2021-06-23T23:55:37+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
The son of a corn merchant-turned sociologist, Charles Booth had little patience for Charles Dickens and others in his time, who used lyrical prose to describe the desperation of the poor in working class London. Booth was also angry, in 1885, over the claims made by F.D. Hyndman, the leader [...]
2021-06-23T20:36:19+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Conservation in India found its roots when the killing of animals were strictly prohibited in and around the Ashramas (hermitages) allotted to Brahmanas. […]
2021-06-22T20:11:19+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
The announcement by the United Nations terming 2021-30 as the Decade of Ecosystem Restoration could not have come at a more appropriate time. […]
2021-06-22T19:55:54+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Forest rights in India reflect correlative duties of tribal communities to preserve wildlife and it is in consonance to the fundamental duty under Article 51 A(g) […]
2021-06-22T19:41:52+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Charles Darwin was a careful scientist. In the middle of the 19th century, while he was collecting evidence for his theory that species evolve by natural selection, he noticed it didn’t explain the fancy tails of male peacocks, the antlers paraded by male deer, or why some the males of [...]
2021-06-22T18:41:14+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
Societies do not differ vastly in their ability to predict disasters, but their readiness to cope with them varies widely. […]
2021-06-22T18:25:02+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Ten years since the solar revolution began in the country, prices have dropped to a historic low of Rs 1.99 per kilowatt-hour (kWh). The revolution was made possible by the coming together of many elements, mainly forward-looking policies for a conducive market to inspire the confidence of private players and [...]
2021-06-22T17:55:24+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
After last year’s pandemic-induced economic collapse, the global economy is on track to make a synchronized—though unequal—recovery. A little over a year after disaster first struck, human ingenuity in the form of vaccines has mitigated its impact and accelerated the economic recovery. […]
2021-06-18T13:15:56+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
Birthrates are declining globally – here’s why it matters Birthrates are falling globally. In many countries, COVID-19 has suppressed population growth by causing a decline in births, migration and life expectancy. Even before the pandemic, urbanization was driving population decline. At the end of May, the Chinese Government announced that [...]
2021-06-16T16:26:55+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP & IR|
In June 2020, PLA troops “surprised” India in the Ladakh sector of the contested LoAC (line of actual control) where the Indian Army lost 20 lives, including that of Colonel Santosh Babu in the Galwan valley. […]
