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the editor of times of Indiais Jaideep Bose.
The name Bhārata has been used as a self-ascribed name by people of the Indian Subcontinent and the Republic of India. Bhārataalong with Indiais the official English name of the country, Bhāratais the official Sanskrit name of the country, Bhārata Gaṇarājya, and the name is derived from the ancient Indian texts.
Salient Features of our Constitution: The Constitution of Indiais a lengthy written document. It is flexible to some extent. Its salientfeatures can be understood from the following parts of the constitution:1. Preamble2. Written Constitution3. Longest Constitution4. Partly Rigid, Partly Flexible5. Parliamentary Democracy6. Role of Conventions7. Federal Government with Unitary Bias8. Fundamental Rights9. Directive Principles of State Policy10. An Independent and Integrated Judiciary11. Universal Franchise12. Secularism13. Single Citizenship14. Fundamental Duties15. Welfare State16. Democratic System17. A Federation18.Parliamentary System of Government19. Supreme Judicial Council20.Islamic Law21. Restrictions to the President22.Indirect Method of Election23.Unicameral Legislature24.Presidential forum of Government25.Powers of President
Natural calamities can be classified into major and minor types depending upon theirpotential to cause damage to life and property. While natural calamities like earthquakes,drought, floods and cyclones could be regarded as major; hailstorms, avalanches,landslides, building collapse, etc., can be categorised as minor calamities.Minor calamities also occur without any appreciable degree of forewarning andcause damage to properties and lives. If we are careful, we can identify such disasterprone areas and take precautionary measures. What is needed is the general awarenessand ability of local administration to take preventive measures.Calamities of Meteorological OriginParts of India suffer regularly from the effects or results of meteorological hazards,in the form of cyclones, drought, floods, heatwaves and severe storms. Disasterscaused by these hazards often take a large toll in terms of lives, mainly because Indiais densely populated and is not well prepared.In many cold countries, extreme cold is a major meteorological hazard. In Indiatoo, extreme cold during winter can cause large number of deaths every year. Manypeople become vulnerable because they are not well prepared and get trapped invery cold conditions without adequate protection. Lack of preparedness takes aheavy toll in summer too! So many lives are lost due to heatwave in summer innorth India every year. We just take it as a routine occurrence and do not take anypreventive measures.(Ravinder Shrivastav)