Identify and explain any four new sources of threat to security.
The new sources of threat to security:
(i) Terrorism: It refers to political violence that targets civilians deliberately and discriminately.
(ii) Health epidemics: Such as like HIV- AIDS, bird flu and SARS have rapidly spread across countries through migration, business, tourism and military operations. One country’s failure or success in limiting the spread of these diseases affects infections in other countries.
(iii) Human Rights: While there is broad agreement on the classification, there is no agreement on which set of rights should be considered as universal human rights, nor what the international community should do when rights are being violated.
(iv) Global poverty: Poverty in the South has also led to large-scale migration to seek a better life, especially better economic opportunities, in the North. This has created international political frictions.
After the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri, which two leaders of the Congress Party contested against one another to become leader of the Congress parliamentary party?
Name the founder President of the Congress Socialist party. What name was given to this Party after 1948?
In the given Political Outline map of Europe, four member countries of the European Unions have been marked A, B, C, and D. Identify them with the help of information given below and write their correct names in your answer book along with their respective serial number and the alphabet concerned:
(i) An older member of the European Union located between Portugal and France.
(ii) An older member of the European Union located near Belgium and Netherlands.
(iii)Two new member of the European Union.
Name the popular movement which demanded that no forest exploiting contract should be given to any outsider?
Describe any two major issues of conflict between India and Pakistan leading to the War of 1971.
After which General Election in India did Congress Party lose it dominance for the first time at the Centre?
