Normal And Abnormal

 1. (Above) The new 600 kmph maglev train of China  2. (Below) Gordon Danby and James Powell. China  has very recently introduced the magnetic levitation train capable of reaching a speed of 600 kmph. When it crosses the 603 kmph speed set by Japan it can become the fastest train in the world. This maglev may create an intense competition for technical supremacy in the high speed train field. CRRC the world's biggest manufacturer of train cars, informs that the train can make a trip from Beijing to Shanghai a distance of 1318 km in three and half hours including the wait time, which is less than two hours from the conventional bullet trains. This is said to have a capability of reaching a speed of 620 kmph. (CRRC earned a net profit of $1.74 billion last year.) China has started the construction of a test line in Shanxi Province to handle maglev trains operating at speeds of upto 1,000 kmph. North Central University School of Electrical and Control...

Present method of fixing international exchange rate may have deficiencies. At least some economists may agree with this statement. For the trading of commodities,  USD is accepted all over the world. That must be the prime reason to have the tendency of dollar always on the upper side. We may now find the prime factors that determine currency value. Inflation is the significant one in this. When price of a commodity rises more currency is needed to purchase the commodity. Therefore, exchange demands more currency. Another factor is interest rate. Whenever inflation takes place the Central Bank raises the interest rate to attract foreign currency and thereby bring down the inflation. Higher interest rate always boost the inflow of foreign currency and thereby enhance the exchange rate of the local currency. Political instability of a country and the country's existing public debt are also major factors influencing in bringing down the exchange rate of the local cur...

According to almost all religious faith, life after death is determined by our doings on earth. That is an individual matter. Different faiths have painted different types of heaven. Though some denote the comfort available there, it may be impossible to speak about the comfort of heaven by man, as no man on earth have narrated about it after experiencing life there. The most reliable explanation about the heaven is given by Jesus Christ. According to John 14:20, "When that day comes, you will learn for yourselves that I am in my Father, you are in me, and I am in you." This verse clearly shows that man will be finally be in confluence with God. God will not receive anything impure. Hence the impure man will get cleansed by Jesus first and then join God. And that is the kingdom of God or heaven. The impurities of man can be cleansed only when he has physical body. According to Christian faith Jesus alone can absorb our impurities. God Himself could not draw the ne...

 We  shall have a quick journey through the capital cities of some selected countries. London Washington DC Moscow Ottawa Paris Tokyo Berlin Canberra Madrid Beijing New Delhi K V George

               (First published on Aug 23, 2022) Indian economy is the fifth largest in the world with the GDP at $2.94 trillion. World Economic Outlook of IMF (April 2021) was projected the GDP per capita of India as $2,191. This makes India on 144th position among 194 countries in GDP (nominal) per capita. Countries with highest GDP per capita are Luxembourg ($1,31,302), Ireland ($1,02,394), Switzerland ($93,515), Norway  ($82,244), USA ($69,375).& Iceland ($68,844) While the per capita income of India remains at 1.7% of Luxembourg and 3.16% of USA, the GDP is at the fifth position. Huge disparity can be found between the GDP and GDP pci of India. While one denotes the economic strength of the country, the other denotes that of the people. After the prime analysis of this any economist may find the reason for this as the large population sharing the big GDP. Since the truth is different, one cannot ratify this  economic...

According to the book, Corruption in India, written by Professor Bibek Debroy and Laveesh Bhandari Rs 921 billion or 1.26% of our GDP is transacted through corruptive means. Corruption in India is not just born overnight. It is prevailing here for long and finally our  billion population have admitted it as part of their life. Even the most poor one while going to a government office for any service carry something in his pocket. Why corruption is rampant in our country? Don't we have adequate laws to prevent corruption? Is there any lenience in those meant for picking the offenders? All these put together must be the reason for the growth of corruption in our country. In fact the successive governments are not taking result oriented measures to prevent corruption in our country. When our generation has totally failed to eradicate corruption from our country let us at least make the way clean for our descendents. A large percentage of poverty in our country, underdevelo...