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Sunday, May 23, 2010

Arjun Vajpai: Youngest Mountain Climber from India




Arjun Vajpai (16) becomes the youngest Indian to climb the Mount Everest Peak.

Last year it was Krishna Patil.



Hitched Report with good note material.

The Hindu : News / National : Noida boy conquers Mount Everest

Mountaineering: The Freedom of the HillsThe Complete Guide To Climbing & MountaineeringNo Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest PeaksFallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of ExtremesDark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial SeasonEverest (Large Format)The Top of the World: Climbing Mount EverestNational Geographic - Everest 50 Years on the Mountain


Saturday, May 22, 2010

Cdr. Dilip Donde




Cdr. Dilip Donde is the first Indian to circumnavigate the world solo.




Hindu Report is a complete note in itself. Good for Nov 2010:
The Hindu : Front Page : Circumnavigating world solo, first Indian comes home today


Magellan RoadMate 1412 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS NavigatorOver the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (P.S.)MagellanWho Was Ferdinand Magellan?Ferdinand Magellan - The first Voyage Around the WorldConqueror of the Seas: The Story of Magellan


Maharatna PSU




NTPC, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) by the Department of the Public Enterprises.




The Hindu : Business News : Maharatna status for 4 PSUs


Indian Economic Superpower: Fiction or Future (World Scientific Series on 21st Century Business)Gods in the Bazaar: The Economies of Indian Calendar ArtIndia: The Emerging GiantGlobalization and the Indian Economy: Roadmap to Convertible Rupee

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Data Collection Norms of UDI




In the hitched report, there are points on the data collection norms which are going to adopt by the UID.
The data will be collected on demographic and biometric figures.

In case of biometric figures, the face, the imprint of ten figures and snap/scan of the iris will be included. The agencies which will collect such data for UIDA, will be called Registrars.



Hitched Report:
Govt gives nod to data collection norms for Unique ID project


Iris Scan TechnologyIRISCard Mini Card Scanner (Silver)Eikon Digital Privacy Manager (USB fingerprint reader) - works with Firefox, Windows Vista, and now MacMicrosoft Fingerprint ReaderSmokeScreen - Biometric Fingerprint ScannerSecuGen Hamster IV


Sunday, May 09, 2010

Issue of Caste Based Census




The candidates having either Public Administration or Sociology as their option can appreciate the meaning of caste based census. M. N. Srinivas had pointed out in his studies that how the caste got a new lease of life in new democratic setup.

The question of major issues of Caste Based census can become a big debating point by February 2011 when the candidates taking May 2010 will preparing for interview. Similarly in October 2010, it may carry a question in GS and definitely in subjects pointed out above.

The hitched report has already taken some issues involved in caste based census. It is important to note that the constitution does not recognize caste as a criteria for any privilege or right as given under a democratic setup as practised in India. The decision to include a question during the head count of ongoing census is going to be an executive order which will have many political and social ramification. Therefore, it is a topic which should be watched and material be collected especially through such press reports and research based reports which are generally available under sociology subject.



Link to be used:
Govt buckles, agrees to caste in 2011 census - India - The Times of India
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A Substantiating Report of Hindustan Times includes different angle of the issue of Caste based Census.


Caste system in India: Caste system in India, History of the Indian caste system, Varna (Hinduism), Jäti, Caste system among South Asian Muslims, 2006 ... Caste system among Indian ChristiansCommunalism, Caste and Hindu Nationalism: The Violence in GujaratThe Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume ICaste, Society and Politics in India from the Eighteenth Century to the Modern Age (The New Cambridge History of India)The Caste Question: Dalits and the Politics of Modern IndiaThe Vernacularisation of Democracy: Politics, Caste and Religion in India (Exploring the Political in South Asia)Caste Wars: A Philosophy of DiscriminationNatural Hierarchies: The Historical Sociology of Race and CasteRace, Caste, and Status: Indians in Colonial Spanish AmericaColor and Race (The Daedalus Library, BP 335)Finding Answers in U.S. Census RecordsCensus Substitutes & State Census Records: An Annotated Bibliography of Published Name Lists for All 50 U.S. States and State Censuses for 37 StatesHow to Do Everything Genealogy


General Information


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