Sport Psychology The increased stress of competitions can cause athletes to react both physically and mentally in a manner that can negatively affect their performance abilities. They may become tense, their heart rates race, they break into a cold sweat, they worry about the outcome of the competition, they find it hard to concentrate on the task in hand. This has led coaches to take an increasing interest in the field...

Hockey – The National Game It is not known when and where hockey began. Historical records show that hockey type game was played in various antique civilizations. 4,000-year-old drawings found in the Beni-Hasen tombs, in the Nile Valley (Egypt) depicted men playing this sport. Some other traces show that the Arabs, the Persians, the Romans (a version called paganica), the Ethiopians and the Aztecs were playing a variation of hockey. The...

Infosys – The Indian Success Infosys was India’s first global company, with more than 90 per cent of its US$2.1 billion in annual revenues coming from overseas. It was also the first in India to adopt a code of corporate transparency, offer stock options to employees and list shares in the United States – on the NASDAQ in 1999. Today, many young Indian engineers shun offers from global giants like IBM...

Corporate Social Responsibility Over the past decades, there have been increasing concerns from the public that many businesses have little concern for the consumer, care nothing about the deteriorating social order, and are indifferent to the problems of the environment and minorities. What do business and ethics have in common? Is ethical behavior expected and rewarded in the business world? Is it sufficient as a businessman to manage business as long...

China – An Emerging Economy  For the past two decades, bosses have been chasing the Chinese Dream and finally the long march is reaping benefits. More than 450 U.S. companies surveyed by the American Chamber of Commerce, 68 % of them say that they are profitable, and 70 % say their China margins equal or exceed their global average. Before China’s entry into the World Trade Organization this would have been...

Prohibition – A Social Necessity The problem of prohibition is the most intricate one in the sense that the puritan wants to abolish it and the segment of the public preference for alcohol runs athwart. It is the matter of habit and habit dies hard. There has been a regular tussle between the public habit and the social intention. Many times the prohibition has been introduced and many times it has...

Population Explosion The population explosion in the last one hundred years is a well-documented and well-examined subject matter. All sorts of agencies have devoted time and resources to studying, problematizing, and strategizing in order to deal with the threat of overpopulation. Diverse groups, including the United Nations, have developed plans to encourage population control and decreased fertility rates. However, one will say that population control in Third World nations have become...

Adoption Adopting a child is an experience that promises to bring great joy as it changes a couple or individual’s life forever. But what happens if the mother of that child wants to endorse their child? Those are the issues that many adopting parents and birth-right mothers are facing today. Many biological mothers want their child back. There are many concerns for adopting parents to know- that there is the possibility...