2016-06-15T05:45:07+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
Scientists turn CO2 into rock to combat climate change:- In a unique experiment, scientists turned carbon dioxide into a stone by pumping it with water underground. Carbon dioxide is a huge menace and probably the only way to fight it is to bury it as deep as possible. [...]
2016-06-12T23:58:52+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana launched for the State of Uttarakhand Background :- Recently Uttrakhand joined the scheme. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana With the tagline “Swachh Indhan, Behtar Jeevan”, Union Government has launched a social welfare scheme “Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana” (PMUY) on 1st May 2016 under the leadership of Hon’ble [...]
2017-02-13T23:14:39+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Background :- “Udta Punjab” is a bollywood movie which was a topic of debate for the past week across media and social media.It was fighting against the censor board for certification.The reason behind the conflict was that it supposedly “maligns the image of an Indian state” . [...]
2016-06-10T16:33:04+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
Daily MCQS :- The MCQS are mostly informative in nature and checks your grasp on current events. Click here to take the test […]
2017-02-13T23:15:18+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|
Mexico, Italy back India’s NSG bid:- As the extraordinary two-day plenary of the Nuclear Suppliers Group began in Vienna on recently to discuss membership applications, India’s chances received a boost from Mexico, considered a “non-proliferation hardliner” thus far. […]
2016-06-10T15:44:26+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
Unleashing the Indian ingenuity through entrepreneurship – A realizable goal or a bubble waiting to burst ? Provide your answer/perspective in the comments section. […]
2017-02-13T23:16:08+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, History|
The green of the coconut grove was a soothing sight in the fierce noon sun that had started frying Keeladi, near Madurai. The Harappan connection reported in the press but it was a misunderstanding.It is a misunderstanding.The size of the site can be compared to some Harappan sites but there [...]
2016-06-09T16:14:22+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Uncategorized|
Swedish general appointed to head UN India Pakistan military observers:- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has appointed Swedish Major General Per Lodin, a logistics expert, to head the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) that monitors the situation in Kashmir. India does not recognise the UNMOGIP’s mandate. [...]
2016-06-09T13:29:36+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
‘Gangotri glacier retreated by 3 km in two centuries’ Gaumukh, the snout of the Gangotri glacier, named after its shape like the mouth of a cow, has retreated by over 3 kilometres since 1817. […]
2016-06-09T11:44:55+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
Disclaimer :- This is an exclusive UPSCTREE write up.The italicized sentences are the inputs we derived from other sources. Background:- It was an afternoon of a Thursday, unlike any, it was significant because it was a particular day of a particular year – November 19,1863 and it was the [...]
