The Millennium Cycle A Millennium is a lot of time. Naturally it sees the world change dramatically. But most of the change that had taken place in he present millennium was really in the last 200 years. Until then, the world was poor and growth was upset. The center of gravity of the world economy was not in the west, as it is today, but in the east, over the years...

International Terrorism The biggest threat that the nation-state is facing today, flows out of terrorism which is widespread geographically and diverse ideologically. Modern terrorism thrives on its ability to hit where it hurts the most. While the hallmark of the earlier terrorists was that they wanted a lot of people watching and not a lot of people dead, modern terrorist see death and destruction as an  end in itself. Old terrorists...

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (C.T.B.T)  When the C.T.B.T. negotiations began in 1994, India entertained the hope that the treaty would be directed towards the elimination of nuclear weapons in time – bound manner. But , during the negotiations, India realized that the nuclear weapons states (NWS) were not interested in nuclear disarmament. Therefore, when the C.T.B.T. negotiations ended in 1996, India became its firm opponent, as it was found that the...

World Health Day- 7 April World Health Day is celebrated every year on 7th April from the year 1950. Under the sponsorship for the World Health Organization (WHO). The Day is celebrated to create “ awareness of a specific health theme to highlight a priority area of concern for the World Health Organization”. Activities related to that particular theme and the resources provided-continue beyond the 7th April, which is , the designated day...

World Day for Water-March 22 The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro. The United Nations General Assembly designated 22 March of each year as the World Day for Water by adopting a resolution. This world day for water was being observed from the year 1993. Countries were invited to devote...