2017-02-13T23:45:20+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
The egregious practice that many Muslim men employ to divorce their wives instantaneously and without their consent, merely by uttering the word talaq thrice, was rendered legally invalid by the Shamim Ara vs State of UP judgment of 2002 and subsequent orders from various High Courts. […]
2017-02-13T23:22:30+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
The National Health Accounts data for 2013-14 present fresh evidence that India continues to have a non-serious approach to the provision of universal health coverage to all its citizens. […]
2017-02-13T23:23:02+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Background :- Child Labor is a paradox in itself.While the Child is social term the labor is an economic term and intermixing both have resulted in exploitation.There are 33 million child labourers in India, according to UNICEF According to UNICEF, a child is involved in child labour if he or [...]
2017-02-13T23:11:42+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Medellin (Country -Colombia) once a city ruled by crime, drug trafficking and domestic war in the last 20 years of the past century, has made it on to the list of the top 10 urban innovations. This may sound like a news headline but it is much more than that. [...]
2017-02-13T23:12:11+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
The latest Global Peace Index report, released recently, finds that 2015 was a bad year for international peace and security. It recorded a further deterioration in global peace based on historic trends. 2015 witnessed the highest number of global battle deaths for 25 years, persistently high levels of terrorism, and [...]
2017-02-13T23:13:13+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Road accidents in India kill more people than some epidemics, but the Central and the State governments refuse to see it for what it is — a national crisis. The antiquated traffic management and transportation system resulted in 1,50,000 deaths and left more than half a million injured last year, [...]
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” . [...]
2017-02-13T22:18:46+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Background :- Traditional medicine is something that every Indian must have used at some point of their lifetime. Although, in recent years it has been loosing its sheen and gave away to the modern medicinal system, yet its significance still remains. And in the context of spiraling life-style diseases, more and [...]
2017-02-13T22:06:50+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials, Society|
India has made encouraging progress by halving its official poverty rate, from 45 percent of the population in 1994 to 22 percent in 2012. This is an achievement to be celebrated—yet it also gives the nation an opportunity to set higher aspirations. While the official poverty line counts only those [...]
2017-02-13T21:58:29+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events, Editorials, Society|
Shyam Benegal Committee report on Cinematograph Act/ Rules :- Background:- For quite sometime now the CBFC- Central Board of Film Certification has been subjected to public discourse and debate, more so , it took headlines and it’s actions made few heads turn.In order to find a viable solution to the [...]
