Arabic word ‘Suf’ which means wool. Sufism believed that the Quran and Hadith have secret meanings of mysticism. The word mysticism can be defined as the consciousness of the one reality‚ also called wisdom or love. Sufism has become widely popular in India for mystical practices and thoughts. Sufism developed in the eighth and ninth centuries in three major places: 1) In the cities of Basra‚ Kufa‚ and Baghdad in Iraq. 2) In the city of Balkh in the Khorasan district of Persia. 3) In Egypt
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dams Rock fill dams Concrete face rockfill dams Earthfill dams Hailed as the "Temples of Resurgent India" by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru‚ the country’s dams help provide water and electricity to millions citizens. We look at some of the biggest ones. TEHRI DAM 1.The Tehri Dam is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand‚ India. It is the primary dam of the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd. and the Tehri hydroelectric complex
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Taxes in India 1. Corporate tax rates: For a Company | Where taxable income exceeds INR 10 million | Other cases | Domestic company | 32.45% (30% + 5% surcharge + 3% education cess) | 30.90% (30% + 3% education cess) | Foreign company | 42.02% (40% + 2% surcharge + 3% education cess) | 41.20% (40% + 3% education cess) | 2. Dividend Distribution Tax Dividend income is exempt in the hands of the shareholders. However‚ a DDT is levied on companies declaring dividends. The effective
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Indian Tribes : Among the 68 million citizens of India who are members of tribal groups‚ the Indian tribal religious concepts‚ terminologies‚ and practices are as varied as the hundreds of tribes‚ but members of these groups have one thing in common: they are under constant pressure from the major organized religions. Some of this pressure is intentional‚ as outside missionaries work among tribal groups to gain converts. Most of the pressure‚ however‚ comes from the process of integration within
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got to know the intensity of the heat the second I walked off the flight. The moment I walked through the doors of the airplane into the tunnel‚ I felt a rush of hot air in my face. It felt like there was no way to escape it. I haven’t seen much of India yet but I can tell you that it is not the cleanest or calmest place. It was around ten at night last night‚ after I greeted my grandma and aunts‚ we were walking back to the car and it was a mad house. People were everywhere pushing and shoving; there
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Festivals in India are characterized by color‚ gaiety‚ enthusiasm‚ prayers and rituals. The word festival means feast day‚ festive celebration. As kids‚ when there used to be festivals the only thing that came to our minds was holidays and sweets that in turn meant lots of fun. India being a society of may religions there are a lot many festivals. For the Hindus there is diwali‚ for the Muslims there is id‚ for the Christians its Christmas and for the Parsis it’s the New Year and apart from all these
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rise to a sense of insecurity and confusion for many who still loves to think that “Mother India” loves all her children equally. But the sense of pessimism has been encouraged again and again. Sometimes through the Sikh riots and sometimes through the incidents like Babri Masjid. And horribly enough even with India stepping in the 21st century with a never before economic growth rate elections in India can be easily won by playing the “hindutva” card. Narendra Modi a person who brought so much
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short essay outlining the origin and meaning of the caste system in India along with a critique on Stalin K.’s film – “India Untouched”. Is it a Façade that we subconsciously put on or is it the lack of knowledge about the prevailing evils that drives inaccurate judgement of our absolute surrounding? What in fact is “Untouchability”? Where does it occur? Who are the major victims of discrimination‚ caste or otherwise‚ in India? Does Stalin K. successfully strike a chord in the eyes of not only
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Introduction: Established in 1978‚ Biocon Limited is Asia’s premier biotechnology company and India’s largest biotechnology company by revenue. It is the only Asian company among the top 25 in global biopharma. Biocon is called as Poster child of Biotech in India. The Group‚ promoted by Ms. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw‚ is a fully-integrated‚ innovation-driven healthcare enterprise with strategic focus on biopharmaceuticals and research services. Biocon’s value chain extends the entire length of discovery‚ development
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The maoist problem in India has a long history. It is one of those movements which over the years have changed color from a pristine white to a dark shade of black. The roots of the problem lie not in some terrorist movement and neither is it the product of the state funded cross border terrorism. The roots of this problem lie in the Freedom struggle of India. Back in the heydays of the freedom struggle‚ the naaxals were a band of outlaws in and around the West Bengal‚ Bihar and Orissa border. They
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