Red-tapism
Introduction: Red-tapism is overregulation or rigorous adherence to formal regulations that are deemed superfluous and bureaucratic and...
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Schools of Indian Philosophy
Introduction: After the state and the Varna divided social order were firmly established, ancient thinkers believed that an individual...
Ajanta and Ellora Caves
Introduction Since the beginning of time, art has been regarded as more than a joyful interest - it has always been regarded as a...
National Human Rights Commission
“To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.” Nelson Mandela The National Human Rights Commission of India is...
Separation of Power
“Power corrupts but absolute power corrupts absolutely” According to this rule, institutions of governance are separated into three...
Refugees
Who is a Refugee? A person who has been forced to flee his/her country because of persecution, war, or violence UN Convention Relating to...
Pressure Groups
Pressure groups are referred to as interest groups or vested groups. They are distinct from political parties in that they do not run for...
Climate Change and Women
Introduction Climate change is a broad term that encompasses long-term changes in temperature and weather patterns. These variations...
Quit India Movement
Introduction: The Quit India Movement has rightly been described as the most massive anti-imperialist struggle. In 1942, the year that...
Preamble
Introduction The Preamble to the Indian Constitution enumerates the ideals and ambitions of the Indian people, which have been...
Basic Structure Doctrine
Introduction The constitutional fabric is knit naturally with authority and constraint. A country's constitution embodies the Grundnorm -...
Fundamental Duties in India
Ancient Traditions The Indian civilisation's entire sociopolitical affairs have been based on the performance of duties. One of the...
Indian Sculpture Schools
Indians Sculptures are artistic expressions that reflect cultural characteristics. The Indian subcontinent has a long history of...
Right to be Forgotten
Background In the case Google Spain SL, Google Inc v Agencia Espaola de Protección de Datos, Mario Costeja González, the Spanish...
Women and Indian Freedom Struggle
Indian society represented a conflicting position of women vacillating between patriarchal and matriarchal extremes. While Sati - the...
Planning: Nehruvian Idea vs Aatmanirbhar Bharat
If poverty and low standards continue, then democracy, for all its fine institutions and ideals, ceases to be a liberating force. It must...
Extremists
Indian freedom struggle can be subdivided into three phases. The first phase is the moderate phase which as the name suggests was...
The Moderates
History & Background The Moderates, also known as 'Early Nationalists,' were a group of political figures that initiated India's first...
Popular Uprisings During British India
The Sanyasi Rebellion, 1763-1800 In the second half of the eighteenth century, the East India Company's official correspondence...
Genetic Engineering
Introduction Genetic engineering is the process of modifying the genetic makeup of an organism, whether it is an animal, a plant, or a...
Gene Therapy
Introduction Gene therapy is the process of delivering therapeutic DNA into the cells of a patient in order to treat disease with DNA as...
India - Iran Relations
History & Background The relationship between India and Iran has spanned millennia and has been defined by memorable encounters. Until...
Weather Fronts
Introduction When two dissimilar air masses clash, a border zone is known as a front that forms between them. A front is not a normal...
Theosophical Society
Introduction The Theosophical Society was founded in late 1875 in New York City by a Russian noblewoman, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, and...
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