2017-01-31T03:46:09+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
Background – Bitcoin now has a total market capitalisation of about $18 billion — far more than other so-called “crypto-currencies” although a fraction of the value of other globally traded commodities. And it nears record high as it becomes ‘safe haven’ asset. What is a Bitcoin? Bitcoin is a virtual [...]
2017-01-31T03:46:24+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|
January 9 commemorates the day Mahatma Gandhi returned from South Africa in 1915, after honing satyagraha, or peaceful protest, against the colonial and racist regime there. In 2002, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee decided to celebrate it annually by holding events including bestowing [...]
2017-01-31T03:47:04+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
Green bonds, which finance environmentally friendly businesses and assets, have emerged as one of the key financing mechanisms driving the global economy’s transition to a greener future. Since the issuance of the first green bond in 2007 by two multilateral development banks (World Bank and European Investment Bank), the green [...]
2017-01-08T13:02:58+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Uncategorized|
Background :- Recently we published an editorial on Section 123(3) of the Representation of the People Act of 1951 and Supreme Court!!! In interpretation of the particular section there was a debate on the Purposive Interpretation and its meaning. There is certain ambiguity with respect to the meaning of it and this is [...]
2017-01-08T13:42:58+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
India’s GDP growth expected to be slower at 7.1% in 2016-17: CSO + According to growth projection released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth is expected to grow at a slower pace at 7.1% in 2016-17 as compared to 7.6% in 2015-16. World Bank [...]
2017-01-08T13:43:05+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
2017 – International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development The United Nations (UN) has declared 2017 as the “International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development” to celebrate and promote the contribution of the tourism sector to building a better world. The International Year aims to support a change in policies, [...]
2017-01-08T10:02:41+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: MOTIVATIONAL|
“You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing, and dance, and write poems, and suffer, and understand, for all that is life.” [...]
2017-01-31T03:46:47+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Polity|
Note :- Representation of the People Act is in the syllabus and this can be a potential question for Mains and Interview.Also remember the section, name of the “Justice” as well as the name of the case as is because last time UPSC asked a section of AFSPA itself. Moreover if you [...]
2017-01-31T03:47:23+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Mosquitoes kill an estimated 700 000 people a year. If infected with viruses that cause diseases like chikungunya, dengue and Zika, mosquitos can transmit them to humans in one bite. Researchers have now pilot-deployed a new technique to control diseases transmitted by mosquitoes by making use of nature. It is [...]
2017-01-31T03:47:41+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|
Note :- This is an editorial written by Brahma Chellaney for Livemint. Publishing it without any editorial oversight.You can discuss your views on this in comments section. Do you think what Mr Chellaney is advocating is the right way forward ? Central governments come and go in New Delhi but India’s instinctive [...]
