BLOGS
GUILLAIN – BARRE SYNDROME
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) (pronounced Ghee-yan Bah-ray) is a rare neurological disorder in which immune system of a person mistakenly attacks part of his peripheral nervous system—the network of nerves that carries signals from the brain & spinal cord to the...
ELECTORAL TRUST
An Electoral Trust (ET) is a body registered under the Companies Act, 1956, solely tasked with distributing contributions received from individuals or companies to political parties. An Electoral Trust is a Trust set up by companies with the sole objective to...
SPIDERS ON MARS
The dendritic fractal patterns, like the branching pattern of tree roots or river drainage networks, are common on Earth. Recently, similar patterns have been detected on planetary surfaces such as Mars and Europa, the smallest of the four moons orbiting Jupiter....
WOLF-DOG HYBRID IN INDIAN SAVANNAH
A citizen science project prompted scientists to study hybridisation between grey wolves (Canis lupus) & feral dogs (Canis lupus familiaris). ‘Citizen conservationists of Grasslands Trust’ in Maharashtra’s Pune district have been following wolf packs in and around...
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...