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  Healthcare in India India has a multi-payer universal health care model that is paid for by a combination of public and private health insurance funds along with the element of almost entirely tax-funded public hospitals. The public hospital system is essentially free for all Indian residents except for small, often symbolic co-payments in some services. Since the country's independence, the public hospital system has been entirely funded through general taxation. National Health Policy The National Health Policy was endorsed by the Parliament of India in 1983 and updated in 2002, and then again updated in 2017. The recent four main updates in 2017 mention the need to focus on the growing burden of non-communicable diseases, the emergence of the robust healthcare industry, growing incidences of unsustainable expenditure due to healthcare costs, and rising economic growth enabling enhanced fiscal capacity. Furthermore, in...

Animal Cruelty

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  What is cruelty to animals? Animal cruelty is the deliberate mistreatment of animals with violence and malice. In many nations, it is unlawful and incredibly inhumane to treat animals inhumanely. Animals are also living creatures that ought to have humane living conditions and be shielded from brutal treatment. Regardless of whether they are domesticated or not, animals cannot be mistreated. Animal cruelty is now a major concern on a global scale for animal welfare. Due to several human needs, animals endure cruel treatment. This is a major problem that needs to be dealt with and resolved. Numerous people have died as a result of cruelty to animals, and it is steadily getting worse as the world’s population grows. In many nations and organizations, animal abuse is committed under the guise of research and experimental investigations. Additionally, it has been shown that animals confined in zoos and sanctuaries are not receiving the required care. These are some examples of the br...

Generation Gap

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                           Generation Gap  Many grandparents grew up in an era of angry confrontations between the generations. As they ease into the role of family patriarchs and matriarchs, they may wonder: What happened to the generation gap? Is it gone or just on hiatus? Or it is still present but mostly underground? Definition of Generation Gap A generation gap is commonly perceived to refer to differences between generations that cause conflict and complicate communication, creating a "gap." Word maven William Safire provides this more positive definition: "Generation gap can be a frustrating lack of communication between young and old or a useful stretch of time that separates cultures within a society, allowing them to develop their own character." From their position in the family, and with more life experience than younger family members, grandparents are uniquely poised to see that differences between ...

Generation Gap

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                    Generation Gap A  generation gap  or  generational gap  is a difference of opinions between one generation and another regarding beliefs, politics, or values. In today's usage,  generation gap  often refers to a perceived gap between younger people and their  parents  or  grandparents Early sociologists such as  Karl Mannheim  noted differences across generations in how the youth transits into adulthood, [2]  and studied the ways in which generations separate themselves from one another, in the home and in social situations and areas (such as churches, clubs, senior centers, and youth centers). The sociological theory of a generation gap first came to light in the 1960s, when the younger generation (later known as  baby boomers ) seemed to go against everything their parents had previously believed in terms of music, values, governmental and political vi...

Corruption – the most successful service industry in India

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  Corruption – the most successful service industry in India Those facilitators who form the crux of the State are the primary players in this ever continuing conundrum. But is it right to say that the fire of corruption is kept alight fuelled by the greed of the powerful alone? We have always seen corruption to be a negative phenomenon with respect to a common man, but is it so?  When a whole nation is professedly against the notion of corruption how does it manage to flourish?   It is a natural law that, for something to continuously survive, its preconditions need to exist . What Makes Corruption Survive? So, what are the preconditions of corruption? A benefactor, a beneficiary and a benefit. Benefit or the bribe can be of monetary or non-monetary form. Conventional wisdom says that the benefactors are the public and the beneficiaries are bureaucrats, politicians and other State agents (police, judiciary etc.). People could have stopped this malice at any point of time...

Animal Abuse

  Animal Abuse: Study on Inhumanity and Cruelty Introduction to Animal Cruelty :- In literal terms, abuse means to inflict someone with pain, harm or violence, especially regularly or frequently, therefore, animal cruelty is known as the malpractice of treating animals with cruel, violence, unethical and depraved behavior. Subjecting animals to an environment where they feel scared, unprotected and terrorized is called animal cruelty. People believe that they have a right on the lives of the animals and they can treat them in any way they want to. Everyday countless animals are being succumbed to inhumanity, torture and brutality. Animals are creatures who are capable of showing love and affection, taking care of their health and nutrition is the duty of every human. The cases of animal brutality are increasing day by day and the reason for these killings go unexplained. People kill and mutilate animals just for their personal satisfaction or fun.   😠 The recent brutal killin...