Project Limelight-UN-Oceans and the Law of the Sea
UPSCTREE2017-10-02T16:44:26+05:30Life itself arose from the oceans. The ocean is vast, covering 140 million square miles, some 72 per cent of the earth’s surface. Not only has the oceans always been a prime source of nourishment for the life it helped generate, but from earliest recorded history it has served for trade and commerce, adventure and discovery. It has kept people apart and brought them together. […]
Project Limelight-UN-Peace and Security !!!
UPSCTREE2017-10-02T16:41:24+05:30Saving succeeding generations from the scourge of war was the main motivation for creating the United Nations, whose founders lived through the devastation of two world wars. Since its creation, the UN has often been called upon to prevent disputes from escalating into war, or to help restore peace when armed conflict does break out, and to promote lasting peace in societies emerging from wars. […]
Project Limelight-UN-Climate Change !!!
UPSCTREE2017-09-05T19:14:45+05:30Climate change is one of the major challenges of our time and adds considerable stress to our societies and to the environment. From shifting weather patterns that threaten food production, to rising sea levels that increase the risk of catastrophic flooding, the impacts of climate change are global in scope and unprecedented in scale. […]
Project Lime light-UN-Food !!!
UPSCTREE2017-08-19T12:32:23+05:30Introduction:- The world needs to produce at least 50% more food to feed 9 billion people by 2050. But climate change could cut crop yields by more than 25%. […]
Project Limelight-UN-Global Issues-Water !!!
UPSCTREE2017-08-15T17:20:03+05:30Fresh water sustains human life and is vital for human health. There is enough fresh water for everyone on Earth. However, due to bad economics or poor infrastructure, millions of people (most of them children) die from diseases associated with inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene. […]
Project Limelight-Max Weber -Part 3 !!!
UPSCTREE2017-07-24T05:39:42+05:30Why bureaucracy is incapable of emotion and providing care, in short bureaucracy is incapable of empathy..but Why? (Weber has the ANSWER) Gandhi is a Führer and so is Mandela. Really ? Weber informs us that- Nine out of ten politicians are nothing but vain windbags...but Why ? In this part, Weber helps us understand the Bureaucracy, Politics, their nature, Gewalt, Coercion and Intoxication. CLICK HERE to read and find out Thank You UPSCTREE
Project Limelight-Max Weber -Part 2
UPSCTREE2017-07-22T15:05:43+05:30We often hear people say that they are very disciplined and we give them credit for it. But Weber tells us that the one who is disciplined is a- "narrow specialists without mind, pleasure-seekers without heart. And why does he says so ? Weber gives us answer to why does a factory worker goes to work everyday doing the same thing again and again, how did the humans managed to enforce this mechanical aspect in us which is not natural to human beings and the answer to it lay in understanding what is "Conditioned Habitus". Weber views the society as a “three-fold system [...]