2016-06-09T16:14:22+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Uncategorized|
Swedish general appointed to head UN India Pakistan military observers:- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has appointed Swedish Major General Per Lodin, a logistics expert, to head the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) that monitors the situation in Kashmir. India does not recognise the UNMOGIP’s mandate. [...]
2016-06-09T13:29:36+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
‘Gangotri glacier retreated by 3 km in two centuries’ Gaumukh, the snout of the Gangotri glacier, named after its shape like the mouth of a cow, has retreated by over 3 kilometres since 1817. […]
2016-06-09T11:44:55+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
Disclaimer :- This is an exclusive UPSCTREE write up.The italicized sentences are the inputs we derived from other sources. Background:- It was an afternoon of a Thursday, unlike any, it was significant because it was a particular day of a particular year – November 19,1863 and it was the [...]
