Hybrid annuity PPP is a mix of the EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) and BOT(build, operate, transfer) models. In EPC model, government pay private players to build infrastructure....
In October of 1911, the Qing Dynasty faced a revolt, led by a group of revolutionaries in southern China. It is also called the Xinhai Revolution. The revolution...
Colonialism and the subsequent freedom struggle had a profound influence on the evolution of Indian art forms across domains like painting, literature, music, dance and architecture. In painting,...
The building constructed by the PWD of GOI in the second half of the 19th century maintained a monopoly in building activities and applied to the building their...
Housing is one of the major contributors of greenhouse gas emissions, with around one fourth of the country’s electricity consumption and 20% share in total greenhouse gas emissions....
National Family Health Survey (NFHS) is a large-scale, multi-round survey conducted in a representative sample of households throughout India by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The...
The aspirations of Chennai to become a global economic hub have been badly thwarted as it is pushed into an unprecedented struggle to find water. The shadows of...
The recent figures released by UNICEF on child marriage state that as many as 115 million men and boys had got married as children. Of these 23 million...
When the fertility rate of a population falls below the replacement rate which leads to a decrease in the population of a certain group of people, it is...
In 1939, Subash Chandra Bose resigned from the congress and organised Forward Bloc for a more vigorous national struggle. The government first imprisoned him, and thereafter kept him...