Terrorists could provoke a war between India and Pakistan – Robert Gates

Active in the Afghan-Pakistani border, terrorists are able to destabilize the situation in South Asia and to provoke the Indo-Pakistan war, told the Defense Secretary Robert Gates at news conference.

Pentagon chief arrives in India on Tuesday after visiting Pakistan and Afghanistan. In Delhi, he discussed bilateral military and strategic cooperation with the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Foreign Minister Somanahalli Malaya Krishna.
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Changes to Constitution

The Constitution of India strengthens the system of adoption of amendments that can quickly change the basic law of the country. Most of the amendments are adopted by Parliament in a rather simple way.

The draft of amendment is made by a deputy to one of the Houses of Parliament.
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Basis of legal status of a person

Fundamentals of the legal status of citizens of India are the same, but they are determined by the articles of the Constitution, of unequal significance.

Social and economic rights are formulated as policy guidelines, with the resulting characteristics of their judicial remedies; other rights are attached to the other articles of the constitution.
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Laws of India are criticized on transition to another faith

Sonia Gandhi, the leader of Indian National Congress, strongly condemned the so-called “laws on freedom of religion”, more commonly known as the laws prohibiting the transition from one religion to another.

Currently, these laws are adopted in most states, the leadership of which belongs to the fundamental Hindu party “Bharatiya Janata Party”, – says Christian megaportal www.invictory.org with reference to Agnuz.
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The main features of the Constitution of India

Indian Constitution is a unique in world practice, the constitutional document. It is the largest constitution in the world in terms of volume – it includes 395 articles, 12 schedules and 83 amendments.

It is very extensive and detailed and its main content refers to the most important aspects of social and political system, as well as the legal status of a person.
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Russian science is weaker than Indian and Brazilian ones

China has experienced its most significant growth in science over the past thirty years, the Financial Times reports. And Russia is lagging behind all.

Thomson Reuters company had counted the articles, published in 10500 scientific journals.

Only materials of scientists from Brazil, Russia, India and China over the past thirty years were considered.
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INFORMATION

India is the most populous democracy in the world. For most of the years since independence, the federal government has been led by the Indian National Congress (INC). Politics in the states have been dominated by several national parties including the INC, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) and various regional parties. From 1950 to 1990, barring two brief periods, the INC enjoyed a parliamentary majority.