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Ralph Cudworth’s Ethics

Ralph Cudworth was a represented the 17th century movement called Cambridge Platonists. He was an English philosopher and theologian. Three of his works namely- The True Intellectual System...

August 16, 2016

Theories of Morals by Hobbes

Hobbes presented one of the earliest modern theories of morals. He was deeply indebted to the stress of his time and system. According to him man are one...

August 16, 2016

Ethics and Integrity: Contribution by Moral Thinkers- Kautilya

Kautilya was the shrewdest minister in the court of Chandragupta Maurya during 317-293 BC. He has expressed his views on state, war, social structures, diplomacy, ethics, politics and...

August 16, 2016

China launches World's first Quantum Communication Satellite

China has successfully launched the world’s first quantum satellite dubbed as Quantum Experiments at Space Scaler (QUESS) satellite. The satellite was launched on board of Long March-2D rocket...

August 16, 2016

Bihar becomes 2nd state to ratify Constitutional amendment bill on GST

The Bihar State Legislature has unanimously ratified the The Constitution (122nd Amendment) (GST) Bill, 2014 for introduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime in the country. The...

August 16, 2016

World famous prominent Punjabi writer Gurdial Singh passes away

World famous prominent Punjabi writer, novelist and short story writer and Jnanpith awardee Gurdial Singh passed away at Bathinda, Punjab. He was 83. He was one of the...

August 16, 2016

Former FIFA President Joao Havelange passes away

Joao Havelange, former president of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the global governing body of football passed away in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was 100. He...

August 16, 2016

Various Instruments of Redressal of Public Grievances

In order to make public service delivery more efficient, the government built machinery for redress of public grievances in every Ministry/Department, by fixing time for disposal of public...

August 16, 2016

Sevottam Framework

The Sevottam was designed by DARPG in 2006 as an assessment improvement framework for public service delivery. The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has taken steps to register Compliant Citizen’s Charter and Grievance Redress...

August 16, 2016

Concept, Origin and Principles of Citizen’s Charters

Citizen Charter is a document of commitment of organization towards the customers/user in respect of standard of services, accessibility to information redressal of grievances courtesy in public services. Origin...

August 16, 2016

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