2021-04-29T23:40:05+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, replying to the debate on the motion of thanks to the President’s address to the Lok Sabha, made a strong case for the privatisation of PSUs and said: “If one becomes an IAS officer will he also run a fertiliser factory… Will he run a chemical [...]
2021-04-27T02:32:17+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP & IR|
President Joe Biden has announced that the United States will pull out all its troops from Afghanistan by 11 September. His predecessor Donald Trump had started the process in December 2018, committing to do the same by 1 May this year. […]
2021-04-29T00:24:59+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Science|
CRISPR’s ability to alter genome sequences holds immense promise for medicine and other fields The industrial revolution was all about using atoms for human advancement, and the internet revolution was about the magic of bytes, but the next one will be about what we do with genes [...]
2021-04-27T02:18:46+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
Over these years, no other form of financial services has had the kind of far-reaching impact, in terms of fostering financial inclusion, as microcredit has. […]
2021-04-27T02:25:52+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
One of the most ambitious plans to emerge from India’s recently announced Union budget was the government’s proposal to privatize state-owned companies in the coming years. This is an important step in India’s programme of reforms to achieve long-term sustainable growth. […]
2021-04-27T01:33:41+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
Energy is a master resource which has the ability to catapult or cripple a growing economy. The rising threat of climate change has transitioned from climate-science conferences to billions being spent on disaster relief expenses. Global markets are increasingly demanding carbon-free products. Realizing the impending threat to their economies, several [...]
2021-04-27T01:26:04+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
We are in the midst of an unprecedented and atypical global adverse shock. While all attention must focus right now on overcoming the health crisis, we must take stock of our economic prospects this decade. This article is not about India’s underlying unconstrained potential. It is about how much of [...]
2021-04-23T03:39:20+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
APRIL 14TH was a big day in India. Hindus and Sikhs gathered to mark the new year. Many Muslims celebrated the first day of Ramadan at late-night feasts with friends and family. In Haridwar, a temple town that this year hosts the Kumbh Mela, an intermittent Hindu festival that is the [...]
2021-04-23T13:47:38+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP & IR|
As the United States prepares to end its longest war, here is a timeline of the US’s war in Afghanistan […]
2021-04-20T00:06:26+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
There are two main reasons why the novel Coronavirushas been such a disaster for the world economy: One, that it infects everyone — regardless of their economic status, and two, because it essentially spreads just the way economic growth does — via human interaction. In other words, controlling the virus’ [...]
