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In light of the global population touching 8 billion people, discuss the opportunities and challenges going ahead.

On November 15, 2022, the population of the globe surpassed 8 billion, according to UN projections. It took about 1 billion years from the origin of humanity to...

August 1, 2023

Assess the significance of coastal regions in the economic development of India.

The total coastal length of the Indian mainland is about 7517 kilometers. A total of 9 states of the Indian mainland has a coastline i.e. Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil...

August 1, 2023

As most steps taken so far to fight the problem of non-performing assets in banks fail, the idea of a Public Sector Asset Rehabilitation Agency (PARA) seems to be promising as well as optimistic. Do you agree? Argue.

Non Performing Assets have been rising since past years and have reached 9.2% of all bank loans. In wake of dismissal performance of other debt resolution mechanism like...

August 1, 2023

"A large part of Nobel Laureate Angus Deaton's work is related to India."Examine his contribution to Indian economic policy making.

Angus Deaton is a British born economist. He earned his Ph.D. in economics from Cambridge University and later he moved to the USA. Mr. Deaton is known for...

August 1, 2023

The Indian Constitution has provisions for holding joint session of the two Houses of the Parliament. Enumerate the occasions when this would normally happen and also the occasions when it cannot, with reason thereof.

The parliament of India is the supreme legislative organ of the Republic of India. Part V of the Indian Constitution deals with the affairs of the Parliament. Joint...

August 1, 2023

In a large and diverse country like India, authorities are regularly confronted with large-scale protests, riots; incidents of mass civil disorder and crowd disasters. While keeping in focus the NDMA guidelines on Crowd Disaster Management, discuss the various issues faced by state governments.

In Indian democracy right to protest is a fundamental aspect. While the peaceful assembly is allowed, protests sometimes take a violent turn. With increasing population of India, the...

August 1, 2023

Assess the reasons why the First World War was not 'over by Christmas' 1914.

The First World War was not over by Christmas 1914 because of the following reasons: The Schlieffen Plan of the Germans was to pass through Belgium (considered as...

August 1, 2023

Critically discuss the impact of patriarchy upon the position of middle class working women in India?

Patriarchy refers to the dominance of male in the power equation with female, which in turn leads to subjugation of the latter. In terms of its impact on...

August 1, 2023

Examine the contribution of Premchand in the proliferation of Hindi Literature.

Munshi Premchand was a prolific writer of Hindi Novels that he is known as Upanyas Samrta (King of Novels). He first wrote with a pen name “Nawab Rai”,...

August 1, 2023

"The sophisticated style of art that is seen in the paintings of Ajanta is also found in surviving wall paintings and in fragments of murals in many parts of India."Elaborate.

Ajanta Caves art can be considered as the torchbearer of Indian painting. To the external world, Ajanta Caves are probably the only examples of Indian Murals. However, it...

August 1, 2023

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