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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Vice President of India The Vice-President of India is second behind the President in the Executive branch of the Government of India. The President of India is elected whenever the office becomes vacant by an electoral college consisting of the elected members of both houses of the Parliament and the elected members of the State Legislative Assemblies (Vidhan Sabha) by a method of proportional representation by means of the Single Transferable Vote system by secret ballot. The President of India's main function is the formal summoning and swearing-in of the Prime Minister. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Vice_President-of-India   (868 words)

President of India : Rashtrapati Bhavan : President's Bodyguards The President's Bodyguard, as it is known today, was raised in 1773 at Benares, by the then Governor-General, Warren Hastings, with a strength of 50 picked troopers and horses. In 1947, it was formally redesignated with its old title, the Governor General's Bodyguard and on 26th January 1950, with India's declaration as a Republic, it became -the President's Bodyguard. As befitting its status, the motto of the PBG is "Bharat Mata Ki Jai" or, "Victory to Mother India". presidentofindia.nic.in /presidentsbodyguards.html   (715 words)

- India, Indian news, Indian Travel, India tourism, samachar, indian hotels, Incredible India - www.indias.com Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia is an Internationally renowned flutist from India. Born on July 1, 1938 in Allahabad, to a family of wrestlers, he was drawn to the sound of the flute... The Republic of India is located in South Asia, and is the seventh largest country in the world, with the second largest population (over one billion) and the world’s largest democracy. www.indias.com   (228 words)

Free Software Foundation of India | Weave our own code. Together. FSF India is a non-profit organisation committed to advocating, promoting and propagating the use and development of swatantra software in India. FSF India Delegation Meets the Union Minister for IT On 18th October, Dr. Nagarjuna, President, FSF India and Kiranchandra, FSF, Andhra Pradesh, met the Union Minister for Information Technology, A. Raja, and the Secretary, Ministry of IT, in New Delhi. FSF India acknowledges the support from the Industry, particularly from Sun Microsystems, IBM, Google and Redhat, various people from academic organizations, and several of the free software activists who wrote and spoke on several occasions in several forums creating awareness on the issue. www.fsf.org.in   (688 words)

President of India The communication was from the Rashtrapathi Bhavan saying that the President wanted to visit Auroville on the 1 st of November 2004 for a presentation about "Hydrology modelling on the saline intrusion in Vanur aquifer" and to see Matrimandir. The President started his speech saying, "Friends, I have come as a pilgrim to this place, Auroville, and why I say pilgrim is because you have a mission bigger than mine; the mission you are having is larger than that of any indi­vidual. As soon as he alighted, the President was given a beautiful bouquet of flowers from Matrimandir Nursery. www.auroville.org /organisation/president_india.htm   (1188 words)

Former President of India K. R. NARAYANAN Former President of India K. Shri Kocheril Raman Narayanan was the Shri Narayanan was elected Vice-President of India and served in this position from 21st August, 1992 till he assumed the office of the President of India in July 1997. As National President of KARUNA, an all-India organization for the welfare of women and children from 1985 to 1992, she was responsible for building Working Girls' Hostels and Day Care Centres, Potters' Cooperatives and Sericulture projects in Kerala. www.indianembassy.org /special/cabinet/president.htm   (1000 words)

Dr. Rajendra Prasad - President of India Nationalist India expressed its admiration by electing him to the President of the Bombay session of the Indian National Congress. After India became independent he was made the President of India. His legacy is being ably carried forward by his great gandson Ashoka Jahnavi-Prasad,a psychiatrist and a scientist of international repute who introduced sodium valproate as a safer alternative to lithium salts in the treatment of bipolar disorders. www.gloriousindia.com /biographies/dr_rajendra_prasad.html   (437 words)

Putin In India - HindustanTimes.com Special   (Site not responding. Last check: ) India can perhaps no longer expect the kind of political relationship it had with the Soviet Union to be replicated with Russia. India failed to take advantage of the collapsing Russian military machinery, when some of its best scientists and engineers were hired by the West and China. India's new strategic architecture is based on shoring up its strategic autonomy in the economic and security field. www.hindustantimes.com /news/specials/putin_in_india/index.shtml   (1344 words)

India Travel Information | Lonely Planet Destination Guide India will sideswipe you with its size, clamour and diversity - but if you enjoy delving into convoluted cosmologies and thrive on sensual overload, then it is one of the most intricate and rewarding dramas unfolding on earth, and you'll quickly develop an abiding passion for it. India is a litmus test for many travellers - some are only too happy to leave, while others stay for a lifetime. Generally, India's climate is defined by three seasons - the hot, the wet (monsoon) and the cool, each of which can vary in duration from north to south. www.lonelyplanet.com /dest/ind/ind.htm   (774 words)

President of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The President of India is elected whenever the office becomes vacant by an electoral college consisting of the elected members of both houses of the Parliament and the elected members of the State Legislative Assemblies (Vidhan Sabha) by a method of proportional representation by means of the Single Transferable Vote system by secret ballot. The Rashtrapati Bhavan is the official residence of the President of India. The President of India's main function is the formal summoning and swearing-in of the Prime Minister. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/President_of_India   (2175 words)

Vice-President of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Vice-President of India is second-highest ranking government official in the executive branch of the Government of India after the President. Article 63 of the Constitution of India provides for a Vice-President: "There shall be a Vice-President of India". The Vice-President acts as President in the event of the death, resignation, or removal of the President, until a new President is chosen by the electoral college. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vice_President_of_India   (226 words)

ipedia.com: President of India Article   (Site not responding. Last check: ) The President of India is the ceremonial head of state of India and the supreme commander of the armed forces. The monarch was represented by a governor general, appointed by the King on the advice of the Prime Minister of India. This ended India's status as a Commonwealth realm, but thanks to Nehru's negotiations, India was permitted to remain in the Commonwealth of Nations. www.ipedia.com /president_of_india.html   (877 words)

President of India under perpetual attack One daily went to the extent of insinuating that the president is canvassing for another term--an insult to his person. Another daily wrote a lengthy editorial that the subjects the President dealt with are trite and reprimanded him for not concentrating on important national issues. The President was also attacked for advocating the human rights cause of Dalits and Tribals, especially for his reference to their representation in the private sector of the economic system. www.pucl.org /Topics/Human-rights/2002/president.htm   (1090 words)

Reference.com/Encyclopedia/President of India The President of India is the ceremonial head of state and first citizen of India and the supreme commander of the Indian armed forces. The Governor-General was thus replaced by an elected president and Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India. The move ended India's status as a Commonwealth Realm but remained in the Commonwealth of Nations. www.reference.com /browse/wiki/President_of_India   (922 words)

VICE-PRESIDENT OF INDIA AND EX-OFFICIO CHAIRMAN OF THE RAJYA SABHA VICE-PRESIDENT OF INDIA AND EX-OFFICIO CHAIRMAN OF THE RAJYA SABHA Under article 65 of the Constitution of India, the Vice-President acts as President in the event of a vacancy occurring due to death, resignation or removal of the President, or otherwise. As the Presiding Officer, the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha is the unchallenged guardian of the prestige and dignity of the House. rajyasabha.nic.in /whoswho/vp/vpiprofile.htm   (1818 words)

FRANCE - INDIA STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP CEMENTED BY PRESIDENT CHIRAC’S INDIA VISIT (FEBRUARY 2006)   (Site not responding. Last check: ) The French President’s visit to India (February 19-21, 2006) needs to be viewed as a historic and landmark visit in the history of strategic relations between France and India. This could be attributed to the hype being generated by the US President’s visit on March 1-2, 2006 (and its attendant issues) and the fixation on the bitter domestic debate on the Congress injecting Muslim-centric communalised political initiatives. India needs advanced weaponry, high-tech defence technology transfers and long-range reliable sources of defence acquisitions not subject to political disruptions due to domestic politics of the supplier state. www.saag.org /\papers18\paper1704.html   (1846 words)

President of India Applauds ORBIS Blindness Prevention Initiatives On October 6th, the President of India, Dr A P J Abdul Kalam visited ORBIS in the country's only rural pediatric eye care hospital - Sadguru Netra Chikitsalaya (SNC) - located in Chitrakoot, one of India's poorest areas. President Kalam expressed special interest in the Children’s Eye Care Centre (CECC), established with the support of ORBIS, as well as the schools and training courses initiated by the Sri Sadguru Seva Sangh Trust. President Kalam urged the 60 children that he met with to become active in the eradication of avoidable childhood blindness. www.orbis.org /bins/index_page.asp?cid=589-598-617-2607&lang=1   (302 words)

The Daily Nightly - MSNBC.com India needs nuclear energy if its economy is going to continue to grow at such high rates. It is giving India a pass, however, because the world’s largest democracy has agreed to let international nuclear inspectors look over their shoulder and has agreed not to let nuclear know-how fall into the hands of dangerous countries like Iran or North Korea. India is a developing country, both econonically and socially, but it is the world's largest democracy. dailynightly.msnbc.com /2006/03/with_the_presid.html   (1374 words)

Radio Australia - News - US president begins India visit   (Site not responding. Last check: ) US President George W Bush has begun a visit to India, where he is hoping to finalise a deal on sharing civilian nuclear energy. Mr Bush says his visit to India marks the consolidation of a new strategic relationship, built on economic and military ties as well as a shared desire to build democracies. The president is also due to visit the technology city of Hyderabad in the south on Friday before flying to Pakistan. www.abc.net.au /ra/news/stories/s1581832.htm   (462 words)

President of India : Speech / Lecture : Details   (Site not responding. Last check: ) Norman E Borlaug, at the age of 91 was in the midst of all the praise showered on him from everybody. One of the cardiac diseases, where conventional medical and surgical treatment were ineffective because of the affliction of the heart muscle, stem cells implantation into the diseased heart muscles had been applied in order to improve the function of heart muscle. It is important for India to put all her acts together to become a continuous innovator and creator of science and technology intensive products. www.presidentofindia.nic.in /scripts/sllatest1.jsp?id=500   (2788 words)

President of India Encyclopedia @ Encyclopedia.LocalColorArt.com (Local Color Encyclopedia)   (Site not responding. Last check: ) In the meantime, the Constituent Assembly led by B. The general principle is that the total votes cast by Members of Parliament equals the total votes cast by Legislators. This number is the number of votes per legislator in a given state. encyclopedia.localcolorart.com /encyclopedia/President_of_India   (1524 words)

President Bush, India's Singh Prepare for Historic Summit- U.S. Department Of State After President Bush's and Prime Minister Singh's meeting and press conference, the two governments are planning to announce bilateral programs dealing with HIV/AIDS, the environment, information technology, business promotion, financial and economic issues, energy, space cooperation, disaster response, agriculture, science and technology, and even with preserving the endangered Bengal tiger. With regard to nuclear energy cooperation, the official said that India and the United States are similar in that both want to reduce their dependence on foreign sources of fossil fuel. Regarding India's desire to have a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council, the official said that the U.S. government considers India to be one of its closest friends in the world, but overall reforms of the U.N. structure are needed before discussing which countries should sit on the Security Council. usinfo.state.gov /usinfo/Archive/2005/Jul/15-436251.html   (639 words)

Kalam, India's next President - Ummah.com   (Site not responding. Last check: ) While the post of President is mainly ceremonial in India's Parliamentary system, it has become more prominent in the last decade as the President decides which party to invite to form a government when elections throw up a hung parliament. Under the Constitution, the President is elected by an electoral college of federal and state lawmakers but political parties have usually preferred to choose a consensus candidate. According to Ms Sahgal, India is sending a wrong signal by getting a nuclear scientist to head the country at a time when the whole world is worried about the possibility of a nuclear war in South Asia. www.ummah.net /forum/showthread.php?t=5688   (862 words)

President of India India must evolve such systems to improve its competitiveness in a global marketplace. In the coming years, competitiveness would be derived from the ability to recognize and integrate all forms of knowledge leading to innovation in every area of human endeavour. For the nation today, what is needed is a combination of technology and leadership using the technology to bring economic prosperity. www.nifindia.org /news/president_speech_nif.htm   (1042 words)

Biography of India The U.S. Constitution directs the President to give Congress information from time to time about the "State of the Union." Presidents since George Washington have reported on the condition of the nation and have made recommendations to Congress. The audience for the speech is Congress, but members of the President's Cabinet and the U.S. Supreme Court often attend the speech. President Reagan began the tradition of hosting guests in the House gallery for the State of the Union message. www.whitehouse.gov /kids/india   (451 words)

India India is a land of millions of gods. To go to India is to step into a world of polytheism and idolatry that existed before the time of Abraham. Please pray for the people of India, that their eyes will be opened and that they will repent of their sins and turn to Christ. quicksitemaker.com /members/jehovahraphe/India.html   (1682 words)

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