Careers for Women in India After independence, a revolutionary change has taken place in the position and power of woman. According to our Constitution, men and women have equal fundamental rights. She has been allowed to join any profession. Today, we have women-legislators, women-minister’s, women ambassadors, women-governors and even had a woman Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi. There are woman-lawyers, doctors, teachers, clerks and even women civil and military officers-some of...

Energy Economics The increasing Speed with which our valuable energy resources are depleting, is causing concern all over the world. Experts from all fields have come together to research and find ways and means of utilizing the existing resources to the maximum and efficiently without causing irreparable harm to the environment. And this is the area which is covered under the field of Energy Economics. Energy economics is the field that...

Global Warming Scenario Global Warming is defined as the increase of the average temperature on earth. As the earth is getting hotter, disasters like hurricanes, droughts and floods are getting more frequent. Over the last 100 years, the average temperature of the air near the earth’s surface has risen a little less than 1° Celsius. On first look, this does not seem all that much? However, the fact is that this...

India Becoming a Superpower A potential superpower is a state or a political and economic entity that is speculated to be , or to be in the process of becoming, a superpower at some point in the 21st century. Presently, it is widely considered that only the United States currently fulfills the criteria to be considered a superpower. States most commonly mentioned as being potential superpowers are Brazil, China, the European...

Dimming Sun A blanket of smog hanging over India means the country is getting less and less sunlight, warn researches. But this phenomenon, known as ‘solar dimming’ may also protect against global warning. India is getting about 5% less sunlight than it did     20 years ago, according to a study by Padma Kumari and colleagues at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology   in Pune. They studied data from the India Meteorological ...

Mercy Killing Euthanasia means as an action which aims at taking the life of another at the latter’s expressed request. It concerns an action of which death is the purpose and the result. This definition applies only to voluntary euthanasia and excludes the non-voluntary or involuntary euthanasia, the killing of a patient without the patient’s knowledge or consent. Some call this ‘life-terminating treatment’. Euthanasia can be either active or passive. Passive...

Terrorism-World Problem The terror attack in Mumbai was condemned severely by various governments across the world. What was the effect of this attack?   Well, financially India lost rupees 50,000 crores and the foreign inflow of funds had reduced which included the tourism that was affected to a great extent because of this and an article said Taj on which the attack was done has to shell rupees 500 crores to bring...