Gender inequality is thus pervasive and cuts across class, caste, religion and geography, and violence against women is on the increase. ... The India Country Report on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) points out that while some goals like those relating to poverty and education are on track at aggregate levels, progress on other goals concerning hunger, maternal mortality, under-5 mortality and provision of basic services such as water and sanitation is slow and the targets are unlikely to be achieved. ... The outcome builds upon the UN's comparative advantages in these areas wi...

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Drake places in prominence a character proud and obsessed with separating science and discovery from religion in a world that is not quite ready for his style, the truth that it conveys and the changes that it requires. ... This contradicted express statements by Aristotle concerning the heavens where no change could ever take place. ... Analysis Drake divides up his book as follows: Early years, conflicts with philosophers, conflicts with astronomers and theologians, the Dialogue and the Inquisition and final years. ... Galileo's physics according to Drake dealt with local...

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Natural theology tries to demonstrate that "God exists" is true by showing that word "God" successfully refers to that which exists independent of the created universe and on which this universe depends for its existence. ... Either it was a natural occurrence or a choice was made to bring the universe into existence. Supporters of the Kalam argument argue that since the rules of nature did not exist before the beginning of the universe, the universe cannot be the result of natural causes. ... In dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (1779), Hume asked why we must conclude that the...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate