2021-02-25T09:06:27+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
It is not only India, governments across the world have started banning them. The cryptoprophets expected this, but they underestimated the power of the state. That the state is an actualization of an ethical idea might be a lie, but a successful myth. And old successful lies are hard to [...]
2021-02-27T09:49:26+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|
Investing in human capital through interventions in nutrition, health, and education is critical for sustainable growth. But India’s human capital indicators remain low. In the World Bank’s Human Capital Index, the country ranked 116th. […]
2021-02-27T08:58:36+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
When we think of air pollution, the smoggy outdoor haze of metropolitan cities comes to mind. With India being home to 21 out of 30 of the world’s most polluted cities, the visualization as an outdoor phenomenon is not completely wrong. […]
2021-02-26T14:48:37+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Misc|
Recently, the Supreme Court asked the Centre on the measures it plans to take to regulate content on over-the-top (OTT) video streaming platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. […]
2021-02-25T23:45:59+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Agriculture|
It took us substantial amount of time to come with this piece of writing. But it is all rewarding at the end. The fact that students can almost answer any questions related to agriculture (fully/partially) from this article is worth our sweat. What we require from you is patience to [...]
2021-02-25T08:40:46+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
The great Austrian economist and political philosopher, Friedrich von Hayek, published The Road to Serfdom in 1944, arguing against socialism, planning and collectivism, and in favour of individual liberty, the market system and capitalism. […]
2021-02-25T08:19:33+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, History|
The Indian Fiscal Commission began its work in November 1921, and submitted its report the following year. Its chairman was Ibrahim Rahimtoolah, while John Maynard Keynes was vice- president. Keynes could not come over to India to make any meaningful contribution. […]
2021-02-25T07:58:08+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP & IR|
China is planning to ban exports of technology for refining rare earth minerals. Such a move, if taken, is likely to backfire even more spectacularly than its previous attempts to weaponize the trade in rare earths itself. […]
2021-02-23T12:20:35+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Environment|
The best way to build resilience against future pandemics and the impact of climate change is to move to a circular economy. Doing so could address 45% of global greenhouse gas emissions and provide a $4.5 trillion economic opportunity. […]
2021-02-12T19:30:25+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Context:- Indian society’s preoccupation with marriage has gripped its government of late. On Independence Day, Prime Minister announced that his government was contemplating raising the minimum age of marriage for girls from 18 to 21 years. Currently, it is 18 for girls and 21 for boys. In order to circumvent [...]
