Relevant for Sociology Paper 2:- A crusader for women empowerment, Savitribai Phule’s contribution in the field of education has left
Continue readingSociology-Daily Practice Problems(DPP)-09-Jan-2019
Q. “Informal sector and slums in urban settings in India are result of unplanned growth and development”. Comment.
Continue readingDisruption concentration and the New Economy
Relevant for Essay:- The growing dominance of leading technology firms has occasioned an intense debate about the trade-offs between efficiency
Continue readingMore than 14 per cent villages in India don’t have any school, shows govt data
Relevant for Sociology – Disparities in Education:- New Delhi: Over 14 per cent of villages in India don’t have schools, while
Continue readingRewriting economic history: The perils of GDP backcasting: Montek S Ahluwalia
Relevant For GS & Essay:- The recently released “backcast” of the gross domestic product (GDP) series brought to mind former
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Q. Explain the interface between population, ecology and environment in the context of India.
Continue readingNew investments in India plunge to 14-year-low
Relevant for GS Paper 3 & Essay:- Mumbai: Dashing hopes of a quick economic turnaround, investments in the just-ended December quarter
Continue readingWest Bengal tribals battling food scarcity: study
Relevant For Sociology Paper 2:- Two months after the West Bengal government denied any food scarcity as a possible cause of death
Continue readingDirect Port Delivery Scheme.
Relevant For General Studies:- Importers who have opted for the Direct Port Delivery (DPD) scheme at the Jawaharlal Nehru Customs House (JNCH)
Continue readingA bridge over the river Brahmaputra
Relevant for General Studies:- It has taken 21 years for the Bogibeel bridge, sanctioned by the then Prime Minister H.D.
Continue readingWhen privacy, the word of the year, came into its own.
Relevant for Essay:- It’s that time of the year when it seems incumbent on us columnists to look back at
Continue readingSociology-Daily Practice Problems(DPP)-07-Jan-2019
Q. Casteism is the modern edition of the caste system. Discuss with examples.
Continue readingAn attempt to understand and contextualise farmer suicides
Relevant for Sociology, Essay & GS Paper 3:- There is much discourse on both the issue of agrarian distress and
Continue readingCentre gives nod to draft Bill on Indian medicine
Relevant for GS Paper 2:- The Union Cabinet has approved the draft National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Bill,
Continue readingSociology-Daily Practice Problems(DPP)-05-Jan-2019
Q.Discuss the Socio-Economic Costs of Violence against women.
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