AFSPA provides special powers to the Indian Armed Forces to deal with “disturbed areas”. The power to declare an area as disturbed under the act lies with Central government or...
Since ancient times, water management In India had been in the hands of local communities. Prior to Britishers, water management in South India was done through a system...
The Vijaynagar stone sculptures of the fourteenth-fifteenth-sixteenth centuries have two different directions and both can be seen on the walls of the monuments of royal citadels. The rectangular...
In a deadly fire at Delhi’s Anaj Mandi area 43 people were killed in an unregistered bag factory. It serves as a reminder of the many ratholes where...
The Preparation of National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC) is governed by the provisions of Section 14A of The Citizenship Act, 1955 which provides for compulsory registration of...
Vulnerability is the measure of the proneness of people to succumbing under the aftermath harmful effect of disasters. In the absence of robust disaster preparedness the vulnerability increases....
Ozone is made up of three oxygen atoms. Ozone occurs naturally in small amounts. Manufactured chemicals such as chlorine, fluorine deplete the ozone layer. Every year during spring...
The CS Gender 3000 report released by the Credit Suisse Research Institute makes the following observations: India’s female representation on corporate boards has increased by 4.3 percentage points...
It has been verified by the experts that colors can have a significant impact on our daily moods although this is also driven by other factors like personal,...
India’s internal security is threatened by conventional factors like communalism, insurgency on the north-eastern border, Left wing extremism in eastern part of India. They threaten to destroy the...