A CHINESE lottery ticket seller has been jailed for life for fraud for taking advantage of a system flaw to cash 28 million yuan ($4.07m) in tickets illegally, state media said today. Zhao Liqun discovered the flaw in the Welfare Lottery "3D" system in 2005 that let a person buy tickets with the right numbers […]
A Roof Above their Heads
The Press Release of the ministry of rural development states about Indira Awaas Yojana, “Housing constitutes a very basic requirement for human survival. It assumes great significance for the rural poor in that it lays the foundation for a life of dignity for them by dispelling the gloom of shelterlessness and conferring a distinct, secure […]
No Religious Test Shall Ever Be Required
Paragraph 3, Article 6 of the U.S. Constitution reads, “. . . all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or […]
ADOPTION – Know Its Historical Roots
Adoption-the act of establishing a person as parent to one who is not in fact or in law his child. Adoption is so widely recognized that it can be characterized as an almost worldwide institution with historical roots traceable to antiquity. In most ancient civilizations and in certain later cultures as well, the purposes served […]
Chowringhee : The Story of a Hotel
Some hotels have history etched all over them. The Imperial or the Maidens in Delhi, the Grand and the Great Eastern in Kolkata, the Cecil in Shimla for instance. Eminent personalities stayed in these places, delicate negotiations took place there and the history of many of us is shaped by papers and documents drafted […]
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES FOR UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES FOR UNDERGRADUATE COURSES Authors: Dr. Sushmitha Baskar & Dr. R. Baskar This book Environmental Studies for Undergraduate Courses follows the syllabus for undergraduate courses of higher education. The book has been divided into eight units. The first unit covers definition, scope and importance of environmental studies. Second unit explains the renewal and […]
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