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​ India-France ‘strategic partnership’ The partnership, which is now moving from government domains to commercial and civil spaces, reflects maturity and resilience The French President, Emmanuel Macron, was the chief guest at India’s Republic Day   this year, making it his third visit to India, after his 2018 state visit and last year for the G-20 summit hosted by India.  Coming within six months of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on July 14, 2023, as the chief guest at France’s Bastille Day,  it is clear that the two countries do share a ‘Strategic Partnership’ that is special.  It is no secret that United States President Joseph Biden had been invited initially and his visit was to be followed by a Quad summit that had been accepted by the Australian and Japanese leaders when Mr. Biden declared his inability to travel.  Origins of strategic convergence पुराना इतिहास  1  French President Jacques Chirac was the chief guest at the Republic Day in ...

Governor of Tamil Nadu, ought to remember that airing his views in public is out of place The Tamil Nadu Governor, R.N. Ravi 1  Mr. Ravi has waded into the minefield of interpretation of historical events which led to India’s Independence.  2  Even a Governor with a background of historical studies should avoid this.  3  But Mr. Ravi was a student of physics who joined the Indian Police Service and spent long years in the Intelligence Bureau (IB).  4  He has obviously felt that he had the expertise to publicly express his opinions on an important period of Indian history. There has been no indication from Mr. Ravi that he has made a detailed study of India’s national movement which, under Mahatma Gandhi’s leadership.  The Governor’s view कौनसा स्टेटमेंट दिया  १  Mr. Ravi has been reported as saying that the Quit India movement made little impact on the British decision to leave India.  २  Instead, it was insecurity felt by the ...

  Under Ranil Wickremasinghe, economic progress is visible after 18 months of stabilisation policies Ranil Wickremesinghe as the national presidential candidate news  January 9, 2024, the United National Party (UNP) proposed incumbent  पदधारी  Ranil Wickremesinghe as the national presidential candidate for the elections.   उनको क्यों चुना गया और देश की इकॉनमी कैसे थी This move may garner support from some political parties.  In July 2022, six-time Prime Minister Wickremasinghe was chosen for his economic credentials  to replace Gotabaya Rajapaksa who resigned following mass protests over economic mismanagement and rent-seeking. आर्थिक हालत  In April 2022, Sri Lanka became the first Asian country in the 21st century to pre-emptively default on debt, which amounted to over $50 billion.   The GDP contracted by 7.8%, year on year inflation escalated to 69.8% in September 2022 the Sri Lankan rupee depreciated by 44.8% against the U.S. dollar ...

  Women, especially of working age, comprise a greater share of India’s migrant pool but there is little dialogue and flawed data on this important issue Internal migration   1  It is a crucial form of physical and social transaction in India.  2  The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), which collects data on employment and unemployment indicators in the country, has estimated it to be 27% from June 2020 to 2021.  male-dominated sector ? 1  Normative literature (Rajan  et al. , 2020; Jesline  et al. , 2021) usually documents it as a male-dominated narrative.  2  , women, especially of working age, comprise a greater share of the migrant pool but there is little dialogue surrounding them. 3  This is a concern given India’s falling Female Labour Force Participation Rate (FLFPR).  4  It also raises the question of whether women face employment barriers due to post-migration conditions. National surveys, inaccurate pictu...

  A fair and effective health system requires freedom from political influence स्वास्थ्य क्षेत्र  में क्या क्या काम   १  political leaders across the spectrum have leaned towards initiatives that promise immediate results, such as  new hospitals,  subsidised treatments in private hospitals,  emergency response (over preventive response),  and populist health policies.  २ Many of these measures do not have much of an impact   because of a lack of action beyond public announcements, which is almost always due to budgetary constraints. ३  But even before being implemented, these schemes and the focus of our leaders on them divert attention from critical areas such as  sanitation,  disease surveillance,  and public health education,  which are important to maintain population health and prevent disease outbreaks. The case of dengue dengue का इलाज इस प्रकार से hota है  १  Consider the story of dengue, ...

  While cognitive skills are malleable and less dependent on educational investments, their assessment through traditional achievement tests remains complex and potentially misleading   जबकि संज्ञानात्मक कौशल लचीले होते हैं और शैक्षिक निवेश पर कम निर्भर होते हैं, पारंपरिक उपलब्धि परीक्षणों के माध्यम से उनका मूल्यांकन जटिल और संभावित रूप से भ्रामक रहता है Stunting   १  irreversibly affects not just the height, but also the cognitive development of a child.  २  While the long-term impact of early childhood stunting on educational levels is recognised,  the processes by which it results in lower educational achievements, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, are not well understood.  ३  A deeper insight into the underlying mechanisms is crucial for formulating effective policies to enhance educational outcomes in these contexts. Challenge in research १ effects of early human capital investments A significant challenge in research on ...

The genomic revolution promises  to transform cancer care At the heart of this transformation is whole-genome sequencing, a tool that can sequence a person’s DNA in its entirety in a single test. The sequencing and in-depth analysis don’t treat the genome in isolation; instead, they happen together with the sequence of the genome obtained from cancerous tissue or a tumour Advancements in genomic technologies have improved our understanding of the molecular underpinnings of cancer, which in turn have yielded a new generation of therapies that target molecular defects Of the 200-odd therapies the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved, almost a third have a DNA-based test as a biomarker. And while scientists are discovering new biomarkers for cancers, the focus of late has been shifting to understanding how genomic tests could become the mainstay of cancer treatment in clinical settings In the U.K. researchers sequenced and analysed the genomes of people with different types ...