Grenoble and its south-west part, which is marginalised in the conurbation of Grenoble and faces problems in a lot of aspects. Especially the issues concerned fragmentation of territory, high unemployment and difficult economic situation (URBAN II Grenoble). The region was involved in a programme aimed to whole territory of France in order to ensure one management tool called PRESAGE. This information system will provide flows of information between regions, national governments and the…
2014, Prime Minister Modi’s progressive attitude has brought Indian foreign policy on significantly. This is demonstrated through the surprise invitation of all South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation leaders to his swearing-in ceremony . India is now showing global self-confidence, through strengthened defence ties with the US and Europe, and has for the first time in a generation, opened direct dialogue with Pakistan. However, despite improving relations with India’s neighbours, Modi…
in that they both are believed to have originated in India, and were first spread through that area, and were also similar in the way that their common beliefs affected social hierarchy. They differed in their general beliefs and the location where each religion ended up becoming established. Hinduism and Buddhism are similar in that both of their origins are in India. It is believed that the religion of Hinduism originated in Northern India, near the river Indus, about 4000 years ago, and that…
With home to more than one thousand million individuals, India is world's biggest democracy. India is additionally one of the establishing members of the UN. It signed the declaration by the United Nations at Washington on 1 January 1942 and furthermore, took an interest in the notable UN convention in San Francisco from 25 April to 26 June 1945. India has reliably upheld the purposes and standards of the UN and has made huge commitments to authorizing the objectives of the UN charter,…
transportation. Accordingly, machines and guns were also invented. Identify the major Imperial powers and the locations of the territories they controlled. The major imperial powers were England, United States, and France. England Britain had control the Union of South Africa, Egypt, India, Sudan, China, Canada, Australia, Malaya, Burma, British Guiana, and British Honduras. The United States had control of the Philippines, Samoa, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Haiti,…
hegemony in Asia through countries like India and China. Though the Dutch and the French also contested in the region and challenged the British authority over the colonies in Asia, the latter survived in most of the cases. After the Batlle of Plassey in 1757, the British domination was established for a longer term in India. The British East India Company (EIC) seized the opportunity of the fading power and glory of the Mughal Emperors…
of life and society in the area retained the status quo. Politically, the fall of the Roman Empire marked a change from an imperial monarchy to feudalism. Economically, while the Roman Empire experienced a flourishing period for trade across its territories, after its fall, medieval Europe noticed a drastic decrease in trading practices. Socially, regardless of the fall of the Roman Empire, the spread of religion, particularly Christianity, continued. Before its fall, the Roman Empire was…
While these arguments do have a lot merit, most of the water sharing issues that are stemming with what Pakistan calls violation and India calls progress, are due to an ineffective and rather obsolete IWT which doesn’t clarify ownership and can’t solve geographical issues ( Michel and Panday 2003) so to say that IWT is keeping peace is controversial at best. The fact that the fairness of the treaty is today being questioned from both sides suggests that the distinction and separation between the…
The nineteenth century is associated with the rise of the West where unprecedented power came to be concentrated in Britain and France. Considering that in 1800 Western powers held approximately 35 percent of the earth’s surface which had risen to 67 percent by 1878 and a staggering 85 percent by 1914 illustrates how the world, like never before, was united into a single interacting whole by the Western imperial powers (Said 6). The use of the term ‘interacting whole’ to describe the world in…
For the next 1,500 years, different parts of India were ruled by Middle kingdoms, among which the famous Gupta Empire stood out. This period witnessed an intellectual resurgence of the Hindu religion. It can be called the "Golden Age of India". During this time, aspects of culture and religion spread to a lot of Asia, while kingdoms in southern India had sea trade with the Roman Empire. During this time, the Indian cultural influence spread over large areas of Southeast Asia. This would lead…