2017-12-20T23:51:17+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography|
The formation of mountain passes between mountain peaks might occur during the formation of the mountain range or they may be formed due to the action of glaciers, running water, or with the help of precipitation in the form of rain or snow. While a mountain pass through a ridge [...]
2017-12-21T08:26:27+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Other than the polar regions, the Himalayas follow as the largest deposit of frozen water in the world, especially in the case of Himalayan glaciers. Himalayan glaciers make up about 17 per cent of the Himalayas and about 37 per cent of the Karakoram Range. […]
2017-12-19T12:46:57+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography, Misc|
The Natural Resources Data Management System (NRDMS) is an initiative of Department of Science and Technology of Government of India, conceived to help Policy makers and planners to formulate developmental strategy. In doing so, they have the advantage of the progress made in recent years in the methodologies designed to [...]
2017-12-19T12:36:11+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Misc|
If you understand the problem well enough, then the solution is around the corner. […]
2017-11-18T19:11:13+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
They build our cities and infrastructures yet are invisible to us while hiding in plain sight. […]
2017-11-18T18:59:41+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
The World Bank’s recent flagship World Development Report, 2018 addressed some immediate challenges of quality education. One of the ways that it broke new ground was on the issue of provision for private education. Growing private school enrolment is a global trend and the phenomenon must be taken seriously and [...]
2017-11-18T18:54:00+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography|
The most common sort among the calculations of population density is as defined by the number of persons per square kilometre. Calculations of population density depict the concentration of population over certain spatial units, and the Census of India uses number of persons per square kilometre as its principle method [...]
2017-11-18T18:50:25+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Science|
Nuclear Power Capable of Mitigating India’s Energy Crisis […]
2017-11-18T18:44:38+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Himalayan glaciers make up about 17 per cent of the Himalayas and about 37 per cent of the Karakoram Range. […]
2017-11-18T18:39:03+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Climate Change in the Himalayas is a major topic of worry for climate watchers in the Subcontinent and across the world. The Himalayas have the largest deposits of snow and ice in the world outside the Polar Regions and is often referred to as the ‘Third Pole’ and also as [...]
