt to devise machinery which should be capable of providing an alternative to the conventional methods of resolving disputes. ADR offers...

December 15, 2013

Classical languages of India

Union Minister for Culture recently announced that the Ministry had decided to grant the classical language status to Malayalam. Spoken by over 30 million people, Malayalam was the...

December 15, 2013

General Knowledge of Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013

On 2nd April, 2013, the President of India gave assent to the Criminal Law (Amendment Act) 2013. Here, we look at some important points from the text of...

December 15, 2013

Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana

The objectives of Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana (MGPSY) is to encourage and enable overseas Indian workers having Emigration Check Required (ECR) passports going to ECR countries, to...

December 15, 2013

Village Buddha

Prof. Shoji Shiba is an international expert in Total Quality Management (TQM) and Breakthrough Management. Globally he is best known for developing the “Five Step Discovery Process” for...

December 15, 2013

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