Gandhiji’s martyrdom on January 30‚ 1948 this day was declared as the Martyrs’ Day. Since then every year the Nation pays homage to the Mahatma and other martyrs on this day. On Martyr’s Day‚ the President‚ the Vice President‚ the Prime Minister‚ the Defence Minister‚ and the three service Chiefs gather at the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat and lay wreaths on the Samadhi decorated with multi-colour flowers. The armed forces personnel blow the bugles sounding the Last Post. The inter-services
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Winston Churchill helped change the world for the better when he was appointed prime minister of Great Britain in 1940. His cooperation with the United States would eventually lead to the end of World War II and further attempts at keeping peace in a post-war world. Before he was appointed prime minister‚ Churchill had made important gains domestically as well. He passed legislation that improved the lives of many of Great Britain’s citizens. He took tremendous pride in his country and would
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This paper compares presidential and parliamentary forms of democratic government‚ discusses in detail the similarities and differences of the two systems as well as their strengths and weaknesses‚ and concludes with an observation of why some states are more likely to choose a presidential system as opposed to a parliamentary system. Presidential and Parliamentary Systems: A Comparison Parliamentary and presidential forms of government are the two principal types of democracy in
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modern Prime Minister has given his or her name to a particular constellation of policies and values. However it needs to be used with care. The wrong definition is ’whatever Margaret Thatcher herself at any time did or said ’. The right definition involves a mixture of free markets‚ financial discipline‚ firm control over public expenditure‚ tax cuts‚ nationalism‚ ’Victorian values ’ (of the Samuel Smiles self-help variety)‚ privatization and a dash of populism.” Thatcher became the Prime Minister
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than an excuse to reward crony BJ Nottage for his party-switching antics. Prime Minister Perry Christie last evening announced several adjustments to his cabinet in addition to giving a ministerial position to Senator BJ Nottage. Dr Nottage‚ the former leader of the Coalition for Democratic Reform‚ rejoined the Progressive Liberal Party at the PLP convention last year. He will now replace Senator Dr Marcus Bethel as Minister of Health with the added responsibility of National Insurance. "This is
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Politics Homework To what extent does the Prime Minister dominate the political system in the UK? (40 marks) In recent years there has been an increasing debate over whether the executive‚ and within that the Prime Minister‚ dominates the political system due to the increasingly so-called ‘presidential style’ of leadership‚ as can be seen with the development of TV debates between party leaders‚ mirrored very much on the US debates. The Prime Minister can be seen to dominate due to ‘spatial leadership’
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think-tank of Union Government of India that replaces Planning Commission of India and aims to involve the states in economic policy-making in India. It will be providing strategic and technical advice to the central and the state governments. Prime Minister of India heads the Aayog as its chairperson.[1] Union Government of India had announced formation of NITI Aayog on 1 January 2015.[1][2] There are couples of things to be considered here. In Hindi‚ NITI (Hindi: नीति) means Policy‚And Ayog(Hindi:
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politics‚ a quality that I believe is missing in great leaders of today. Margaret Thatcher‚ Iconic Leader in History Thatcherism Thatcherism encompasses the leadership style‚ political conviction‚ economic and social policy of British Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Margaret was known for her stern approach to leadership. In my research I have identified three types of leadership that exemplify Margaret’s abilities as a leader: trait‚ transactional‚ and transformational. Early on in her
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on 13th October 1925 in Grantham‚ Lincolnshire‚ England. Thatcher became a Conservative member of parliament for Finchley in North London in 1959‚ serving until 1992. According to Jeff (2013)‚ she was a first woman prime minister in Europe and the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century. Volkery (2013) stated that Soviet journalist called Thatcher as “Iron Lady”. Dominant Personalities Extroversion refers a person is outgoing‚ sociable‚ and comfortable talking to new people (Lim
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delivers her speech‚ “The Lady’s Not For Turning‚” to the citizens‚ watching and waiting to hear from the Prime Minister of their beloved country. She gave this speech to address the citizens of England as prime minister and introduce them to her ideals‚ policies‚ and views on the issues that affect them. She also gave this speech out of obligation‚ as the citizens expect their prime minister to address them on issues with which she is or will be dealing. The speaker hoped to gain the approval of
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