(A very well researched article on relation between alcoholism and sexual assault written by renowned journalists in prestigious news daily The Statesman is reproduced here for the benefit of students) While widespread concern has been expressed regarding the increasing trends of sexual crimes and assaults, not enough attention has been given to the significant role […]
Global ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service raised India’s sovereign credit rating to ‘Baa2’ from ‘Baa3’ on November 16, 2017. The credit rating agency asserted that continued progress on economic and institutional reforms will enhance the India’s high growth potential. Moody’s also changed its rating outlook from stable to positive, saying that at the ‘Baa2’ level the […]
India’s Manushi Chhillar has won the Miss World 2017 contest. This is a big feat as India has bagged the coveted title of Miss World after a long gap of 17 years after Priyanka Chopra won the title in 2000. Manushi Chillar competed against 108 contestants from various countries at a glittering event held at […]
(Editorial comment: The prestigious news paper has brought a historiography based view on Queen Padmavati’s identity, i.e., who she is, and how she is interpreted by different cultural and historical traditions, a must read article for students by an Indian professor in the Princeton University, US). The political noise may be immaterial to educated class, […]
Ethics is the branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles. Ethics studies moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or the conducting of an activity. Ethics concerns itself with moral principles, values, standards of behavior, virtues, dictates of conscience,rights and wrongs etc. Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of […]
Donald Trump came to China on his first visit as President of America. He was on a trip of five Asian countries which included China, America’s biggest regional rival, and often the object of the president’s non-stop tirades. China is a rising Asian power which Trump has often described as a threat to America while […]
We can call it Nirbhaya 2! A daughter of India, contender of IAS, ran from pillar to post to complain about her brutal gang rape, but her ordeal was not only described as filmy or headache by police officers, her complaint was denied registration. With all jumlas about beti bachao beti padhao, the common man […]
“Or call it winter, which being full of care, Makes summer’s welcome, thrice more wished, more rare.” — William Shakespeare Whatever the motivation, the appointment of the former Director of the Intelligence Bureau (DIB) Dineshwar Sharma as the interlocutor for Kashmir is to be welcomed. Better late than never. Predictably, the beleaguered Chief Minister of Jammu and […]
Before Gujarat elections where BJP has certainly lost ground among small traders and its weakening favour among common man in other parts of the country due to increasing economic hardships, the government has chosen to reduce the burden of top GST rate of 28% on people. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced at a press briefing […]
Ace India boxer Mary Kom once again showed why she is one of the best in the continent as the pugilist won the gold medal for the fifth time at the Asian Boxing Championships, on Wednesday (November 08, 2017). Mary Kom thumped North Korea’s Hyang Mi Kim in the championship clash, to clinch her maiden […]