2022-08-22T15:44:48+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
The issue of ‘freebies’ has bounced back, when the Supreme Court of India on August 3, 2022, recommended constituting an expert committee comprising representatives of the beneficiaries, Union and State governments, the Finance Commission, NITI Aayog and the Reserve Bank of India to study the issue of ‘freebies’. [...]
2022-08-08T13:09:17+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP & IR|
Context– Recently Taiwan has invoked the ‘porcupine strategy’ to protect itself if China attacks. […]
2022-08-01T16:15:33+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
Context:- The lavender crop is changing the landscape and improving farm incomes in Kashmir. […]
2022-08-01T14:22:46+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: History|
The Salt March to dandi, concluding with the making of illegal salt by Gandhi on April 6, 1930, launched a nationwide protest against the British salt tax. At Dharasana, another town in Gujarat, salt production and storage was monopolized by the British. On May 4, 1930, Gandhi [...]
2023-01-02T14:23:05+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Context:- Earth Over Shoot Day 2022 If the citizens of the world lived like those of the United States, the resources of more than five full planets would be needed to satisfy the global need for resources every year. This data is highlighted annually by the NGO Global Footprint Network, [...]
2022-07-29T15:06:17+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Context:- Last month, India protested against its ranking on the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) of 2022, prepared by researchers at the Yale and Columbia Universities in the U.S. The report measures 40 performance indicators across 11 categories to measure the “state of sustainability around the world.” India was ranked last (180) [...]
2022-07-26T15:15:52+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: History|
On the night of 22 September 1914, Madras city was winding up another hectic day. Since the disturbances of World War 1 had not affected South India, days and nights were peaceful and as any other day, the city was getting ready for a night’s slumber, downing its lights one [...]
2022-07-25T14:21:19+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|
Context:-Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Saturday said the media is running “kangaroo courts” on issues even experienced judges find difficult to decide. He said. ill-informed, biased and agenda-driven debates in the media on issues pending in courts are affecting justice delivery Media has breached its responsibility, taking democracy [...]
2022-07-19T15:28:46+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
Context :- The rupee seems to be on a trajectory of decline, with its value relative to the dollar (as per the Reserve Bank of India’s reference rate) falling from Rs.76.4 at the beginning of April to Rs.79.1 at the beginning of July. Cause:- […]
2022-05-31T16:54:02+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP & IR|
Since the end of the Second World War, the global order has seen two major transitions. After the War, a bipolar world, led by the U.S. and the Soviet Union, emerged. […]
