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As Narendra Modi takes over the reins of the government, the new Prime Minister will be expected to present his agenda of change and development. He will be presiding over a government of a nation that has pinned high hopes on his leadership. The incumbent government will be faced with daunting challenges like delivering a bold economic programme that will improve GDP growth and cut down on inflation, reforms in education, better healthcare, emphasis on scientific, ecologically-responsible farming, and better support for farmers; modernization of the armed forces, equitable and inclusive growth. All this depends on making the process of governance transparent and more accountable.   This requires re calibration of governance mechanism in which the executives – both ministers and the bureaucracy – should not be able to shirk their responsibilities. The new style of functioning should be bold enough to own up the mistakes rather than blaming others for failur...

Dawn of New Era The unprecedented electoral victory garnered by the BJP under the leadership of Narendra Modi in the just announced results for the Lok Sabha is a moment of reckoning for the party as well as Modi. This is for the first time that the BJP has been able to get a majority of its own to form the government at the Centre and it is for the first time for the past three decades that any political party has managed to command a majority of its own at the centre. Modi’s style of campaigning, his promises to the people and his new techniques of campaigning, especially by harnessing the potential of social media have gone well with the masses who have voted en bloc for the Modi’s BJP. Modi’s splendid electoral triumph brings with it additional responsibilities enshrined in campaign slogans of growth, new opportunities, prosperity and all-round progress. It devolves on the incumbent Prime Minister and his ministerial and party team to translate those promises into fr...

Water Scarcity: A Scare We take it for granted; we waste it and even pay too much to drink it from little plastic bottles. And still, today, nearly 1 billion people in the developing world don’t have access to it. Clean, safe drinking water is scarce. It is the foundation of life, a basic human need. Yet today, all around the world, far too many people spend their entire day searching for it. The importance of access to clean water cannot be overstated. Simply put, water scarcity is either the lack of enough water (quantity) or lack of access to safe water (quality). It is hard for most of us to imagine that clean, safe water is not something that can be taken for granted. But, in the developing world, finding a reliable source of safe water is often time consuming and expensive. This is known as economic scarcity. Water can be found… it simply requires more resources to do it.  In other areas the lack of water is a more profound problem. There simply isn`t enough. ...

Draught Impact & How to Save Water Drought usually results in a water shortage that seriously interferes with human activity. Draught causes water shortages and crop damage. A drought starts when total rainfall is well below average for several months, low river flows, low groundwater and reservoir levels, very dry soil, reduced crop yields or even crop failure. Its seriousness depends on the degree of the water shortage, size of area affected, and the duration and warmth of the dry period. During a drought period there is a lack of water, and thus many of the people die; Animals that drink from the rivers or streams can become sick and die; swimmers in affected waters may become ill. The ecology of an area may be affected by the drying of wetlands, with wading birds dying out. Crop production will be lower than usual; trees may die. Wildfires spring up; lack of irrigation can lead to famine and disease. Drought differs from other natural hazards in several ways. First, ...

May Day/Labour Day 1st day of May is observed as ‘May day’, also called ‘Labour Day’ and ‘International Workers Day’. The ‘Labour Day’ began with the United States labour movement in 19th century, which was started on May 1, 1886 in United States. Some labour organizations in the country called on strike because they wanted an 8-hour working days. There was carnage in Haymarket Square in Chicago on May 4th; in which near 12 persons died as well as about 100 people were wounded. The protesters did not find an urgent result, but they gained a successful result slowly; when 8-hour the working days happened to be the standard in many countries around the world. ‘Labour Day’ was therefore selected as a day for rallies, processions and speeches. ‘Labour Day’ is a most important holiday in United States, Russia and other nations. India celebrated the first Labour Day on May 1, 1927. Many Labour Unions are participated in this celebration with pageants in ‘Mayday’ all over India. I...