Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Why to save the tiger?

The number of tiger in india  estimation done once in every four years. In 2006 , estimated tigers in India around 1411 but in 2010 it value increase slightly to 1706.On hearing a PIL filled by conservationist Mr. Ashoke Dubey ,the Supreme court order to ban the tourism activities in core zone or core areas of tiger reserve till final decisions come and court also warned to contempt proceeding and impositions of fine in case of failed to provided buffer zones in tiger reserves. Previously , also court directed to create a buffers zone in tiger reserves to protect tiger from poaching but states  failed to do so. The apex court also imposed a cost of Rs 10,000 each on Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Maharashtra and Jharkhand for not complying with its directions.
Following the resistance in ban in core areas of tiger reserves by state governments , NGOs , Interseted parties and tourism organization , the supreme court on august 29 2012 permitted centre to  review the existing  norms and come up with comprehensive guidelines on ‘Tiger Project’ and ‘sustainable tourism.


Tuesday, 9 October 2012

INDIA-US BILATERAL RELATIONS

Introduction
India and the United States are widely recognised as the world’s largest and the most powerful democracies respectively. The relationship between these two countries is thus one of the most fascinating interactions witnessed in the relations among nations. The added significant features are marked by the fact that India is one of the oldest civilisations in the world, whereas the United States is relatively a younger civilisation. However, in terms of statehood experience, it is the US, which is considerably older than India. When India took birth as a newly independent country in 1947, the US was already more than a century and a half old. And by the time of Indian independence, it had emerged as a global superpower. Factors related to civilisation, statehood and governance thus made the relations between India and the US as one of the most complex bilateral relations in world history. Soon after independence, India chose not to join any of the two power blocs, and adopted the policy of non-alignment.