2017-03-04T17:55:08+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Barely noticed and mostly ignored by the chatterati, a silent sanitation revolution appears to be underway in rural West Bengal, Rajasthan and to some extent in Madhya Pradesh. It appears that we may finally be turning a corner in our war against open defecation. Roughly half of India’s population- about [...]
2017-03-02T13:17:57+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Geography|
Pangong Lake […]
2017-03-01T15:45:52+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Science|
National Science Day is celebrated every year on February 28. The theme for National Science Day 2017 is ‘Science and Technology for Specially-Abled Persons’ to improve the lives of the differently-abled better with the use of science and technology. […]
2017-03-01T12:49:14+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Yojana|
Dear All, We have added the budget highlights in the "#Yojana Nector- Education (Jan 2016)". All the Yojana Nector can be found here:- http://www.iastree.com/reports-content/ Feel free to let us know if you have any ideas with regards to this initiative. Thank You UPSCTREE
2017-02-28T13:20:36+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment|
Toxicity e-waste ejects could have long term effect on habitat and Homo sapiens. It accounts for approximately 40% of lead and 70% of heavy metals found in landfills. This leads to ground water contamination, air pollution and soil acidification. […]
2017-02-28T03:23:17+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment|
Lantana Camara is one such invasive species that since its introduction has become widespread from Southern India forests to Himalaya foothills.Lantana not only spreads fast but does not allow grass, shrubs or any other plant in its vicinity to grow leading to the migration or decline in the number of [...]
2017-02-28T20:52:37+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Essays|
Essay Test - E02 - Statistics & Analysis Top 3 Scores - 114, 105, 99 out of 250 Top 3 Scorers - Chinmoy, Gaurav, Shruti Average Score - 57 Total number of submissions - 373 Most attempted topic- Digital Economy and India The 2nd Most attempted topic- Will we be leaving the Earth as a better [...]
2017-02-28T20:12:52+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Yojana|
Yojana Nector is an initiative where we are trying to filter out Yojana magazine and give you the “cream” or “nector” of the whole magazine.The idea is to give you something, that you can retain, internalize and put in the exam papers. What we essentially pick is – the critical [...]
2017-02-28T12:38:01+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Geography|
2017-02-28T12:36:51+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Science|
With the discovery of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a dwarf star, we are on the right track to find another habitable system! What makes this discovery by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope special is that this is the first time that a series of Earth-sized planets have been found around a [...]
