[Environment] IPCC and the Science, Politics and Economy around Climate Change

2021-08-13T17:28:11+05:30By |Categories: Environment|Tags: |

Context Earlier this week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported on climate science, warning against the folly of a business-as-usual development model. Past assessments have been disregarded as sensationalist. For attention to shift from a day of front-page news to a more strategic conversation, we must understand what [...]

#Must Read-[Society] Why coercive population control measures are a bad idea

2021-08-12T07:44:04+05:30By |Categories: Society|Tags: |

Syllabus Connect :- GS I ( Population and associated issues) Context   Recently, population control measures are being discussed by the states of Assam and Uttar Pradesh. Many other states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Karnataka and Odisha have been following a two-child norm [...]

[IR] “Graveyard of Empires”-Afghanistan

2021-08-06T23:41:56+05:30By |Categories: History|Tags: |

Afghanistan is a notoriously difficult country to govern. Empire after empire, nation after nation have failed to pacify what is today the modern territory of Afghanistan, giving the region the nickname “Graveyard of Empires, ” even if sometimes those empires won some initial battles and made inroads into the region. [...]

[Economy] Nuclear Power-10 Years After Fukushima

2021-08-05T09:15:32+05:30By |Categories: Economy|Tags: |

Syllabus Connect:- GS III (Energy) Context:- At the beginning of the new millennium, amid growing awareness of the link between energy-related greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, the notion of a ‘nuclear renaissance’ became popular. Scientists and policy makers identified low carbon nuclear power as a potential protagonist in the [...]

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