October 2015 - Page 2 of 3

Sunday Diaries – Romance Your Sunday

2017-02-13T20:00:32+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: sunday Diaries|

All of us know that Sunday is a holiday, but do we ever asked why Sunday is a holiday ? At UPSCTREE , we were pondering over what to post for this Sunday that can help our readers and civil service aspirants , we have gone through all the newspapers, editorials of the past one months, but nothing fits to the charm of Sunday leisure.Yes , Leisure, We know that a civil service aspirant is barely speaks of leisure, but those who enjoy their journey , makes the destination worthwhile and leisure is a big part of it. Relaxation has its [...]

India : The geography of history – Part 3

2017-02-13T19:49:32+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: editorials, History, History of India|Tags: deccan, gangetic baisn, kalinga, Punjab paradox, regions, Tamil country|

India and its Many regions Introduction:- It often said , as well as written in our constitution that India as - Union of India. Historians claim that unlike united of states ,where states surrendered their sovereignty to form United States Of America; India was a whole and divided in to pieces, hence Union of India not United states of India.The claims aside, India, remained and still remains a union of states or , to put it more geographically Unions of regions.Political unity was never achieved in India in the past,though British came close to it, still central India and extreme regions [...]

India : The geography of history – Part 2

2017-02-13T19:49:21+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: editorials, History, History of India|Tags: agriculture, chalcolithic, neolithic, pottery|

Uneven Development - Historical perspective and evidence Agriculture Development Chronology:- Mehrgarh in the Kachhi plain (now in Pakistan) experienced early agricultural activities before 6,000 B.C Indus region experienced it in the 4000-3000 B.C Gangetic valley saw the advent of agriculture at Koldihwa (U.P) in 5000 B.C., at Chirand (Bihar) in the second half of the 3rd millennium B.C Atranjikhera (in the Doab) in the first half of the 2nd millennium B.C In the Ganga valley, however, the beginning of full-fledged, settled agricultural activity, farming villages and the other associated traits like the emergence of towns, trade and the state system go [...]

24 OCT 2015

2015-10-25T13:36:41+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|Tags: atomic, commercial court, DAE, Indo-africa summit, indradhanush, unakoti|

1) The President of India has promulgated ordinance for constitution of commercial courts. Commercial Courts Bill, 2015 The Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Bill, 2015 was introduced in Rajya Sabha on April 29, 2015 by the Minister of Finance, Mr. Arun Jaitley. The Bill enables the creation of commercial divisions in high courts, and commercial courts at the district level. Commercial dispute: A commercial dispute is defined to include any dispute related to transactions between merchants, bankers, financiers, traders, etc. Such transactions deal with mercantile documents, partnership agreements, intellectual property rights, insurance, etc. Commercial courts: [...]

ARC – Capacity Building For Conflict Resolution – Part 6 (Summary of Solutions)

2017-02-13T19:49:08+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: ARC|Tags: arc, solution, summary|

Introduction:- It has been said that peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict – alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence. 1)Left Extremism:- Negotiations with the extremist outfits should be an important mode of conflict resolution. The system of periodic official inspections and review of organisational performances needs to be revitalised.Suitable security to the senior administrative and technical officers while on tour. Enhance the capacity of the security forces to act effectively and firmly, but in conformity with constitutional bounds. Sensitising the police and paramilitary personnel to the root [...]

India : The geography of history – Part 1

2017-02-13T19:49:03+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: editorials, History, History of India|Tags: alexander, chalcolithi, History, india, magadha, neolithic, vengi|

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Introduction:- History without geography is largely incomplete and devoid of its vital substance for it loses focus in the absence of the concept of space.That is why history is regarded both as the history of mankind and the history of environment. It is difficult to [...]

History – ” History is ,as far as the History goes”

2017-02-13T19:48:47+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: editorials, History, History of India|Tags: History|

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The sections Deals with the History part of the syllabus. The recent trend in UPSC questions has undergone a serious shift.Most of the questions are centered around the analysis. For eg- Last year the question was why major battles were fought at [...]

23 OCT 2015

2015-10-24T14:36:39+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|Tags: 4k, hand in hand, hfc, inscription|

1) Hand-in- Hand Military exercise:- The India China Combined Military Training Exercise Hand in Hand 2015 commenced on 12 Oct at Kunming Military Academy, Yunnan, China. The joint exercise has met its stated objectives; to exchange experience on counter-terrorist training and conducting counter-terrorist operations, enhance mutual trust and understanding and promote healthy military relations between the two armies. 2)Inscriptions and Kings :- Almost all inscriptions have something to do with the king. Either they were commissioned by the king or they mention the reigning king of the day. Pallava kings in the 5th to 7th centuries recorded inscriptions in creative ways. We have verses with hidden political import and the titles they gave themselves, including Mahamalla, the great wrestler, Vichitrachita, the [...]

ARC – Capacity Building For Conflict Resolution – Part 5 (North-East Region)

2017-02-13T19:48:35+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: ARC|Tags: arc, insurgency, Northeast|

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Introduction : – North East has seen an unending cycle of violent conflicts dominated by insurgencies with demands ranging from outright sovereignty to greater political autonomy. Roots of Insurgency :- The roots of insurgency in the North Eastern region are embedded [...]

ARC – Capacity Building For Conflict Resolution – Part 4 (Communalism)

2017-02-13T19:48:30+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: ARC|Tags: arc, communalism|

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Introduction :- Communalism in a broad sense implies blind allegiance to one’s own communal group – religious, linguistic or ethnic – rather than to the larger society or to the nation as a whole. In its extreme form, communalism manifests itself in hatred [...]