2017-02-17T14:43:30+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment|
India is home to 18 Biosphere Reserves (BRs). The reserves are representative parts of natural and cultural landscapes extending over large area of terrestrial or coastal/marine ecosystems. Globally there are 621 BRs from 117 countries included so far. […]
2017-02-17T14:43:42+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Science|
With the successful launch of 104 satellites from a single rocket on February 15, 2017 at 9:28 AM IST, ISRO has managed to once again prove to the world that no matter what goals are set for it, ISRO manages to blow them all to smithereens. […]
2017-02-16T11:57:40+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment|
In the present, the top three environmental issues facing the Thar are water availability, land quality and dust emission. While dwindling water reserves call for urgent attention to water management, threats of global warming and population pressure are not only deteriorating the land condition, but also increasing the sand mobility [...]
2017-02-15T14:35:18+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Polity|
Corruption in high places is a malaise that is easy to diagnose but difficult to cure. Even in the rare cases they are arraigned before a court, top politicians often pay their way through legal battles, and spend little or no time in incarceration. And as with the churning, it [...]
2017-02-14T01:38:35+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
What is Make in India? Is it a scheme, a slogan or a campaign? […]
2017-02-14T01:30:41+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials, Society|
Globalization is the buzzword in the contemporary world. Broadly speaking, the term ‘globalization’ means integration of economies and societies through cross country flows of information, ideas, technologies, goods, services, capital, finance and people. Cross border integration can have several dimensions – cultural, social, political and economic. In fact, cultural and [...]
2017-02-14T01:20:47+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Diabetes A SILENT KILLER One in every 11 adults has diabetes 415 million […]
2017-02-14T01:12:27+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Scientists say a month of concentrated efforts is all it takes to control mosquitoes responsible for diseases like dengue and chikungunya. But the claim sounds far-fetched at a time when almost the entire country has been reporting these diseases for the past few months . […]
2017-02-14T00:56:56+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
A latest report by the World Health Organization (WHO) says that taxing sugary drinks can lower consumption and reduce obesity, type 2 diabetes and tooth decay. The report titled Fiscal Policies for Diet and Prevention of Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) proposes fiscal policies that lead to at least a 20 per cent [...]
2017-02-14T00:49:24+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
It is generally agreed that a key element in the transformation of India is the creation of a large number of good jobs. While micro and small enterprises provide lots of jobs, consistent with their low productivity, they pay relatively low wages. […]
