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The eastern Siberian landscape In winter it is blanketed in snow; in summer, its forests are lush and its wetlands soggy. In 2019, however, the region is on fire, as are large parts of the Arctic Circle. Nothing on this scale has been observed. The amount of burning seen in boreal regions in recent decades […]
Re-imagining India and Africa Delhi’s Strategy for Indo-Pacific needs to recognise the importance of the continent Although scepticism about the idea of Indo-Pacific endures, the new geopolitical construct continues to gain ground. In embracing the concept late last month, the Association of South East Asian Nations has taken a big step towards bridging the eastern […]
Humankind, have finally evolved themselves in such a manner that they are neither fit to call themselves as humans nor kind. And in the name of calling themselves as the most intelligent and evolved of all beings have only manipulated their own environment with an agenda to do degradation, rather than development. They have converted […]
India has still enough resources on the land but of late, it is being pulled to deep-sea mining? Explain the nature of deep sea mining in India and its likely impacts. The story so far: India’s ambitious ‘Deep Ocean Mission’ is all set to be launched this year. Dr. MadhavanRajeevan, Secretary, Union Ministry of Earth Sciences, […]
The future world will belong to markets, where investment can be directed, where production can take place and who can help life made easy. The future world will be a world where environmental problems are manageable problems, and whose occurrences do not affect the world environment to create unmitigated health problem and its solutions do […]
ITS TIME TO MOVE TOWARDS MARITIME REGION India’s policy so far Problems in the approach so far Upcoming and emerging Problems Movement towards Indian Ocean Advantages of movement towards Indian Ocean. India should hit the snooze button on Afghanistan and Central Asia, focus on oceanic region Our big problem remains our neighbourhood. We still lack […]
ISRO’s thrust areas Since its establishment in 1969, ISRO has been guided by a set of mission and vision statements covering both the societal objectives and the thrust areas. The first area was of satellite communication, with INSAT and GSAT as the backbones, to address the national needs for telecommunication, broadcasting and broadband infrastructure. Gradually, […]
The term Indo Pacific, as a new geopolitical construct and as a term used to denote an economic and strategic community continues to gain ground in academic and policy circle. In June 2018 at the Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore, when PM Narendra Modi outlined the Indian version of the definition of Indo Pacific as […]
ONE NATION ONE FERTILIZER: Prime Minister launched ‘One Nation One Fertilizer’ scheme known as Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Januruak Pariyojana (PMBJP). Under this scheme fertilizer throughout the country will be made available under ‘Bharat’ brand name and logo. This scheme will apply to both public and private sector, manufacturing fertilizers. To buy our online courses: Click […]
What are Flash Droughts The climate of India is fascinating in many ways. It gives life to agriculture, festivals, diverse lifestyles with its seasonal rhythm. However, India also witnesses all grades of disasters brought about by extremes of these seasons- by the virtue of nature or due to human interferences. One such less-researched and lesser-known […]