One of the reasons being attributed as to why Italy is the worst affected country in terms of mortality by the COVID-19, is it's ageing population. It becomes important to…
Category: General Studies Paper 1
Urban Commons
What are 'Urban Commons'? Commons, then, as the historian Peter Linebaugh (2009) reminds us, involve “being-in-common”, or using resources in more or less shared, more or less non-subtractable ways through…
Coronavirus and deglobalisation
The coronavirus that has seeped out of China, insinuating itself into at least 81 countries while killing more than 3,200 people, has effectively accelerated and intensified the pushback to global…
Earthquakes
EARTHQUAKES An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the earth’s crust. At the earth surface earthquakes manifest themselves by shaking and sometimes displacing the ground.…
Periodic Proportionate Farming/Avartansheel kheti
Periodic Proportionate Farming/Avartansheel khetiBundelkhand is a parched region comprising 13 districts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh that is regularly featured on the national news for prolonged droughts, crop loss…
Extra Tropical Cyclones or Temperate Cyclones
Extra tropical cyclones Extra-tropical cyclones (also referred to as mid-latitude cyclones) are a fundamental part of the atmospheric circulation in the mid-latitudes due to their ability to transport large amounts…
Quit India Movement -In Detail
Quit India Movement: The Beginning: With the failure of the Cripps mission, the Congress again turned to Gandhi. In an article written on April 19th 1942, which appeared in Harijan…
What is a Pandemic?
Are we prepared for a Pandemic? A pandemic is an epidemic occurring worldwide, or over a wide area, crossing international boundaries and usually affecting a large number of people, “says…
Coronavirus Spread-How are humans responsible?
Globalisation, Urbanisation, faster travel and communication, dependance on antibiotics and Shoving them into animals and plants to increase product yield, etc. are what has eventually led to outbreaks like Coronavirus.(Relevant…
Water Conservation in India as CSR measure
Philanthropic initiatives have a long history in India. But the idea was brought into a legal framework in 2014 when Corporate Social Responsibility was introduced as a statutory obligation under…