2021-04-27T02:25:52+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
One of the most ambitious plans to emerge from India’s recently announced Union budget was the government’s proposal to privatize state-owned companies in the coming years. This is an important step in India’s programme of reforms to achieve long-term sustainable growth. […]
2021-04-27T01:33:41+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
Energy is a master resource which has the ability to catapult or cripple a growing economy. The rising threat of climate change has transitioned from climate-science conferences to billions being spent on disaster relief expenses. Global markets are increasingly demanding carbon-free products. Realizing the impending threat to their economies, several [...]
2021-04-27T01:26:04+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
We are in the midst of an unprecedented and atypical global adverse shock. While all attention must focus right now on overcoming the health crisis, we must take stock of our economic prospects this decade. This article is not about India’s underlying unconstrained potential. It is about how much of [...]
2021-04-23T03:39:20+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
APRIL 14TH was a big day in India. Hindus and Sikhs gathered to mark the new year. Many Muslims celebrated the first day of Ramadan at late-night feasts with friends and family. In Haridwar, a temple town that this year hosts the Kumbh Mela, an intermittent Hindu festival that is the [...]
2021-04-23T13:47:38+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP & IR|
As the United States prepares to end its longest war, here is a timeline of the US’s war in Afghanistan […]
2021-04-20T00:06:26+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
There are two main reasons why the novel Coronavirushas been such a disaster for the world economy: One, that it infects everyone — regardless of their economic status, and two, because it essentially spreads just the way economic growth does — via human interaction. In other words, controlling the virus’ [...]
2021-04-19T23:53:18+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|
The passing of amendments to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act in India recently is a step forward in recognising the rights of women. […]
2021-04-19T23:44:33+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Science|
NASA has made history as the American aerospace agency announced that it successfully flew its four-pound ‘Ingenuity’ helicopter from the surface of Mars on 19 April. […]
2021-04-13T04:25:50+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography|
Context :- On the occasion of World Water Day on March 22, a memorandum of agreement was signed between Union Minister of Jal Shakti and the chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh to implement the Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP) on Monday. Since the 1980s, when it was planned, the Ken-Betwa river [...]
2021-04-13T03:22:22+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Misc|
The killing of 22 security personnel by Maoists in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh serves as a grim reminder that left-wing insurgency continues to be one of the biggest internal security threats for the country. […]
