by Admin New Vision IAS Academy | Dec 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
TRIPLE TROUBLE FOR MANGROVES The study found that mangrove forests, their large biodiversity and the coastal protection they provide are under pressure from three distinct threats – sea-level rise, lack of mud and squeezed habitats. The research, conducted by an...
by Admin New Vision IAS Academy | Dec 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
GILGIT-BALTISTAN DISPUTE During the first Indo-Pak war of October 1947, Pakistan occupied 78,114 sq km of the land of Jammu and Kashmir, including the ‘Northern Areas’. The Northern Areas is the other name of Gilgit-Baltistan that Pakistan has used for administrative...
by Admin New Vision IAS Academy | Dec 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
REDACTIVE PRICING AUDIT Redaction is the selection or adaption by ‘obscuring or removing sensitive information’ from a document prior to publication. Redactive pricing is nowhere used in SAI audit reports. It does not seem to have been used in a government audit by...
by Admin New Vision IAS Academy | Dec 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
PLEA BARGAINING Plea bargaining refers to a person charged with a criminal offence negotiating with the prosecution for a lesser punishment than what is provided in law by pleading guilty to a less serious offence It is common in the United States, and has been a...
by Admin New Vision IAS Academy | Dec 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
THEORY OF RELATIVE DEPRIVATION Relative deprivation is a measure of social poverty, often resulting in social isolation, limited social mobility, physical and mental stress, low self‐worth, and an effort–reward imbalance. Marx (1847) captures the intuitive appeal of...
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