What is wrong with our Education?          Education implies cultivation of mind to make life tolerable with the acquisition of skills. It has been a part and parcel of human life since antiquity.  Education has become the basic human necessity and that is why everyone is keen to learn and educate himself as education equips him with the knowledge necessary to face the challenges of life.  There is an increasing...

INSAT-4A          ISRO’S latest satellite, INSAT-4A communication satellite, was successfully launched on December 22, 2005 by the European Ariane-5 G launched vehicle of Arianespace, with 12 high power kuband transponders. INSAT-4A is the first satellite to meet the requirement of Direct-to-Home (DTH) television service apart from carrying 12 C-band transponders to augment the INSAT capacity for communication and TV services.             The Eighth SAARC Summit was hell in New Delhi...

Essay No. 01 Robotics or Future of Robotics                    A technological revolution is taking place in the area of machine tools, inspection devices and handling equipment.  This new revolution has been triggered off by electronics and sustained by ever-increasing capabilities of computers.  This has led to emergence of a new technology called mechtronics symbolizing the synthesis of mechanical aspects.             Robotics is the study of the design and use of...

Role of mass-media in present world affairs          Means of mass-communication, or the media, has assumed large dimensions of importance and responsibility in the modern world affairs.  TV, Radio and News-Papers play a big role in shaping the public life and improving the awareness of the world affairs among the masses. News-papers have become almost as necessary as the food and clothing.  The modern educated man cannot enjoy his morning...

Problems of urban life             Modern urban life has produced entirely a new environment, a new standard of life and a quite changed circumstance with the new inputs of technology.  It has created lots of new problems which were quite unknown to the people of yesterday. As the world today is changing rapidly, more rapidly than most of us can imagine or are at least prepares for.  Till recently men lived...

The Problem of modern youth          Unrest among youth has been a problem since time immemorial. It was so in the past and it shall be so in future as well, howsoever glamorous and glittering the social fabric might become and however secure and stable they might feel under the new dispensation.  The young have never rested on their past laurels nor have they felt contented with their present possibilities. ...

Value Added Tax           The origin of Value Added Tax (VAT) can be traced as far back as the writings of F. Von Siemens, who proposed it in 1918 as a substitute for the then newly established German turnover tax. Since then, numerous economists have recommended it in different contexts. Also, various committees have examined the tax in great details.  However for its rejuvenation, the tax owes much to Maurice...