2017-02-14T00:01:10+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment, Polity|
The Supreme Court’s recent order to the Karnataka government to release 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu, which was later revised to 12,000 cusecs following violent protests in Bengaluru, underscores the gravity of the challenge of water crises faced by the nation. […]
2016-09-20T06:15:30+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
11 percent drop in green crimes, says NCRB The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released their annual report on crimes in India on August 30, 2016. The report, pertaining to 2015 data, brought out statistics on green crimes and provided satisfying data for India as compared to the data released [...]
2017-02-14T00:05:44+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Geography|
GIS for Starters: Encapsulated basics Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer based information system used to digitally represent and analyse various parameters of the globe. Popular use of GIS began in late 1970s and was initiated by Environmental System Research Institute Incorporation (ESRI) of Canada. Much of the credit [...]
2016-09-20T10:10:21+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: MOTIVATIONAL|
It is such a cliche that we often say – ” Failure is part of Success”, but it is true.If it is true, then how so ? Prelims results are out.While we sincerely congratulate those who qualified,at the same time we are with you if you could not make it [...]
2016-09-20T08:48:46+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Uncategorized|
Dear Aspirants, First of all, we would like to thank you for your support through out. Last year we had launched PRELIMS 2016 program ,albeit little late , yet the enrollment was beyond our expectation.We have got many positive results in PRELIMS this year and at the same time many [...]
2017-02-14T00:06:28+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Science|
*Disclaimer-The interview is published as is and without any editorial oversight by us. Interview with Dr. K Vijay Raghavan, secretary, Department of Biotechnology. India is all set to lead the global fight against epidemics as it is a key member of the newly formed Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) [...]
2016-09-20T07:11:57+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Uncategorized|
The Questions for Main test series -UTM04 is live now. Details of the test:- The questions are OPEN FOR ALL. Even if you are not part of our Mains Series, kindly practice writing the answer to the questions as it can be helpful in real exam. Registered users will get [...]
2016-09-20T04:39:49+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
Centre sends BS-V auto emission norms for a ‘six’ The Centre has notified the Bharat Stage (BS)-VI emission standards for two-wheelers and four-wheelers from April 2020 across the country. With this, the government has decided to skip the BS-V emission standards and move directly to BS-VI from the BS-IV norms [...]
2017-02-14T00:09:15+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials|
Summit over substance Barely six weeks after participating in the G-20 summit at Hangzhou, China, and the East Asia and ASEAN-India summits at Vientiane, Laos, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will himself play host to the annual BRICS summit in Goa on October 15-16, 2016. This will bring together the heads [...]
2016-09-17T11:36:42+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
University copying books for teaching is not copyright violation: Delhi HC The Delhi High Court recently held that the photocopying of course packs prepared by Delhi University comprising portions from books published by Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Taylor & Francis did not amount to infringement of copyright. [...]
