Caste-wise Census

Preliminary consultations took place at a meeting held under the Chairmanship of Shiv Raj Patil, the Central Home Minister, on 21st May, about the decennial census operations to be held in 2011. Regarding caste-wise enumeration of the people, they have left the matter to be decided by the Union Government.

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Einstein’s letter on god and religion

Albert Einstein described belief in God as
“childish superstition” and said Jews
were not the chosen people, in a letter sold in London in an auction
The father of relativity, whose previously known views on religion have been more ambivalent and fuelled much discussion, made the comments in response to a philosopher in 1954.

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The History and Science of Climate Change

If the Earth were the size of an onion, the atmosphere around the Earth would be like
the outer skin of the onion. Since the start of the industrial revolution, humankind has been burning all kinds of hydrocarbons, beginning with coal and followed by liquid and gaseous fuels like oil and natural gas, for the purpose of

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The Relevance of Darwin Day

Charles Darwin was born 199 years ago today (12 Feb. 1808), Darwin Day, on the same day as Abraham Lincoln. After his voyages on HMS Bea-gle (1831-36), following much deliberation, Darwin published his seminal book in 1859. The original title was On the Origin of Speci`es by Means of NaturalSelection; or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. A cumbersome title perhaps, which was shortened in the 1872 edition.
The life of Darwin, perhaps understandably, is not celebrated as much as Lincoln’s, which in the US is honoured with President’s Day. In Australia, however, we do honour Darwin with the name of a capital city. Palmerston was renamed Darwin in 1911 by Andrew Fisher, the flrst Labor Prime Minister.

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Idea Generation Techniques

What is the one vital aspect that differentiates humans from animals, birds and insects? Humans have ideas, whereas non-human beings don’t have. Ideas are the products of thinking. Animals do not think and so they have no ideas.

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The practice of women putting on the veil

Only a human community that eliminates
the evil in the old age, and accepts the
good in the new age can climb up the ladder of life. Religion and religious scriptures are man-made

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