2022-11-20T20:21:12+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: History|Tags: Frontline|
On October 26, 1947, Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir signed the Instrument of Accession with India, thereby ending the intense angling for that princely state by rival players India and Pakistan. The prelude to it was an intricate maze of bureaucratic jostling, uncertainty, simulation of friendship by vested [...]
2022-11-18T11:00:46+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|Tags: The Hindu|
Background A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Monday, in a 3:2 majority decision, upheld the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment, which provides 10% reservation in government jobs and educational institutions to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) of society but excludes the “poorest of poor” among Scheduled Castes [...]
2022-11-18T10:29:46+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP & IR|Tags: The Hindu|
Global and regional food security have been deliberated upon as one of the priority agendas of the G20 for many years now. The situation has worsened with growing conflicts, and spiralling climate crises marked by droughts, floods, cyclones, and economic downturns in the past few years. In this context, India’s [...]
2022-11-11T14:29:57+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|Tags: The Indian Express|
Background The steering committee of a global programme to end child marriage is on a visit to India to witness state interventions which have helped reduce the prevalence of child marriage. The visit by the UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage team is in view of an estimated increase [...]
2022-11-08T15:23:25+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|Tags: The Indian Express|
Background Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections, Gujarat on October 29 joined the list of BJP-ruled States that have called for implementing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). […]
2022-11-05T13:30:37+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Agriculture|Tags: The Hindu|
Background The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), India’s apex regulator of genetically modified plants and food products, has approved the environmental release of Dhara Mustard Hybrid-11 (DMH-11), a genetically-engineered variant of mustard. If approved for commercial cultivation it would be the first genetically modified food crop available to Indian farmers. [...]
2022-10-26T14:17:27+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|Tags: NITI Aayog|
Transitioning from a Throwaway Culture to a Circular Economy is Need of the Hour […]
2022-10-25T15:52:22+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|Tags: The Indian Express|
Background Last week, the World Bank released its latest report on global poverty. It stated that “economic upheavals brought on by Covid-19 and later the war in Ukraine” had produced “an outright reversal” in poverty reduction across the planet. […]
2022-10-25T13:06:51+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|Tags: The Indian Express|
Background The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) indicated that it will soon commence limited pilot launches of e-rupee (e`), or Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) or digital rupee, for specific use cases. […]
2022-10-25T12:16:43+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography|
Background A heatwave is a period of unusually hot weather with above normal temperatures that typically last three or more days. In India, heatwaves are generally experienced during March-June. […]
