Economy watch – What Is A Bad Bank And Does India Need One?
What Is A Bad Bank? […]
Society Watch – The state of India’s Internet through graphs !!!
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. […]
Geopolitics Watch – H1B Visa – the bread and butter !!
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 [...]
Economy Watch – Budget 2017 and its place in history !!!
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 [...]
Environment Watch – World Wetland Day – 02 Feb and RAMSAR sites in India !!!
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 [...]
Food for thought – Around the world and India !!! Questions that require your critical understanding.
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 [...]
A comprehensive note on Nano Technology – Application and Ethical dimension !!!
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 [...]
Geopolitics Watch – India And China: Does The Elephant Read The Dragon Right?
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 [...]
Environment Watch – The Oilspills in Chennai !!!
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 [...]
Science Watch – The Man vs The Machine !!!
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, [...]