Even through it has been a year since section 377 of Indian Penal Code has been taken down, the legal battle for the civil right of LGBT community has just started. Section 377 is a British era law that criminalize consensual, adult, same sense relationships. Though this has been struck down other demands are still […]
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World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2018 highlights that world has closed 68% of gender gap and at current rates, it would take 108 years to completely close the gender gap. India has been ranked 108 out of 149 countries. India improves its rank in economic participation and opportunity. It is ranked at the
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Amazon forest is on fire, literally – trees are covered with leaping blazes, rivers are covered with thick plums of smokes are there, animals are running for cover, tribes are being pushed deep inside the forest. In just three minutes around 74,000-hectare areas of forest lands have been lost to blazes, which are burning in
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According to UN’s Population Prospects Report 2019, India will surpass China in population and would become the most populous country by 2027. PM, in his Independence Day speech also raised concern over increasing population of India. In the context of increasing population’s concern, family planning and population control measures comes into picture. Benefits of introducing
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India needs a comprehensive law to deal with ‘Honor Killing’. Critically examine. Human Rights watch defines “Honor Killing” as the acts of violence, usually murder, committed by mostly male members against mostly female members, who are held to have brought dishonor upon family. Why does it take place? Inter Caste Marriages. Refusing to enter into
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According to Morgan Stanley’s report e-commerce sector would reach to $230 billion by 2028 in India. This is enough to predict the upcoming importance of e-commerce in India. It is expected that by 2022 half of billion of people would come online through mobiles apart from existing one. E-Commerce market in India was $3.9 billion
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According to a report by India State Level Disease Burden Initiative, 3.8 million premature death in 2016 occurs from household air population by solid fuel. In India, still 56% of population uses solid fuel for cooking. Government had initiated PM Ujjwal Yojana to eliminate the household air pollution and reduce health hazards caused due to
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There is a known finance theory of bond yield inversion and its impact on the upcoming slowdown and recession. We will see on details on this concept in this article. What are bonds ? Bonds are different types of fixed income instruments. There are public traded bonded (as listed on stock exchanges like NSE), there
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When we talk about interest rate, the most common thing that comes to our mind is the extra amount which we need to pay to lender over period of time. But, what is interest rate become negative, will lender pay us for a loan? There are lots of countries where banks are offering negative interest
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Bank PO aspirants are always curious to know the salary of Bank PO, its allowances, career growth, perks and promotion policy. In this article we will tell you everything about IBPS PO Salary, Job Profile, Career Growth and Promotion Policy. During IBPS PO Preparation candidates are curious to know the salary and the increment in
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Every year, during the month of January, Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) publishes the exam calendar for next one year. IBPS had published exam calendar of IBPS PO, Clerk, SO and IBPS RRB Exams 2019-20 on 16th January. IBPS Calendar, Exam Dates & Schedule IBPS 2019-20 Calendar, Exam Dates / Schedule for IBPS PO,
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IBPS PO Final Cut-Off 2018-19 IBPS PO 2018-19 Mains Exam was conducted on 18th November 2018. The Interview for IBPS PO 2018-19 was held February 2019. IBPS released IBPS PO 2018-19 Cut-Off Marks and result on 1st April 2019 on its official website i.e. ibps.in. IBPS PO 2018-19 Final Cut-Off Table and Reserve List Cut-Off
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Malnutrition is a condition where body receives lower nutrition content than what it requires. As per Global Analysis Report 2018, India leads in number of total malnutrition cases in world. It accounts to 1/3rd such cases. Causes are: Poverty : low purchasing power hinder the procurement of nutrition. Irregular eating and feeding can lead to
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The NRC for State of Assam was finally released on 31 August 2019. The process of 6 years finally culminated and left out over 19 lakh citizens of the state. There have been statements from ministers to allow for legal trial & assistance to ‘foreigners’ by tribunals but must apply before 120 days. The NRC
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The Ease of Living Report under the ‘Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs’ providers 4 pillars and 15 categories which every city must self-assess for meeting aspirations of its people. One of the most important pillars is that ‘GOVERNANCE’ and ‘INSTITUTIONAL’ category. Ease of living must ensure good governance & utmost institutional assistance. The Lok
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Artificial Intelligence is a technology in which information from required sources are collected and processed to take an accurate decision. E.g. AI in predicting the Monsoonal parameters helps for agriculture. Analysis of AI: Significance of AI: a) AI helps in Banking Sector to identify the loan defaulters. b) It is used in National Security for
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Monetary policy committee conducted its third bi-annual RBI policy review in August 2019. Here are the key highlights of RBI Policy meet Key highlights of RBI Monetary Policy Review Low economic growth forecasts RBI has revised GDP growth forecast to 6.9% (from earlier 7%) for 2019-20. Why is GDP growth rate declining in India? GDP
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Summary of Yojana and Kurukshetra magazine Yoga & Alternative Systems of Medicine The word yoga was first mentioned in the Rig-Veda, but its philosophy was given by Sage Panini in his book Yoga Sutra. The word “yoga” comes from the Sanskrit root yuj (“to yoke”) and is generally translated as “union of the individual atma
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Innovation & India India’s ranking in the Global Innovation Index – Among around 140 nations, during the past five years, India’s ranking has slipped from 66 (2013) to 76 (2014) to 81 (2015) and has now recovered from to 66 (2016 and 60 (2017), to 57th in 2018. Invention or Innovation? Invention is a subset
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Power Sector in India India has electrified all its villages. Data showed that all of India six lakh census villages have now been electrified. Electrified means the village is connected to power grid. Issues that have plagued the sector: Present & Future Poorly designed and implemented schemes Install electrical connections to about 30 million homes
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