2017-01-31T03:46:09+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
Background – Bitcoin now has a total market capitalisation of about $18 billion — far more than other so-called “crypto-currencies” although a fraction of the value of other globally traded commodities. And it nears record high as it becomes ‘safe haven’ asset. What is a Bitcoin? Bitcoin is a virtual [...]
2017-01-31T03:46:24+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|
January 9 commemorates the day Mahatma Gandhi returned from South Africa in 1915, after honing satyagraha, or peaceful protest, against the colonial and racist regime there. In 2002, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee decided to celebrate it annually by holding events including bestowing [...]
2017-01-31T03:47:04+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
Green bonds, which finance environmentally friendly businesses and assets, have emerged as one of the key financing mechanisms driving the global economy’s transition to a greener future. Since the issuance of the first green bond in 2007 by two multilateral development banks (World Bank and European Investment Bank), the green [...]
2017-01-31T03:46:47+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Polity|
Note :- Representation of the People Act is in the syllabus and this can be a potential question for Mains and Interview.Also remember the section, name of the “Justice” as well as the name of the case as is because last time UPSC asked a section of AFSPA itself. Moreover if you [...]
2017-01-31T03:47:23+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Mosquitoes kill an estimated 700 000 people a year. If infected with viruses that cause diseases like chikungunya, dengue and Zika, mosquitos can transmit them to humans in one bite. Researchers have now pilot-deployed a new technique to control diseases transmitted by mosquitoes by making use of nature. It is [...]
2017-01-31T03:47:41+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|
Note :- This is an editorial written by Brahma Chellaney for Livemint. Publishing it without any editorial oversight.You can discuss your views on this in comments section. Do you think what Mr Chellaney is advocating is the right way forward ? Central governments come and go in New Delhi but India’s instinctive [...]
2017-01-31T03:48:37+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
INDUSTRIAL policy via Twitter is a new development in economics but we may all have to get used to it over the next four (or eight) years. Donald Trump’s tweets on the car industry (and his planned cuts to corporate income tax) may or may not have persuaded Ford to [...]
2017-01-31T03:48:49+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
Background – The government is coming up with a report which is likely to endorse giving all Indian citizens a guaranteed Universal Basic Income (UBI). The said report will be released this month. Business Insider talked to Prof Guy Standing, one of the leading advocates of UBI, and he says the report by the [...]
2017-01-31T03:48:16+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Note :- This book review might be less helpful as far as answering mains is concerned but can be more helpful to write a good essay on related topic. Homo Deus comes not just as an interesting intellectual exercise but as a warning, a clarion call for the what the future [...]
2017-01-31T03:53:19+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
Background:- There has been a hue and cry as far as demonetization is concerned since the night of November 8. Meanwhile, while we were observant of the various developments, we took a decision to wait until the whole story unfolds.Since November 9 , probably each newspaper had published more than [...]
