2021-04-06T14:22:57+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Science|
NFT stands for ‘Non-fungible token’ and is a tradeable, digital ownership certificate representing the ownership of a unique asset. Blockchain (which collects information together in groups or ‘blocks’) means that virtual art can become collectible. However, most NFT art is stored in blockchain of the Ethereum cryptocurrency, which has a [...]
2021-04-01T10:06:22+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP & IR|
Even as the chicken-and-egg game is being played between the U.S. and Iran on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as to whether Iranian compliance comes first or the lifting of sanctions by the U.S., the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is back on the stage to rescue the [...]
2021-03-31T17:44:18+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
Most armies of the world follow a version of the British Defence Doctrine that lays down Ten Principles of War, the first of which is “Selection and Maintenance of Aim”. If the national aim is to achieve quick economic recovery, then we need to remember that the second of the [...]
2021-03-21T13:01:34+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Science|
Every year, India imports helium worth ₹55,000 crore from the U.S. Helium is colourless, odourless, tasteless, inert and a noble gas. Yet, it finds many applications, mainly in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, in rockets and in nuclear reactors. […]
2021-03-21T05:21:13+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Agriculture|
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) wanted to find out per capita food waste generated after the food reached retail stores, restaurants and canteens and homes. They scoured research studies and data to estimate the amount wasted. […]
2021-03-21T02:30:18+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: History|
THE Revolt of 1857 must be set in the larger context of what colonialism was doing to India and its people at the time. […]
2021-03-21T04:01:14+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
A comprehensive report on the distribution range, abundance trends and conservation status of birds in India indicates a worrying decline in the populations of 79 per cent of the species. “The State of India’s Birds 2020” report, which was released at the 13th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Migratory [...]
2021-03-26T02:51:26+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
In the last 50 or 60 years, rigid master plans have been the way to plan India’s cities. And what has this resulted in? “The urban dysfunction,” according to Sanjeev Sanyal, Principal Economic Advisor, Government of India. […]
2021-03-21T03:20:27+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Deepor Beel, a Ramsar site near Guwahati in Assam, known for its fish and bird diversity and rich aquatic vegetation that attracts wild elephants, faces conservation threats from garbage dumping, quarrying, and the construction of a railway line, besides a smart city project. […]
2021-03-25T14:51:53+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
For Women’s History Month, it is important to highlight the contributions of women across society. It is also important to remember women throughout history and understand that while many history texts would have us remember them simply as wives and mothers, women of the past were rulers, warriors and cultural [...]
