2017-01-31T03:38:50+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, History|Tags: History|
Gandhi’s movement, a century ago, was a political campaign operating in a more hostile environment than today’s. Yet it brought lasting reform without alienating the opposition Our nationalist mythology has painted the Champaran movement as an outright revolt against an oppressive colonial government and business interests. But in fact, there [...]
2017-01-12T07:47:26+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
World Bank cuts India’s FY17 growth forecast to 7% The World Bank has lowered its growth forecast for India to 7 per cent from 7.6 per cent in 2016-17, citing a slowdown in consumption and manufacturing due to demonetisation and an ongoing decline in private investment and credit constraints due [...]
2017-01-31T03:41:26+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|Tags: society|
“Education is not solely an academic pursuit; it is a pursuit of moral wisdom.” Young monks study in their school inside Thikse Monastery in Ladakh. […]
2017-01-12T07:03:50+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PKVY) On the sidelines of the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention,the PM has announced a scheme to skill Indian youth seeking jobs abroad. […]
2017-01-31T03:41:36+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|Tags: society|
In a seminal paper, ‘Complexities of 21st Century Policing’, published last year, Professor David Bayley of the State University of New York, Albany was categorical that the traditional notion of police professionalism was dead, and that the plea for ‘policing with consent’ must be rethought. In the paper, Prof. Bayley, [...]
2017-01-31T03:41:49+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Geography|Tags: Geography|
The word urban underlies a basic theme. One that its population size is larger than its rural counterpart, two that its size is definitely larger and three that its functions are varied. Function is probably the most important criterion to define a town. The other criteria are population size and [...]
2017-01-31T03:41:59+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|Tags: society|
Note:- UPSC has asked an essay a while back on Gross Happiness Index and since then it has been more or less became a theme and was asked in the exams repeatedly. For example – In one of its ethics papers UPSC had asked “What happiness means according to you [...]
2017-01-31T03:42:11+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Agriculture, Editorials|Tags: agriculture|
The leaves of the honey herb are sessile, oppositely arranged lanceolate and serrated above the middle. The trichome structures on the leaf surface are of two distinct sizes, one large (4-5µm), one small (2.5µm). The flowers are white with sweet scent and flavour, arranged in an irregular cyma. [...]
2017-01-31T03:42:36+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Geography|Tags: Geography|
Man, needs shelter! It is one of his earliest demands from the environment that he constantly struggles with. No wonder each and every traditional house type reflects this bond. Then over time this relationship grew like an organism into an intricate meshwork of cultures, religions and customs that determined how [...]
2017-01-31T03:42:55+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Geography|Tags: Geography|
Note- The article is little technical in nature. It also refers to different geological timescale, here is a list for better understanding :- In the early 1800s European priests and doctors visiting India found ample dinosaur remains strewn about the place. In fact, one such gentleman – a captain, is fondly [...]
