2017-02-08T23:23:32+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Background:- After the infamous 2012 gang rape of a student on a bus in Delhi, the number of rape cases reported to police in India rose sharply. But one survey concluded that in Delhi, in 2013-14, more than half of these reports were “false” – fuelling claims by male activists [...]
2017-02-08T23:02:29+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Uncategorized|
Many people don’t know about the enormous progress most countries have made in recent decades – or maybe the media hasn’t told them. But with the following five facts everyone can upgrade their world view. […]
2017-02-08T22:38:57+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Misc|
Recently India celebrated its 68th Republic Day, the highlight of which is an elaborate parade to show off India’s military might . […]
2017-02-08T22:05:41+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment|
Background The long-running drought in southern India appears likely to continue into the early months of 2017. All 32 districts in Tamil Nadu have been declared drought-affected with annual rainfall between 35 and 80 per cent below average in 2016. […]
2017-02-08T16:02:56+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Essays|
Dear All, Essay test E03 is live now in your student portal (IASTREE) Topics of the Essay :- Is Globalization digging its own grave in the form of de-Globalization? Blue Economy and India “Rights without duties” is bad but “Politics without principle” is worse. Challenges to India’s internal security – [...]
2017-02-06T22:37:52+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
What Is A Bad Bank? […]
2017-02-06T22:18:11+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
The growth of the internet in India has been quite rapid in the past few years. The ‘State of the Internet Q3 2016’ report by Akamai shows where India stands globally in the internet race. […]
2017-02-06T21:30:19+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|
Legislation has now been introduced in the US House of Representatives which, among other things, calls for more than doubling the minimum salary of H-1B visa holders to $1,30,000, making it difficult for firms to use the programme to replace American employees with foreign workers, including from India. The question [...]
2017-02-06T21:01:48+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
On 1 July, if all goes to plan, the country would have formally transitioned to the goods and services tax (GST) regime. By the sheer path-breaking nature of the tax reform initiative, which for the first time economically unifies the country, GST will have a special place in India’s modern [...]
2017-02-06T20:44:57+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment|
World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on 2 February. India currently has 26 sites designated as Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Sites), with a surface area of 689,131 hectares including including Wular Lake in Jammu and Kashmir. Ramsar sites are wetlands considered to be of international importance. The Ramsar [...]
