2017-02-18T12:39:37+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP and IR|
The horrific suicide attack at a Sufi shrine in Sehwan in Pakistan’s Sindh province that killed at least 80 people, underscores fears about the Islamic State gaining strength in the country. A suicide bomber blew himself up at the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, among the most venerated of Sufi [...]
2017-02-17T14:38:08+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment, Science|
Deforestation and pollution have become a serious trouble and are even more of a concern in big cities with the air quality being constantly deteriorated by the fumes from vehicles and industries. And while the pollution is increasing, the green cover required to combat is decreasing, mainly to clear space [...]
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 . […]
