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Organisation For Economic Cooperation And Development
Background It is a 34-nation international economic organisation that was founded in 1961 to promote economic development and global...
World Trade Organisation
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global organisation in charge of enforcing international trade rules. The WTO agreements...
The President Of India
The President is the head of the Indian State, he is referred to as the first citizen of India. Officially the president is the...
The Central Information Commission
Background The Central Information Commission was established by a Gazette Notification issued by the Central Government. Members: The...
Dynasties of South India: Pallavas & The Cholas
South India was ruled by three great kingdoms: the Pallavas, the Pandyas, and the Cholas. A continuous fight for power was there among...
ASEAN: The Association of South-East Asian Nation
The Association of South-East Asian Nations, or ASEAN, is a political and economic organisation that was established on August 8, 1967,...
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum for the economies of the 21 countries that comprise the Pacific Rim. Its primary...
Medieval India: An Introduction
In India, the medieval period is marked by numerous significant changes. India's relations with Muslims and the rest of the world...
Developments Of Crafts In India
History And Background According to archaeological evidence and literature, textile creation is an early Indian art form that predates...
Astronomy In Ancient India
Astronomy developed concurrently with mathematics as a complement to religious obsessions in the past. Both met the requirements of...
National Commission For Minorities
The Minorities Commission (MC) was established in 1978 as part of a resolution passed by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The government's...
Mathematics In India
Aryabhatta: The Great Mathematician Aryabhatta wrote the Aryabhatiya, a 121-verse manuscript (476-529 A.D.). He invented methods for...
Irrigation In India
According to the erstwhile Planning Commission, Irrigation projects in India are classified by the amount of 'Cultivable Command Area...
National Development Council
What is National Development Council? The Prime Minister presides over the National Development Council (NDC), also known as the...
Indian Language Families
All modern languages probably originated from a single proto-language that evolved over time and spread to many parts of the globe. This...
What is Environment?
In its most literal sense, the term "environment" refers to "surroundings" (environs). An individual's, object's, element's, or system's...
The Planning Commission
The Planning Commission was established in response to the National Planning Committee's report from 1949, which emphasised the...
Superconductivity
Superconductivity is a property of certain materials that allows them to have zero electrical resistance below a certain temperature....
The Architecture of Indus Valley Civilisation
The architectural achievement of Mohenjodaro speaks eloquently about the architecture of the Indus Valley Civilisation in general. The...
EL-NINO Circulations
What is El-Nino? El-Nino is the term used to describe the occurrence of warm ocean surface waters off the shores of Ecuador and Peru....
Jainism: An Introduction
History & Background Jains were historically referred to as Sramanes. While Jainism makes no claim to a single founder, the Jain holy...
The Prime Minister Of India
According to the constitution's scheme of parliamentary government, the President is the nominal executive authority (de jure executive)...
The Expansion Of Buddhism
In Theravada Buddhism, three collections of works are regarded as sacred scripture, collectively referred to as the "Three Baskets"...
Buddhism: An Introduction
History and Background The early stages of Buddhism were mostly limited to India and are commonly referred to as Theravada Buddhism....
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