2021-07-23T14:12:58+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP & IR|
The British organised a conference in Shimla in 1914, which the representatives of China and Tibet attended. The conference’s objective was to negotiate a treaty that would demarcate the border between Tibet and British-ruled India. The British plan was to put pressure on the weak Chinese central government to grant [...]
2021-07-23T02:09:13+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: History|
After the fall of Tipu Sultan (1799), the East India Company government restored the Mysore kingdom to the Wodeyar dynasty. It decided to pay a stipend to Tipu’s sons and intern them in two palaces, Hyder Mahal and Tipu Mahal, specially constructed for them in the Vellore Fort. Along with [...]
2021-07-21T21:37:25+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|
In a major boost for federalism, the Supreme Court recently struck down parts of a Constitution amendment which shrank the exclusive authority of States over its cooperative societies. […]
2021-07-21T21:22:00+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
THE occurrence of two cyclones in consecutive seasons—Cyclone Nisarga in 2020 and cyclone Tauktae in 2021—is highly unusual for the west coast of India but fits in with the warnings of experts. […]
2021-07-21T20:25:16+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Policy|
Context The Arctic region has recently assumed considerable strategic significance as it has been underlined by the policies enunciated by major powers. The interests and concerns of the Arctic states are vast and varied. India, being an observer in the Arctic Council, has legitimate interests in the region and has, [...]
2021-07-21T19:36:03+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|
Highlights of the Bill 1) The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 states that adoption of a child is final on the issuance of an adoption order by the civil court. The Bill provides that instead of the court, the district magistrate (including additional district magistrate) [...]
2021-07-21T18:28:05+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Several residents of villages around Odisha’s Chilika lake have turned a new leaf in the past few years. They hunted and poached birds in the area before. But today, they are their guardians. […]
2021-07-20T04:22:04+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Science|
It is the name for perhaps the most powerful piece of spyware ever developed – certainly by a private company. Once it has wormed its way on to your phone, without you noticing, it can turn it into a 24-hour surveillance device. It can copy messages you send or receive, [...]
2021-07-17T13:16:51+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
India’s rapid urban growth is putting pressure on its already crumbling base of public service arrangements — especially its management of water and sanitation services, whose safe and reliable availability proved to be the first line of defence against the scourges of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). It holds potential to support the [...]
2021-07-17T13:10:19+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Contamination and pollution of water are serious problems today. Many of the chemical substances that are disposed in water bodies are toxic and hazardous. Disease-causing microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses are solely responsible for waterborne diseases in both humans and animals. […]
