2017-02-13T23:13:55+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Polity|
1957 was an eventful year in Reserve Bank of India’s history. Sir Benegal Rama Rau was the fourth Reserve Bank governor, and till date remains the longest serving head of the institution from 1949 to 1957. […]
2017-02-13T23:14:39+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Background :- “Udta Punjab” is a bollywood movie which was a topic of debate for the past week across media and social media.It was fighting against the censor board for certification.The reason behind the conflict was that it supposedly “maligns the image of an Indian state” . [...]
2017-02-13T23:15:18+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|
Mexico, Italy back India’s NSG bid:- As the extraordinary two-day plenary of the Nuclear Suppliers Group began in Vienna on recently to discuss membership applications, India’s chances received a boost from Mexico, considered a “non-proliferation hardliner” thus far. […]
2017-02-13T23:16:08+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, History|
The green of the coconut grove was a soothing sight in the fierce noon sun that had started frying Keeladi, near Madurai. The Harappan connection reported in the press but it was a misunderstanding.It is a misunderstanding.The size of the site can be compared to some Harappan sites but there [...]
2017-02-13T23:08:17+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Polity|
Challenge for the modern world is to accept diversity as an existential reality and to configure attitudes and methodologies for dealing with it:- Background :- Vice President’s address at Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco . The Vice president delves deeper in to what constitutes Islam , then he asks [...]
2017-02-13T23:07:00+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, History|
Background :- History is such a tender subject and it is usually raised upon a fragile plinth.Think of History as a House of Cards and think of the dates/chronology in history as the very foundation of the House of cards.Dating the history is a pure matter of science whether it is [...]
2017-02-13T23:06:13+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Polity|
The right to intervene:- Sitting in his presidential palace in 1991, Iraq’s President Saddam Hussein and his Culture Minister Hamad Hammadi drafted a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.). Hussein and Hammadi hoped that the U.S.S.R. would help save Iraq from the West’s [...]
2017-02-13T23:05:43+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
Renewable Energy Employs 8.1 Million People Worldwide More than 8.1 million people worldwide are now employed by the renewable energy industry – a five percent increase from last year – according to a report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) at its 11th Council meeting. The report, [...]
2017-02-13T23:02:36+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Polity|
A blow against free speech At the dawn of the 17th century, Englishmen were in the habit of challenging each other to violent duels in order to avenge personal insults. Public disorder was frequent and the authorities decided to step in. To obviate the need for duels, they began to [...]
2017-02-13T23:01:09+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
Can India grow at 8 to 9 per cent? The Indian economy is currently passing through a phase of relatively slow growth. However, this should not cloud the fact that over the nine-year period beginning 2005-06, the average annual growth rate was 7.7 per cent. Against this background, the relevant [...]
