Preservation of Environment The term ‘Environment is the sum total of climate, geography, geology and hydrology of a human habitat. Man is the product of the environment and his life is solely dependent on balanced environment. Environmental pollution in India has increased manifold after the dawn of Independence. Nearly 35 percent of India’s total land area has been subjected to serious environmental imbalance and degradation. Hardly one-ninth of the total area...

Election Process in India India is an Indirect Democracy’ like the U.S.A. and England. Here the entire power of deciding the administrative matters and the power of running the Government is vested in the hands of the people/citizens through their elected representatives. Elections are held here periodically after fixed and specified periods. All the people above a prescribed age are deemed as citizens without any discrimination or distinction of caste, creed,...

Reservation   The second Backward Classes Commission’ under the chairmanship of Mr. B.P. Mandal was appointed by the Janata Government on January 1, 1979. The former Prime Minister, Mr. V.P. Singh, in hot haste made an announcement in Parliament on August 7, 1990 in the year of social justice that his government would implement the decision of reservation of 27% jobs in services under Central Government and public undertakings with immediate...

Bandhs And Rallies   Bandhs, rallies, fasts, longer strikes and yatras which are becoming the order of the day may be regarded as the ugly ways of expressing dissatisfaction against the injustice or policy decision of the government/authority. They bring ‘life to a screeching halt i.e. they result in dislocation of life, office activities, education, business and much more. But the question is “have these rallies etc, done any good to...

Problems Faced By the Teenagers Today Pasting a label or even a libel of ‘frustration on the foreheads of an entire generation of people would tantamount to looking at an object with a jaundiced eye. It would be unfair and unjustified for that generation. What follows from such a coloured view is not the complete truth nor will it be an objective analysis but a partisan projection of mind. Hopes and...

The Stock Scam   The multi-crore security scam shook Indian stock markets as a result of which they came to a screeching halt and the ‘bull’ in the ‘China shop’ was the ‘Big Bull’ Harshad Mehta, a Bombay Stock Broker. The enormity of dimension and intensity of the whole episode baffles imagination. The scam is perhaps unrivaled by any scam – worth the name — in the past. The technique employed...

Bill Clinton Mr. William Jefferson Clinton was sworn in as the 42nd President of the United States of America on January 20, 1993. The swearing-in was conducted by the Chief Justice Mr. William Rehnquist. Millions of people all over the country and abroad watched the swearing-in over the globally televised ceremony. Mr. Clinton’s swearing-in was followed by administering the oath of office to Mr. Albert Gore as Vice-President. Bill Clinton was...

Cable TV and Dish TV Culture in India   If the 1980’s was the decade of the cable T.V., then the 1990’s would unquestionably be the Sky TV (Satellite Broadcasting). The last ten years have seen the world of television broadcasting undergo technological revolution. The cable T.V. and the sky T.V. and more so the synthesis of the two has resulted in a phenomenal increase in the available channels of television...