2021-09-22T15:16:18+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|Tags: LM|
What if you can’t be the ‘very best’? Why, of course, you must try hard to be better at ‘being better’. Whether it is contestants in beauty pageants, educational institutions seeking to go up some notches in university/business-school rankings, or even countries which seek to attract investors by pitching themselves [...]
2021-08-21T09:42:54+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|Tags: gny|
The world is pursuing a path of liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation, keys to human development. India is walking the same track, targeting a five trillion economy in the near future. We expect higher GDP, better economic status and a high standard of living like other developed countries. However, linear infrastructure [...]
2021-08-21T09:06:14+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|Tags: Frontline|
Sunderlal Bahuguna with his wife, Vimla […]
2021-08-21T08:45:22+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: History|Tags: Frontline|
ISSUR, is a hamlet in the Western Ghats in Shikaripura taluk of Shivamogga district of Karnataka, was the first village in pre-independence India to declare itself free from the colonial yoke. In September 1942, that is, 79 years ago, Issur’s people raised a banner of revolt against the British Raj [...]
2021-08-18T18:06:50+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Announcements|
This is not an analysis on social media. But it is a double-edged sword nonetheless. Without it life is difficult, With it, Life is complicated - Social Media-Be Damned. We had a long debate with in the team whether to go the social media route or not. After so much [...]
2021-08-17T10:47:10+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|Tags: The Hindu|
Context The recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), titled ‘Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis’, is the first of four that the Panel will issue over the next one and a half years. [...]
2021-08-17T10:13:05+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|Tags: The Hindu|
Context:- The Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules notified by the Centre on August 12 acknowledge the gravity of pollution caused by plastic articles of everyday use, particularly those that have no utility beyond a few minutes or hours. […]
2021-08-13T19:29:34+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|Tags: DTE|
The resurgent Taliban is on the victory march to Kabul. It has already taken provincial capitals as well as Afghanistan’s third-largest city of Herat. As the Taliban appear at the gates of Kabul again after two decades, fears have grown about what their conduct will be towards life and livelihood, [...]
2021-08-13T17:28:11+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|Tags: The Indian Express|
Context Earlier this week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported on climate science, warning against the folly of a business-as-usual development model. Past assessments have been disregarded as sensationalist. For attention to shift from a day of front-page news to a more strategic conversation, we must understand what [...]
