2021-04-23T03:39:20+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
APRIL 14TH was a big day in India. Hindus and Sikhs gathered to mark the new year. Many Muslims celebrated the first day of Ramadan at late-night feasts with friends and family. In Haridwar, a temple town that this year hosts the Kumbh Mela, an intermittent Hindu festival that is the [...]
2021-04-23T13:47:38+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP & IR|
As the United States prepares to end its longest war, here is a timeline of the US’s war in Afghanistan […]
2021-04-20T00:06:26+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
There are two main reasons why the novel Coronavirushas been such a disaster for the world economy: One, that it infects everyone — regardless of their economic status, and two, because it essentially spreads just the way economic growth does — via human interaction. In other words, controlling the virus’ [...]
2021-04-19T23:53:18+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|
The passing of amendments to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act in India recently is a step forward in recognising the rights of women. […]
2021-04-19T23:44:33+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Science|
NASA has made history as the American aerospace agency announced that it successfully flew its four-pound ‘Ingenuity’ helicopter from the surface of Mars on 19 April. […]
2021-04-13T04:25:50+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography|
Context :- On the occasion of World Water Day on March 22, a memorandum of agreement was signed between Union Minister of Jal Shakti and the chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh to implement the Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP) on Monday. Since the 1980s, when it was planned, the Ken-Betwa river [...]
2021-04-13T03:22:22+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Misc|
The killing of 22 security personnel by Maoists in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh serves as a grim reminder that left-wing insurgency continues to be one of the biggest internal security threats for the country. […]
2021-04-13T03:21:25+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
On March 31, the World Economic Forum released its annual Gender Gap Report 2021. India had slipped 28 spots to rank 140 out of the 156 countries covered. […]
2021-04-13T02:49:34+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
India faces a huge burden of malnutrition rooted in its social, economic, and cultural asymmetries and challenges. According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-4 conducted in 2014-15, for children under five years of age, 38.4 per cent were stunted (height-for-age), 21 per cent were wasted (weight-for-height), 7.5 per cent [...]
2021-04-13T02:24:56+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|
A preamble is an introductory statement in a document that explains the document’s philosophy and objectives. In a Constitution, it presents the intention of its framers, the history behind its creation, and the core values and principles of the nation. […]
