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Current Affairs: December 2011
NATIONAL: RBI unveils draft Basel III norms. Lokpal Bill passed by Lok Sabha; Rajya Sabha leaves it in limbo. Whistleblowers’ Protection Bill. Citizens’ Charter Bill. Union Cabinet clears Food Bill. India’s infant mortality rate down. Visit of Prime Minister of Japan. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Russia. UPA government approves 4.5% minorities quota within OBC pie.
INTERNATIONAL:
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il dead. Canada becomes first country to pull out of Kyoto protocol. UN climate meet approves roadmap for 2015 deal. West signals enduring support for Afghanistan at Bonn Conference.

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Human Development Report 2011
The 2011 Report—Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All—released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on November 2, 2011, notes that Norway, Australia and the Netherlands lead the world in the 2011 Human Development Index (HDI), while the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Niger and Burundi are at the bottom.
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Career Planning - What after Rejection
YOU had, you think, prepared very well for the crucial interview. Yet, the outcome was disappointing. You start cursing your “luck” or you may, in a fit of bad temper, debunk those who decided against your selection. However, it is better to be rational, objective, look for soft spots and convert them into plus points. That’s the only way from rejection to selection.
Personality Development
Tact Wins Many Friends
Tact is difficult to define and hard to cultivate, but it is indispensable to one who wishes to get on in the world soon and smoothly. Talent is no match for tact. We see its failure everywhere. In the race of life, commonsense has the right of way.  It is believed that Indians are easy mannered and quick to make friends. That, they are the most tolerant of all nations. We do not take offence easily. We are ready to compromise. But we are not noted for our tact.
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Information, Communication and Entertainment
Each age has its pin-pointed passions and pursuits. If the eighteenth century heralded the revolutionary march towards 'liberty, equality and fraternity', the nineteenth and twentieth centuries made spectacular strides in science and technology and waged a relentless war against hunger and disease.
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
There is an impressive history associated with the evolution of the concept and definition of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Definitions expanded during the 1960s and proliferated during the 1970s. In the 1980s, there were fewer new definitions, more empirical research, and alternative themes began to mature.
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Economic Development and Environment
Economic development without environmental considerations can cause serious environmental damage, in turn impairing the quality of life of present and future generations. The challenge of sustainable development thus requires integration of the country's quest for economic development with its environmental concerns.
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Children and Advertising: Do We Need Stricter Laws
There is a pitch and it is louder than the ears can stand. Everywhere one looks, one sees children being exploited to advertise products or being influenced to force their parents to buy the goods. However, there are many who feel there is nothing wrong in this as long as the products being advertised are not harmful to children.







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