The progress of a country is to a great extent is measured by its industrial development. To be a strong power in the world, a country needs to be industrially advanced too. Although agriculture has its own importance and provides the basic necessities of life, but it alone cannot take a country forward. Even to modernize and improve agriculture, industrialization is necessary. The modern equipments that are used by farmers are produced by industries. Industries in India contribute to more than half of the national income; items of daily use like toothpaste, soaps, processed foods, medicines, etc. are manufactured by industries. The population of India is so large that we need many such industries to produce enough material so that things are available in plenty and at reasonable prices. Goods can be exported after they are manufactured in various industries. If quality is maintained by the manufacturers, the reputation of more...

Sonia Maino, now Sonia Gandhi, was horn into a family of modest means in an Italian village called Ovassanjo, KO km from Turin, on Dec. 9, 1946. Born to a building contractor and his wife, she was raised in a traditional Roman Catholic household along with her two sisters. She went to Cambridge University to study English in 1964. Her life changed forever when she met her future husband, Rajiv Gandhi, who was studying engineering at Cambridge at that time. They were married in 1968 after three years of courtship which began in a Greek restaurant in the university town. The simple ceremony was held on Vasant Panchami day in February, the same day when Indira Gandhi married Fezoze decades earlier. The wedding was a simple ceremony in the garden of 1, Safdarjang Road. Sonia wore a pink sari made from cotton Which Nehru had spun while in prison—the same more...

Economic growth has been used with other terms such as development, modernization, westernization and industrialization. It is, in other words, a transition from a simple, low-income economy to a modem, high- income economy. Its scope includes the process and policies by which a nation improves the economic, political, and social well-being of its people. Though it is often measured by rate of change of gross domestic product, it is generally understood in terms of increase in per capita income, and attainment of a standard of living equivalent to that of industrialized countries. Economic growth implies a change in the way goods and services are produced, not merely an increase in production achieved using the old methods of production on a wider scale. It also involves improvements in a variety of indicators such as literacy rates, life expectancy, and poverty rates. In addition to increasing private incomes, economic growth also generates more...

Leander Paes, India's Tennis pride was born in Goa on June 17, 1973 and brought up in Kolkata. Born into a family of sportsmen Leander began playing tennis at the age of live. While his father, Vece was it member of the Indian field hockey team which won a bronze medal in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, his mother, Jennifer was a member of the basketball team. Leander studied at La Martiniere, Calcutta at St. Xavier's College of the University of Calcutta. Leander joined the Britannia Tennis Academy in Madras (now   Chennai) in 1985 where he was coached by Dave O'Meara. He came into international limelight when he captured the 1990 Wimbledon junior Title and rose to being ranked as the No.l junior player in the world.  Since then, he has been representing India at various international events winning matches and bringing glory to the country. In 1992 Barcelona Olympics, more...

Women's Reservation Bill or The Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill, Is a pending bill in India which proposes to reserve thirty three per cent of all seats in the Lok Sabha, the Lower House of Parliament of India, And state legislative assemblies. The Bill says the seals to lie reserved in rotation will be determined by draw of lots in such a way that a seat .shall be reserved only once in three consecutive general elections. This Hill has been passed by the Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of the parliament in March 2010. It needs to be passed by the Lok Sabha and at least fifty per cent of all state legislative assemblies. In-lore it is put before the President of India for her approval. Women already enjoy 33 per cent reservation in gi.iin panchayats and municipal elections. In addition, women in India get reservation or preferential treatments in education more...

An allergy refers to an exaggerated reaction by our immune system in response to bodily contact with certain foreign substances. It is exaggerated because these foreign substances are usually seen by the body as harmless and no response occurs in non-allergic people. Allergic people's bodies recognize the foreign substance and one part of their immune system are turned on. The substances that are foreign to the body and can cause an allergic reaction in certain people are called 'allergens'. Examples of allergens include pollens, dust mite, dander, and foods. When an allergen comes in contact with the body, it causes the immune system to develop an allergic reaction in persons who are allergic to it. So, people can be referred to as allergic if they inappropriately react to allergens that are normally harmless to other people. Allergic disease is more common in highly developed countries in North America and Europe more...

Stress is unavoidable and it is not possible to eliminate it from our live entirely. Life is full of challenges, and a life without some turmoil is not only impossible but is also undesirable. The hassles, deadlines, frustrations, and demands of modern life have made stress so commonplace that it has become a way of life for many people. In small doses, stress can help people perform under pressure and motivate them to do their best. But it is not desirable to constantly be in an emergency mode as the mind and body would have to ultimately pay the price. Stress is a normal physical response to events that make us feel threatened or upset our balance in some way. When a threat is perceived, our nervous system responds by releasing flood of stress hormones, including adrenaline and cortisol. These hormones rouse the body for emergency action. As a result, more...

The fourteenth Prime Minister of independent India and the original architect of the economic liberalization. Dr. Manmohan Singh is a man of high moral standing and accomplishment. He is also the first Sikh in have reached the country's top legislative position. Singh's rise to the position from humble beginnings and basic simplicity can be described as a rise from the masses. Singh was born in Gah in West Punjab (now in Pakistan) on September 26, 1932. Displaced by partition, he came to live in Amritsar along with his parents. He studied economics in Chandigarh and later went to Cambridge and Oxford UK for higher studies. His qualification reads MA, DPhil (Oxford), DLitt (Honoris Causa). He then taught Economics at the Punjab University, Chandigarh while serving there. a Senior Lecturer (1957-59), Reader (1959-63) and Professor (1963-65) . He was Professor of International Trade, Delhi School of Economics, and University of Delhi more...

Until World War II, the world was familiar with only mechanical, chemical, acoustic, thermal, optic,magnetic and electrical forms of energy. Buton a fateful day in 1945 when the U.S. exploded atom bomb over Hiroshima, the world got aware of nuclear energy. How exactly is energy got from the atom? The atom is the tiniest speck of matter? Each atom has a central core called the nucleus, around which revolve the electrons. The nucleus is built up of two kinds of very minute particles called protons and neutrons. The electron has a negative electrical charge, the proton has an equal positive charge and the neutron has no charge. The nucleus of the radium atom constantly disintegrates ejecting alpha particles which are nuclei of helium atoms. This phenomenon is called radioactivity. Uranium is another radioactive element. In 1938 Hahn andStrassman bombarded uranium with neutrons and found traces of barium in the material. more...

Education means full development of the human personality and attainment of full stature. Man has a body, mind and spirit. Accordingly education aims at the physical, intellectual and spiritual and moral development of man. Education merely does not give knowledge to a human being and to enable him to earning his livelihood; but it does much more than this. Education cannot ignore the physical side of man. Man has been blessed with a beautiful body. Poets, painters and sculptors have gone into raptures over the human body and have tried to depict it in their arts in many ways. Games are a means of keeping the body healthy and fit. Physical fitness from all kinds of ailments is the desire and ambition of every human being. Indeed, good health is first condition of happiness in life. Those who play games generally maintain good health. Games are also a source of more...