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2018 Case Study – 3

Ethical dilemmas refer to a tricky situation wherein the individual is forced to choose between to contradicting set of correct course of actions. The ethical dilemmas in the...

March 30, 2023

Case Study 2018-1

Actors in the case: I as chief executive engineer                               Two junior engineers                               Chief-engineer                               People pressuring for early completion of project Following the advice of chief-engineer: ...

March 30, 2023

Explain various types of revolutions, took place in Agriculture after independence in India. How these revolutions have helped in poverty alleviation and food security in India?

Agriculture in India has been practiced since the time of the Indus Valley Civilization. The rank of India is second in terms of the total farm output. About...

March 30, 2023

To what extent, the Gold Monetization Scheme has been able to reduce the craze for physical gold in India? Critically discuss the success or failure of this scheme.

So far, the response to the scheme seems to have been largely failed and it has led to deposits worth only 6,410 kg of gold since it was launched,...

March 30, 2023

Discuss how Akbar's mausoleum at Sikandra and the tomb of Itimad-ud-Daula show that jahangir's contribution to the building art was rather insignificant when compared to the vast and ambitious perfects of his father, on the one hand, and those of his son, on the other.

Jahangir’s contributions to the building art appear to have been rather insignificant when compared to the vast and ambitious projects of his father on the one hand, and...

March 30, 2023

Differentiate between the Sandhara, Nirandhara and Sarvatobhadra Temples.

With the construction of the Stupas, the construction of the Hindu temples also started as free standing structures. The subject matter of the deities in the Hindu temples...

March 30, 2023

With solar and wind now being the cheapest sources of electricity, India needs to take charge and join industrialised nations in becoming net carbon neutral. Elaborate.

Climate change can be experienced across the world and time is running out for mankind to get to zero carbon emissions. France, UK have a legislation to become...

March 29, 2023

How Mahatma Gandhi’s idea of the rich as trustees drives wealthy to be agents of change?

Mahatma Gandhi was of the view that the wealthy must be trustees of their wealth for the larger good of the people. He had once said that “suppose...

March 29, 2023

"TV Whitespace technology seems to be cost-effective technology to provide broadband service in rural India."Explain.

Hint: Due to very few terrestrial TV broadcasting stations in India, large chunks of spectrum are available called “white space”. TV White Spaces technology utilizes this unused “white...

March 29, 2023

Explain why the "March on Washington"took place in 1963.

A massive protest march occurred in August 1963, for Jobs and Freedom. About 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The incident is...

March 29, 2023