Give a brief account of the area distribution of mangroves in India. Discuss the Importance of mangrove conservation and its benefits.

Mangrove is a small tree or shrub which grows in coastal saline or brackish water areas. It has numerous tangled roots that grow above ground known as pneumatophores to take oxygen. Mangrove in India: According to the India State of ..

"Underdevelopment breeds insurgency and insurgency retards development". Discuss giving reference to India's North East Region.

Model Answer: Regional development means improving the economic, political, and social well-being of the people. It also includes education, employment and healthy life style of the people. But, the condition with North-East remained just opposite since the colonial period because of ..

The government has started to zero-in on the companies which have not declared their geo-tags. This is based on suspicions of illegal money market or even routing to terrorist funds. Comment.

The governmental crackdown on many registered businesses who have not declared their geo-tags is a welcome step as the fears of the government that these firms could be engaged in certain fraud or even in certain terrorist activity cannot be ..

Examine the need for a new joint command structure. In its creation, what are the challenges?

The government is working on the formation of integrated theatre commands, as a part of defence reforms under which appointment of CDS was done. Combining the resources of all three forces under a single commander to secure a particular geography ..

What is facial recognition technology? How is it being used by the government? Examine the issues associated with it.

Facial recognition is an algorithm-based technology which creates a digital map of the face by identifying and mapping an individual’s facial features. Then through an automated process, it compares two images of faces to determine whether they represent the same ..

India has been proactive in listing terrorists at the UNSC forum. Discuss the challenges posed by China in India’s fight against terrorism. What can be done to overcome these challenges?

Terrorism undermines the core values of humanity, peace and growth. It also poses a major threat to international peace and security. India’s role against terrorism: India since its independence, has been at the forefront of global action against terrorism. India, ..

What is Deep Tech? Examine case for an “India Strategic Fund”.

The government of India has been focusing on self-reliance in the field of military technology, semiconductors and science-based businesses. Deep Tech: Deep tech refers to those organisations which are involved in the field of technology solutions, engineering innovation, scientific advances, ..

How Indian Economy has fared in the second quarter?

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter (July-September) Q2 of 2018-19. Indian Economy in the Second Quarter: The GDP growth has slowed to 7.1%, ..

What do you understand by the so called "Détente" during 1970s and 1980s? Why it is said that Détente's was a one-way street that the Soviet Union used to pursue its aims?

Post WW-II, the world was divided into two blocs viz. communist bloc led by USSR and capitalist bloc led by USA. Largely, the cold war was manifestation of this difference in ideology.  The Cuban missile crisis of 1962 had carried ..

Examine the Kissa tradition in Punjabi liteature.

Waris Shah was one of the pioneers of the Qissa/Kissa (story) tradition of the Punjabi folk literature. Heer Ranjha and Sohni Mahiwal Punjabi Sufi poetry also influenced other Punjabi literary traditions particularly the Punjabi Qissa, a genre of romantic tragedy ..