BLOGS
NATIONAL MONETIZATION PIPELINE
Asset monetization is the process of unlocking the value of investment made in public assets which have not yielded appropriate or potential returns so far. National Monetization Pipeline (NMP) intended in unlocking value in infrastructure assets by involving private...
DECENTRALISED URBAN EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
Urban employment scheme called Decentralized Urban Employment and Training (DUET) was introduced by the economist Jean Dreze . Under the scheme, State or Union government would issue “job stamps”, each standing for one day of work at the minimum wage. The job stamps...
DIRECT MONETIZATION
Printing of the currency has its association with the increase in inflation. Because if everyone has more money, prices go up instead. Increasing demand will increase the rate of inflation over time . This happened recently in Zimbabwe, in...
HEAT WAVE IN CANADA & NORTHWEST AMERICA
According to U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) , world’s average annual temperature is one degree Celsius warmer than it was a century ago. The 10 warmest years on record have all occurred since 2005, and seven of the 10 have occurred just...
GOOD WATER NEIGHBOURS
The Middle East and North African (MENA) region is one of the most water-stressed regions in the world . Situated in the heart of the MENA, Israel and Palestine face issues of prolonged drought, pollution, and unequal distribution of water resources. Within this...
INDIGO ECONOMY AND REVOLT OF 1859
After 1765, becoming the Diwan the Company (and later the Crown) continually struggled with the three related problems: (i) A lack of understanding of existing institutional arrangements, (ii) Limited administrative capacity, and (iii) Especially after the “Mutiny” of...
ARTIFICIAL SUN
China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), which mimics the energy generation process of the sun, set a new record after it ran at 216 million degrees Fahrenheit (120 million degrees Celsius) for 101 seconds, according to state media. For another...
BRITISH FORWARD POLICY TOWARDS AFGHANISTAN
The disaster in the First Afghan War led to the return of Dost Mohammad on the throne of Kabul. To the distinct advantage of England, he maintained absolute neutrality when England was fighting against Russia in the Crimean War (1854-56) or was facing in India the...
MUCORMYCOSIS
Mucormycosis is a fungal infection that mainly affects people who are on medication for other health problems, that reduces their ability to fight environmental pathogens. Mucormycosis — a rare form of fungal infection which could affect vision, and...
MAINS ANSWER WRTING PRACTISE
GS IV - EHICS - “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light”. 150 words Darkness mentioned here is the ignorance or lack of knowledge.Child here is the weaker sections also including...