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Current Issues with Industrial Disputes Act (1947)

This legislation was enacted in 1947 to provide for a machinery and procedure for investigation and settlement of industrial disputes. It applies to all industries irrespective of size....

May 2, 2015

Challenges to Skill Development in India

Skill development refers to all the efforts to improve the effectiveness and contribution of labor to the overall productivity as well as production, which lead the economy to...

May 2, 2015

Operational Land Holding

An operational land holding is a techno-economic land unit used wholly or partly for agricultural production and operated (directed/managed) by one person alone or with the assistance of...

May 2, 2015

Difference between Vaisesika and Nyaya Schools of Indian Philosophy

Vaisesika is allied to the nyaya system of philosophy. Both systems accept the liberation of the individual self as the end goal; both view ignorance as the root...

May 2, 2015

Panchabhuta

There are nine substances viz. pṛthvī (earth), ap (water), tejas (fire), vāyu (air), ākaśa (ether), kāla (time), dik (space), ātman (self) and manas (mind).  The first five are...

May 2, 2015

Section 354 of IPC: Various implications and Issues

The Indian law, taking cognizance of the increased crimes against women has given more teeth to the dying legislation dealing with safety of women on Indian soils. Via...

May 2, 2015

Municipal Solid Waste

Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) or Urban Solid Waste is a waste that includes predominantly household waste (domestic waste) with sometimes the addition of commercial wastes, construction and demolition...

May 2, 2015

Haryana Government launches seven IT based e-services in state

Haryana Government has launched seven IT based e-services in the State at Panchkula district. The service was launched by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. The seven services...

May 2, 2015

14th edition of Indo-French naval exercise VARUNA concludes

14th edition of Indo-French naval exercise Varuna concluded on 2 May 2015 in Goa. The naval exercise concluded in the presence of Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar along...

May 2, 2015

CNR Rao conferred with Japan's highest civilian award

Eminent scientist and Bharat Ratna awardee Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao was conferred with Japan’s highest civilian award the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star. He...

May 2, 2015

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