Economy Watch – Challenges Before Make in India !!!(Q & A Format – Interview with Nirmala Sitharaman )! and UPSCTREE Summary.
What is Make in India? Is it a scheme, a slogan or a campaign? […]
#Must Read – Society Watch-Globalization and its impact – A Comprehensive Analysis !!!
Globalization is the buzzword in the contemporary world. Broadly speaking, the term ‘globalization’ means integration of economies and societies through cross country flows of information, ideas, technologies, goods, services, capital, finance and people. Cross border integration can have several dimensions – cultural, social, political and economic. In fact, cultural and [...]
Society Watch – The risk of Diabetes !!!
Diabetes A SILENT KILLER One in every 11 adults has diabetes 415 million […]
#Must Read – Society Watch – Fighting against the Mosquitoes !!!
Scientists say a month of concentrated efforts is all it takes to control mosquitoes responsible for diseases like dengue and chikungunya. But the claim sounds far-fetched at a time when almost the entire country has been reporting these diseases for the past few months . […]
Society Watch – Taxing sugary drinks can tackle obesity, diabetes: WHO
A latest report by the World Health Organization (WHO) says that taxing sugary drinks can lower consumption and reduce obesity, type 2 diabetes and tooth decay. The report titled Fiscal Policies for Diet and Prevention of Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) proposes fiscal policies that lead to at least a 20 per cent [...]
Economy Watch – The Coastal Economic Zone Push !!!
It is generally agreed that a key element in the transformation of India is the creation of a large number of good jobs. While micro and small enterprises provide lots of jobs, consistent with their low productivity, they pay relatively low wages. […]
Economy Watch – India: Issues and Priorities for Agriculture
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Nearly three-quarters of India’s families depend on rural incomes. The majority of India’s poor (some 770 million people or about 70 percent) are found in rural areas. India’s food security depends on producing cereal crops, as well as increasing its production of fruits, vegetables and milk to meet [...]
History Watch- Bagha Jatin: The Bengal Tiger Whom The British Feared
Exactly 101 years ago, the nationalist-revolutionary succumbed to severe bullet injuries in Balasore hospital following a gallant battle with the British-controlled police. […]
Environment Watch- Anthropocene: Here I Come !!!
About a fortnight ago, a group of geoscientists gathered at Cape Town, South Africa, and have recommended that mankind’s impact on Mother Earth has been so profound in recent years, that it is time to describe a new geological epoch in the history of earth, calling it Anthropocene (Anthropo, from the [...]
Polity Watch – Grammar of Anarchy and Ambedkar !!!
Five Excerpts From Ambedkar’s Historic ‘Grammar of Anarchy’ Speech On 25 November 1949, a day before the Constitution was formally adopted by the Constituent Assembly, BR Ambedkar rose in the central hall of the Parliament and almost in a prophetic tone delivered a speech which is described as amongst the [...]