Daily Current Events – 16 June 2016
Shri Piyush Goyal Launches Ujala Scheme in Goa and Vidyut Pravah & Urja Mobile App:- UJALA Scheme:- […]
Daily Editorials – India- on the brink to take off or on the brink to fall ?
With a strong demographic dividend, a growing entrepreneurial ecosystem and a large domestic market, the time is right for India’s economy to soar.The world is expecting India to translate its potential into action. […]
Society Watch – “Cities are solution not problems” – 6 powerful lessons from the transformation of Medellin
Medellin (Country -Colombia) once a city ruled by crime, drug trafficking and domestic war in the last 20 years of the past century, has made it on to the list of the top 10 urban innovations. This may sound like a news headline but it is much more than that. [...]
Communication regarding Student Login details !!!
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Society Watch – War costs us $13.6 trillion. So why do we spend so little on peace?
The latest Global Peace Index report, released recently, finds that 2015 was a bad year for international peace and security. It recorded a further deterioration in global peace based on historic trends. 2015 witnessed the highest number of global battle deaths for 25 years, persistently high levels of terrorism, and [...]
Daily Current Events – 15 June 2016
A simulation of early human migration using current topographical data:- *Not much use of this piece of article except to understand demographic diffusion.If demographic diffusion is part of your optional/syllabus, this can come in handy to cite the study to make it relevant in contemporary terms.Thus read this only if [...]
Environment Watch – Preparing Indian cities for high water
If governments paid serious attention to the economic geography of India’s cities, they would be doing a lot more to prepare for annual weather events like the monsoon. UN Habitat estimates that by 2030 India will have 14 major clusters of cities accounting for 40 per cent of its GDP. [...]
Society Watch – Steering India to safer roads
Road accidents in India kill more people than some epidemics, but the Central and the State governments refuse to see it for what it is — a national crisis. The antiquated traffic management and transportation system resulted in 1,50,000 deaths and left more than half a million injured last year, [...]
Daily Current Events – 14 June 2016
On wings of fire: Solar plane completes U.S. trip:- The solar-powered airplane on a globe-circling voyage that began more than a year ago in the United Arab Emirates reached a milestone recently when it landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport ,New York. […]
Polity Watch – RBI : The Institution Should Not Be Beholden To An Individual
1957 was an eventful year in Reserve Bank of India’s history. Sir Benegal Rama Rau was the fourth Reserve Bank governor, and till date remains the longest serving head of the institution from 1949 to 1957. […]