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 [...]
2017-02-06T20:20:41+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Misc|
For the past couple of months few interesting developments took place around the world and India. Here are few questions with regards to them which warrants your understanding- do answer them, in the comment section. Out of the blue, when everybody thought America will have its first women president, the predictions [...]
2017-02-05T22:53:46+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Misc|Tags: comprehensive|
The material in the student portal covers various aspects of nano technology . Hope it helps. We have been working on few more materials that have great relevance as far as UPSC Civil Service exams are concerned. Any suggestion/request for topics are welcome. Link to the Material on Nano Technology Thank [...]
2017-02-05T16:28:01+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|
At the heart of India’s China problem is an Indian inability to size up the Middle Kingdom and the meaning of its spectacular rise and to devise realistic responses to meet the attendant challenges. To be fair, this is not an affliction of New Delhi alone. Successive American administrations have [...]
2017-02-05T15:37:54+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment|
The destruction caused to a significant part of the Chennai coastline from the oil spill that followed a collision between two ships is both tragic and ironic. A large quantity of oil was released into the sea, affecting marine life and livelihoods of coastal communities. What makes the collision ironic [...]
2017-02-05T15:28:29+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Science|
The most fundamental progress that technology has made over the past few decades is a dramatic increase in computing power coupled with a reduction in the cost of storage. Such progress has enabled us to run algorithms and code over swathes of data and at a fraction of the cost, [...]
2017-02-05T15:21:10+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Born in socialist times, a generation of Indians lived the ideas and values of middle class for a lifetime. Middle class was an aspirational place to be for this generation, at a time when a large majority of people were still struggling to get a permanent roof over their heads [...]
2017-02-05T00:16:23+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Misc|
Gandhi has and always will have importance as far as preparation of civil service is concerned. In this 4 part series, we are trying to cover Gandhi and his philosophies as lucidly as possible. It has great importance for almost all papers of UPSC exam. *There was a question asked [...]
