What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Discuss its various applications and scope for development in India.

It is a branch of computer science which deals with creating computers or machines as intelligent as human beings. The term was coined in 1956 by�John McCarthy. Applications: Health sector: Faster, cheaper and more accurate diagnosis and thus improving patient ..

Indian Navy is very active in Indian Ocean Region. Discuss the role played by the Indian Navy to maintain its presence in the said area.

In recent past, geostrategic importance o f Indian Ocean Region has seen gradual mainly after piracy incidents off the Somalia coast and China�s increasing naval presence. Recently an expansion of its Mission Based Deployments (MBD) in the Indian Ocean Region ..

How have the dynamics of caste and class evolved in post-independence India, and what impact have these changes had on social and economic inequalities? Discuss with examples.

The dynamics of caste and class in post-independence India have undergone big transformations, yet their impact on social and economic inequalities remains profound. The Indian Constitution abolished untouchability and provided legal safeguards against caste-based discrimination. However, the deeply entrenched caste ..

What are the UNDP indicators with reference to the planning process?

The United Nations Development Programme presented its 12th Annual Report in New Delhi in July, 2001. This report was based on making new techniques for development. The Human Development Report includes total 162 countries of which India is numbered behind ..

With reference to Juvenile Delinquency in India, explain Criminal Responsibility and Criminal Majority while highlighting key issues around them in the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015.

Criminal responsibility refers to accuser’s mental capacity to understand the charges against him and may have no knowledge of the crime. It is concerned with capacity of a person to engage in criminal conduct. Criminal majority refers to the process ..

The implementation of decentralization reform as embodied in the 73rd and 74th amendments of the Constitution has suffered from complete negligence. Critically discuss.

The 73rd and 74th amendments had made provisions for voluntary and mandatory subjects to be transferred to the local bodies. Most of the state government failed to transfer voluntary subjects to the local governments. Providing financial autonomy to local governments ..

The process of political radicalization in Syria was initiated during the era of the French mandate, the legacy of which was almost a guarantee of Syria's political instability. Discuss

Mandate system is a system in which the governing country acts as a trustee until the inhabitant country would be able to stand up on their own. At that time mandate would be terminated and an independent state would be ..

Why there is historical debate over the use of the term ‘Schlieffen Plan’ to describe Germany’s actions in World War I?

Schlieffen Plan was the German plan to avoid a two-front war by concentrating troops in the West and quickly defeating the French and then, if necessary, rushing those troops by rail to the East to face the Russians before they ..

American Revolution was a natural and even expected event in the history of colonial people who had come of age. Comment.

The above statement implies that American Revolution was NOT an abrupt break but was a natural and even expected event in the history of Americans. Coming of age means a transition from adolescence to adulthood.  The comment on this statement ..

Why there is a need to integrate agricultural sector with Poshan Abhiyan?

National nutrition mission or Poshan Abhiyan is a flagship programme of the government which aims to improve nutritional outcomes for children, adolescents, pregnant women and lactating mothers. The Abhiyan also complements the strategies to achieve the goal under the sustainable ..