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rawan239GUJARAT Health department promoting ‘medical terrorism’: SSGH neurosurgeon Instead of promoting medical tourism, Gujarat government’s health department is promoting “medical terrorism”, alleged city-based neurosurgeon Dr Amey Patankar, who had developed the neurosurgery department at state-run SSG Hospital, on Saturday. Launching a scathing attack on the administrators of state health department and SSG Hospital (SSGH), Patankar … Read more
The Government of India, in the year 2013, legislated Sexual Harassment Act. The Act incorporates guidelines issued in Vishaka case by Supreme Court of India.The Act states its objectives as prevention of violation of fundamental rights of a woman employee under article 14 (equal protection under the laws), article 15 (prohibition of discrimination on race, … Read more
Role of information technology in environment and human health Information technology has tremendous potential in the field of environment education and health as in any other field like business, economics, politics or culture. Development of internet facilities, Geographic Information System (GIS) and information through satellites has generated a wealth of up-to- date information on various … Read more
Attitude: its relation with thoughts and behavior The effects of attitudes on behaviors is a growing research enterprise within psychology. Icek Ajzen has led research and helped develop two prominent theoretical approaches within this field: the theory of reasoned action and, its theoretical descendant, the theory of planned behavior. Both theories help explain the link … Read more
Ambedkar’s main ideas thrusted upon equality, social justice and perpetual improvement of the society. He emphasis on mitigation of evils of caste system. This idea is still relevant. As caste is one of the dividing factor in India. His idea of social justice encapsulated political, economic and social democracy. Acc. To him, political dem. Without … Read more
RELATIVE SPEEED AND TRAIN QUESTIONS Speed has no sense of direction unlike the velocity. Relative speed is the speed of one object as observed from another moving object. Questions on train are the classic examples of relative speed and in all these questions it is assumed that trains move parallel … Read more
The Second commission on Centre-State Relations was set-up by the Government of India in April 2007 under the Chairmanship of Madan Mohan Punchhi, former Chief Justice of India.It was required to look into the issues of Centre-State relations keeping in view the sea-changes that have taken place in the polity and economy of India since … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat expects tourism boom at ‘Statue of Unity’ Gujarat is expecting a tourism boom after the inauguration of 182-meter-tall Statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the tallest in the world, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Kavadiya Colony in Narmada district on October 31. The Statue of Unity Complex had been envisioned on … Read more