2017-01-31T03:41:36+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
In a seminal paper, ‘Complexities of 21st Century Policing’, published last year, Professor David Bayley of the State University of New York, Albany was categorical that the traditional notion of police professionalism was dead, and that the plea for ‘policing with consent’ must be rethought. In the paper, Prof. Bayley, [...]
2017-01-31T03:41:59+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Note:- UPSC has asked an essay a while back on Gross Happiness Index and since then it has been more or less became a theme and was asked in the exams repeatedly. For example – In one of its ethics papers UPSC had asked “What happiness means according to 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 [...]
2017-01-31T03:48:16+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 [...]
2017-02-14T18:19:24+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials, Society|
The concept of ‘Inclusive Growth’ finds place more frequently in the debates and discussions at different forums. The Government aimed at promoting ‘inclusive growth’ as it recognized that high national income growth alone did not address the challenge of employment promotion, poverty reduction and balanced regional development or improving human [...]
2017-02-14T01:35:31+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Note :- The question was given as part of our Mains test series, and the editor can be helpful and give some insight in to it. Mains test series question- Recently “organic farming” has become“rhetoric” rather than a “practice”. Discuss its relevance and potential in India. Do you really think [...]
2017-02-14T18:06:52+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Controlling population is considered to be one of the major challenges in every country. While different countries have adopted various measures to curb population growth, India continues to struggle in developing population control strategies. […]
2017-02-14T01:23:18+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Outgoing American President Barack Obama has dwelt at length on the problem of inequality in an article he has penned in The Economist. Titled ‘The Way Ahead’, the article talks about four issues his successor will have to focus on. In this, he talks about inequality increasing across the world, [...]
2017-02-14T00:31:30+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
The work in microeconomic theory for which Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström have received this years Nobel Prize goes back to the 1970s and 1980s when the foundations of contract theory were being firmed up. […]
