President of the Republic of India is the Head of State of India and the Commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces. The President is the head of the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary of the country. The 13th and current President Mr Pranab Mukherjee was elected on 22 July 2012, and sworn in on 25 July 2012. A presidential electionContinue Reading...
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Disaster Risk Mitigation Initiatives to Make India Resilient by 2030
“Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable Development: Making India resilient by 2030”, was the theme of second meeting of National Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction(NPDRR), that was inaugurated by its Head, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, on 15 May, 2017. NPDRR is a multi-stakeholders National Platform for sharing the experiences in disaster management and for making a coll...
Civil Services in India & Civil Services Examination
The Indian Civil Service provides one of the most challenging opportunities for Indian citizens who want to be an active part of the governance of the country. The entry into the civil service is through a competitive examination process conducted by the Union Public Service Commission.
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International Space Station a rare example of American and Russian International Cooperation
Roscosmos launched Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft,at 0713 GMT from its Launch Pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 20, 2017, the first two-man crew launch to International Space Station (ISS) in over a decade; with veteran Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and NASA rookie Jack Fischer.Manned launches to the ISS usually involve three crew members.
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Growing Use of Technology in Banking System
Technology is now emerging as lifeline in management and conduct of whole range of affairs in banking sector from seeking information to transactions of money online and through mobile in real time. The ease and comfort with which we have been transacting our business through banking system revolutionized the whole environment giving rise to such phenomena as home banking, mobile b...
Ease of Doing Business in India
The scenario on the front doing business in India has improved with India jumping up in global ranking from 134 in 2015 to 130 in ease of doing business index published by the World Bank in 2016, as the government has initiated certain measures to remove bottle necks so that a positive environment may be created in hassle free for commercial establishments, particularly start up businesses to flourish. The draco...
Communication Skills
Communication is the act of conveying information for the purpose of creating a shared understanding. It’s something that humans do everyday. Communication means to share and includes verbal, non-verbal and electronic means of human interaction. Relationships exist between two emotional human beings who bring their own past experiences, history, and expectations in...
Chinese Expansionist Policy on South China Sea
In fast changing global scenario the world has turned unipolar with USA emerging as the sole nation legitimizing its hegemony in every global matter - political, economic or military. One country that matched US power on the world map was Soviet Union which got disintegrated in the year 1991 and with that era of bipolar world and cold war abruptly came to an end. Russia,though stil...
Melting Glaciers and Increasing Global Warming
The abnormal rise in global warming with temperature of the earth increasing by 2 degree, thereby accelerating pace of melting glaciers have set alarm bells ringing. The Paris climate conference 2015 culminated in signing of agreement, whereby nations committed themselves to cutting their greenhouse emissions substantially. The way summers have set in the very month of March this ...
Phenomenon of Populism
In our country elections are held in the fashion of festivals and every now and then political leaders have to rub shoulder with common masses. After being elected, political leaders in power resort to populist measures to keep those happy who stood by them at elections, and thus the phenomena of populism comes into play. It may be in form of some announcement declaring concessions...