Chipko Movement
Chipko movement, also called Chipko andolan, nonviolent social and ecological movement by rural villagers, particularly women, in India in the 1970s, aimed at protecting trees and forests slated for government-backed logging. The movement...
[ read more ]POST INDEPENDENCE CONSOLIDATION OF INDIA
Nation Building Process and its Challenges Partition and its aftermath The initial few years of independent India were full of daunting challenges and concerns regarding national unity and territorial...
[ read more ]Important International institutions – G-7
The Group of Seven (G7) is an inter-governmental political forum consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Its members are the world’s largest IMF advanced economies and wealthiest liberal democracies; The group is officially organized around shared values...
[ read more ]Important International institutions – World Health Organization (WHO)
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as “the attainment by all...
[ read more ]Statutory bodies
Statutory body or authority means a non-constitutional body which is set up by a parliament. Statutory bodies are authorized to pass the law and take the decision on the behalf...
[ read more ]Diversity of India
When the word “Cultural” is used in reference to anyone or anything, it relates to the ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a society. Considering this we could say...
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