2017-02-14T00:11:26+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
UN court rejects disarmament case against India The United Nations’ highest court recently rejected nuclear disarmament cases filed by the Pacific nation of the Marshall Islands against Britain, India and Pakistan, saying it did not have jurisdiction. […]
2017-02-14T00:11:45+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Recently, there was a discussion at the Chennai International Centre on “inclusive music,” the panel consisting of Gopalkrishna Gandhi and T.M. Krishna. The discussion was quite topical because it was for his efforts at making Carnatic music ‘more inclusive’ that Krishna is supposed to have received the Magsaysay Award. [...]
2017-02-14T00:12:05+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
In 2015, India, like other developed countries, had more number of deaths caused by non-communicable diseases. […]
2017-02-14T00:12:25+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment|
The likelihood of at least 600,000 deaths being caused annually in India by fine particulate matter pollution in the air is cause for worry, even if the data released by the World Health Organisation are only a modelled estimate. […]
2017-02-14T00:12:48+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
The Centre’s move to mop up black money from the economy by giving taxpayers amnesty to declare undisclosed past income by paying tax on it at an effective, slightly high rate of 45 per cent has yielded a surprisingly positive dividend. […]
2017-02-14T00:13:18+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|
India has completed agreements for civil nuclear cooperation with 11 countries so far, including the U.S., Russia, Australia, Canada and South Korea, but the upcoming agreement with Japan could be the most significant. […]
2017-02-14T00:20:44+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|
The peace agreement reached between the Afghan government of President Ashraf Ghani and warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar speaks volumes about the current situation in the country. […]
2016-10-08T06:58:35+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
Polygamy no longer progressive The Ministry of Law and Justice submits in the Supreme Court that the practice of triple talaq and polygamy are needed to be adjudicated upon afresh by the apex court. Polygamy may have been “progressive and path-breaking” centuries ago, but not now when women and notions [...]
2017-02-14T00:21:08+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
The revival of the HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2014, and the Union Cabinet’s approval for provisions that make discrimination against people living with the virus punishable, are positive steps. […]
2016-10-07T21:48:48+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
Swachh Bharat Mission :Fast Facts Taking stock of 2 years of the Mission:- […]
