Political Science

The United Nations Geoscheme

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The United Nations geoscheme divides the world into 5 macro-geographic regions, which are further subdivided into 22 subregions. Created by the UN Statistics Division (under the M49 standard), this system is designed purely for statistical processing and analysis, rather than political alignment. 1. Africa (5 Subregions) 2. Americas (4 Subregions) 3. Asia (5 Subregions) 4. … Read more

Tanzania

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Country Tanzania (United Republic of Tanzania) Capital Dodoma Continent Africa (East Africa) Coordinates 6°S 35°E Neighbouring couintries North: Uganda and KenyaNorth East: KenyaEast: None (Tanzania is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east)South East: MozambiqueSouth: Mozambique and MalawiSouth West: ZambiaWest: Democratic Republic of the Congo (across Lake Tanganyika)North West: Rwanda and Burundi Area Population Density … Read more

Cuba

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Country Cuba Capital Havana Continent North America – Caribbean islands Coordinates 22° N 80° W Neighbouring couintries North: United States (specifically the Florida Keys, roughly 90 miles or 145 km away)North-East: The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands (a British Overseas Territory)East: HaitiSouth-East: JamaicaSouth: The Cayman Islands (a British Overseas Territory)South-West: Honduras and Nicaragua … Read more

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

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By Abbie Rowe – http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHP-1963-06-03-C.aspx, Public Domain, Link Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan[b] (pronunciationⓘ; 5 September 1888 – 17 April 1975) was an Indian academic, philosopher and statesman who served as the Vice President of India from 1952 to 1962 and President of India from 1962 to 1967. He was the ambassador of India to the Soviet Union from 1949 to 1952. He was also the vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu … Read more

Lok Sabha speeches – interpretation in 22 languages

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How is the simultaneous interpretation in 22 languages is done in India’s Lok Sabha? In a landmark move for linguistic inclusion, India’s Lok Sabha expanded its simultaneous interpretation services to cover all 22 official languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, a rollout finalized during the Winter 2025 session. Testbook This monumental task … Read more

Index of Opposition Unity IOU

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The Index of Opposition Unity (IOU) is an electoral metric formulated by political scientists and pollsters (originally developed by Prannoy Roy and Dorab Sopariwala) to measure the consolidation or fragmentation of opposition votes against a dominant ruling party. [1, 2] How It Is Calculated The IOU is calculated as the ratio of the vote share … Read more

Viceroy

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Literally, a viceroy is someone who rules a country or province as the direct representative of a monarch, acting “in place of the king”. The word originates from the Latin prefix vice- (“in place of”) and the Old French word roy (“king”). https://www.britannica.com/topic/viceroy-government-official The term was historically used for officials appointed by a sovereign to … Read more

Sam Nujoma

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Samuel Shafiishuna Daniel Nujoma[a] (12 May 1929 – 8 February 2025) was a Namibian revolutionary, anti-apartheid activist and politician who served three terms as the first president of Namibia, from 1990 to 2005. Nujoma was a founding member and the first president of the South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) in 1960. Nujoma became involved in anti-colonial politics during the 1950s. In 1959, he co-founded and served … Read more