Because of these drastic measures, the number of reported wild polio cases, the kind that most often results in paralysis, has decreased from hundreds in 2009 to just one case in 2011, none of which were in Uttar Pradesh. ... Not everyone is in favor of the measures the Indian government is taking to eradicate polio. ...
It had been recorded that the implementation of DOTS has a success rate exceeding 95% and that it prevented the emergence of further MDR-TB strains[8].Recent work suggests that, on a national level, TB trends track more closely with social and economic indicators than with measures of TB control activities [4,5]. ... This study aims to look at the possible trends in incidence, prevalence, mortality and treatment patterns to understand the possible measures which could be implemented or looked into to improve the overall TB status in India and help the "STOP TB Strategy" goal. ...
In India and the Indian subcontinent (and also as in other countries in South Asia), people have been systematically discriminated against on the basis of their work and descent for centuries. Over 200 million people are Dalits, also known as untouchables or outcastes. Dalit women constitute 16.3% of the total Indian female population. The traditional taboos are the same for Dalit men and Dalit women. However, Dalit women have to deal with them more often. ...
Language Families Altaic group, one other language family covering anything like the same area, includes Turkish and the Yakut of northern Siberia. Almost all experts include the Mongol and Manchu dialects, but the status of Korean and Japanese is not clear. Some include both the latter languages...
For the most part, Hindus and Muslims lived peacefully side by side for centuries, but in the Muslim ruling classes, there was a measure of arrogance: having governed much of India for most of the last millennium, they were not prepared to play second fiddle after the British left, and this led to the politics of separation in the last century. ...
Exclusions defined in GATT allow for countries to take anti-dumping measures and countervailing duties in order to neutralize the negative effects which arise when countries disregard the agreed upon concessions (Lorenzini, 2014). ... The new agreements include the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), the Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and the Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMS) (Cohns, 2012, p. 196). ...
The Millennium Development Goals are eight goals with realistic targets and clear deadlines for improving the lives of the world's poorest people. To meet these goals and eradicate poverty, leaders of 189 countries signed the historic Millennium Declaration (MD) at the United Nations Millennium Summ...
Introduction Human movement has a significant role in making our world one dynamic society. When human movement occurs, human integration and disintegration are interwoven together. Culture starts adapting different codes. New economies arise with different innovation of technologies. Thus, social i...
Arms control is arguably one of the most prominent issues every nation of the world has to deal with, this is because every man woman and child on the planet may potentially be affected by the arms another country posses. In today's society more than ever the worry over the nuclear capability of cou...
Consumerism, the movement or policies aimed at regulating the products, services, methods, and standards of manufacturers, sellers, and advertisers in the interests of the buyer. In India, these things combined equal the positive impacts that India has been experiencing over the last 20 years. With so many positive consumer goods spilling out of India, it has become one of the best ways to survive and thrive. The personal ambition and a desire for material success is what lead India to become open to the ideas and concept of global consumerism. India has become one of the most successful regio...
The following assessment is about current HR practices in India and how external and internal features have helped in shaping it. It is discussed in the Social, Economic, political context. The current recruitment and training planning of the country is also illustrated. The reliable statistical data are produced to make scenario explicit at various places; examples of others countries such as USA and japan are used, their comparison seldom occurs to provide better understanding of prevalent HR practices in India. In the end, attempts are made to figure out whether India can contribute somethi...
A ceramic is an inorganic, nonmetallic solid prepared by the action of heat and its subsequent cooling. Ceramic materials may have a crystalline or partly crystalline structure, or may be amorphous (e.g., a glass). Because most common ceramics are crystalline, the definition of ceramic is often restricted to inorganic crystalline materials, as opposed to the non-crystalline glasses. The word "ceramic" comes from the Greek "keramikos" (of pottery), and from "keramos" (to burn). Hence, the word "keramos" was to infer a burned substance or burned earth. ...
She was sitting in a room quietly trying not to pick up her head, afraid of what she might see if she will. Hiding in a place of her clothing and wishing she was back in her environment with her people who were not that much different from her. Feeling uncomfortable from all the glances people were...
The following assessment is about current HR practices in India and how external and internal features have helped in shaping it. It is discussed in the Social, Economic, political context. The current recruitment and training planning of the country is also illustrated. The reliable statistical data are produced to make scenario explicit at various places; examples of others countries such as USA and japan are used, their comparison seldom occurs to provide better understanding of prevalent HR practices in India. In the end, attempts are made to figure out whether India can contribute somethi...
Chapter One ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF CASTE It seems necessary at the outset to point out the specific features of the caste system, in order more clearly to bring out the difference in social structure which has always existed between Europe and Africa. The originality of the system resides in the fact that the dynamic elements of society, whose discontent might have engendered revolution, are really satisfied with their social condition and do not seek to change it: a man of so- called "inferior caste" would categorically refuse to enter a so- called "superior" one....
