The International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) is observed annually on 13 October. In 2009, the UNGA designated 13 October as the annual date by adopting Resolution 64/200. Significance of the day: It seeks to spread awareness about reining the risks of disasters around the world and also reduce exposure of people and communities to disasters. 2016 […]
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US music legend Bob Dylan, won the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. He is the first songwriter to win the award. Literature Nobel also carries a prize of 8 million Swedish crown. The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016 was awarded to Bob Dylan “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition“. About
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Harikatha, the traditional art of story-telling in South-India has been in NEWS recently, on account of recent revival. What is Harikatha? Story telling is a popular performing art in India. Each region has developed its own style and tradition of story telling in various regional languages combining musical compositions between the narrations. Epics and Puranas
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British-born Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom of Finland won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their contributions to contract theory, shedding light on how contracts help people deal with conflicting interests. What is Contract Theory? Contract theory provides us with a general means of understanding contract design. One of the theory’s goals is
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Over the past week, Indus Water Treaty has been in NEWS. This is a detailed article on the same. Indus Water Treaty: The Background At the time of independence, the boundary line between Pakistan and India was drawn across the Indus Basin, leaving Pakistan as the lower riparian meaning water from Indus & tributaries flowed from India to Pakistan. Moreover, two
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