2017-07-28T15:58:22+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Article 1 of the UN Convention to combat desertification defines land degradation as a “reduction or loss in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of rain-fed cropland, irrigated cropland, or range, pasture, forest and woodlands resulting from land uses or from a [...]
2017-07-28T15:52:53+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP & IR, Geography|
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is a comprehensive UN legal policy document demarcating areas of the sea under the jurisdiction of member states as well as legal clauses for human maritime activity in a comprehensive manner. […]
2017-07-28T15:43:50+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
When we talk about pollution, thermal pollution rarely comes to our minds. However, with the innumerable thermal power plants and industries mushrooming everywhere, thermal pollution is a real and persistent problem of current times. […]
2017-07-28T15:33:24+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|
To avoid data colonisation and allow for genuine empowerment, people must control the data they generate. […]
2017-07-24T08:05:26+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment, Geography|
Why landslide mitigation is important? The monsoons may bring life and prosperity to our agrarian societies, but it also has harmful consequences, especially for hilly regions. […]
2017-07-24T08:03:03+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|
Content:- Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India (1978)-Beginning of a golden era of human rights jurisprudence in India. Article 21 and the Due Process of Law. Gopalan Vs State of Madras ; Satwant Singh and his Passport. Maneka Gandhi's Passport, Surya and a Scandal. Breathing Life into Article 21 Small [...]
2017-07-23T07:37:01+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
Note – Notwithstanding the cliched nature of the title of this post, this article does not have the objective to be lost in our “glorious past” but gives more than 50 ways to make India a better country. You may ask why this title then, well, there is a simple answer [...]
2017-07-22T02:03:41+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Science|
Understanding Radioactive Waste […]
2017-07-21T12:50:30+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
About 5,500 of over 76,000 children tested in nine Indian cities have been diagnosed with tuberculosis, 9% of them with multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB), highlighting the silent spread of the disease. […]
2017-07-21T12:42:49+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|
Why it was incorporated? […]
