2017-08-08T22:40:59+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
Popularly known as NCR, the National Capital Region is one of a kind in the world. It not only has the largest spatial extent but also brings together under one planning jurisdiction 13 districts of Haryana, seven districts of Uttar Pradesh and two districts of Rajasthan, which covers the entire [...]
2017-08-07T00:57:08+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Essays|
Dear Students, Please note that essay test 06 is already live in student portal. The topics are as follows- 1. India and China – The two Asian giants and their role in 21st century. 2. “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society [...]
2017-08-05T23:06:08+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Ethics|
Scientists have for the first time managed to edit genes in a human embryo to repair a genetic mutation, fuelling hopes that such procedures may one day be available outside laboratory conditions. […]
2017-08-05T22:59:11+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|
In ordering that lease-holders should pay compensation to the extent of 100% of the price of the quantum of minerals they had illegally extracted, the Supreme Court has gone beyond a mere affirmation of the ‘polluter pays’ principle. […]
2017-08-05T22:40:27+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
A recent report by the National Institute of Fiscal Policy and Research (NIFPR) released in July 2017 reveals that economically backward states like Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha spend less than half of the desired requirement for each student at the elementary level on an annual basis, when compared to more [...]
2017-08-03T13:55:45+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Water is considered mining’s biggest casualty of all time given the huge scale at which mining of different types are advancing in today’s world. Acid mine drainage (AMD) is one of the largest repercussions of mining on water resources. It is a risk associated with all kinds of hardrock [...]
2017-08-03T13:47:56+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) was established in 1993 by an Act of Parliament. It is the all-powerful regulatory body for the teacher education system in the country, consisting of the Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) that run bachelor of education (BEd) and diploma in education (DEd) programmes to [...]
2017-08-02T10:44:45+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
Background – It’s akin to expecting someone to climb Mount Everest in a month, Rajan Wadhera says of having to leapfrog to the much stricter Bharat Stage VI (BS VI) emission norms from BS IV in less than three years. […]
2017-08-02T10:30:07+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Humanity will have used up its allowance of planetary resources such as water, soil, and clean air for all of 2017 by 2 Aug 22017, a report said. […]
2017-08-01T12:18:39+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment, Geography|
Background:- The tragedy of the monsoons is often floods and landslides — 2017 was no different. The Government of India claims that by July 28, 2017, a period by when the monsoons had made their onset over most of India, about 600 deaths have occurred across the country due to [...]
