A citizen is a person who enjoys full membership of the community or State in which he lives or ordinarily lives. Citizens are different from aliens, who do not enjoy all the rights which are essential for full membership of a state. Indian Citizenship Part II of the Constitution simply describes classes of persons living… Read More
President vs Governor The office of the President is more ceremonial than functional. But the Governor’s office is ceremonial as well as functional. The Constitution has explicitly conferred certain discretionary powers on the Governor. But for President, there are no explicit discretionary functions. It is to be inferred from the Constitution. Other than all the… Read More
Difference between the International Monetary Fund and World Bank – IMF vs World Bank People sometime confuse the World Bank with the Internation Monetary fund (IMF), which is also setup at the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944. The fundamental difference between IMF and World Bank is this: The Bank is primarily a development institution; the… Read More
India played an important role in the firth of Bangladesh as an independent nation in 1971. The foundation of deep and close India-Bangladesh relations was laid down by the three agreements signed by them during the visit of Indian Prime Minister to Dhaka in March 1972. The first was the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation… Read More
Inclusive growth is a concept which advances an equitable allocation of resources during the process of economic growth with benefits incurred by every section of society. According to Dr. C. Rangarajan Committee (2008): “Financial inclusion is the process of ensuring access to financial services and timely and adequate credit where needed by vulnerable groups, such… Read More
JPSC PT Results 2013 Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) has announced results of 5th Combined Civil Services (PT) Examination – 2013 For complete result in PDF format click here : Shortlisted Candidates for JPSC 5th Mains; Result 5th CCS (PT)-2013 Total 3898 candidates has been selected for Mains Examination. Cut-off marks for unreserved candidates was 138. List of… Read More
Till the beginning of the 12th century, there was no mention of the kingdom with Delhi as the capital city. Moreover, Al-Biruni who came India during the reign of Mahmud of Ghazni, wrote about the city of Delhi. In his work Kita-ul-Hind, he mentioned some other cities like Kanauj, Mathura etc. His work, written in… Read More
1. The Bulkiest Constitution of the World The Indian Constitution is one of the bulkiest constitutions of the world. The constitution, originally consisting of 395 articles and eight schedules now consists of 444 articles divided into 22 parts and 12 schedules. 2. Combination of Rigidity and Flexibility While some provisions of the Constitution can be… Read More
List of Nobel Prize Winners in 2013: Nobel Prizes 2013 Physics Prize Recipients: François Englert Born: 6 November 1932, Etterbeek, Belgium Affiliation at the time of the award: Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium Field: particle physics Peter W. Higgs Born: 29 May 1929, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Affiliation at the time of the… Read More
The addition of constituents to water, air or land, which adversely alter the natural quality of our environment is known as POLLUTION. POLLUTION may also be defined as an undesirable variation in the physical, chemical or biological characteristics of our water, air and land that may or will harmfully affect human life or that of… Read More
