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How the United States' regional strategy for South Asia under President Donald Trump is different from that under former US President Barak Obama? Discuss while underlining the progress in bilateral relations between India and US during last two years.

One of the aspects of new strategy is expansion of American military in South Asia which is opposite to previous strategy under Obama.  For example, the Obama administration...

August 13, 2023

Urban floods are significantly different from rural flooding. Discuss while highlighting the causes of Urban Floods in India.

Flood is “an overflow of a water body over areas not usually inundated”. However Urban flood is significantly different from the rural flood. Because of developed catchments in...

August 13, 2023

Analyse various crypto currencies, their uses and concerns over their regulation and issues associated.

Cryptocurrency is a digital currency. Encryption techniques are used to regulate its use and generate its release.�It is not regulated or controlled by any bank, government or centralized...

August 13, 2023

Comment on the OTT platform vs telecom sector debate in India. How can the government ensure a level playing field?

Over-the-Top (OTT) platforms have registered an exponential growth in the past few years in India. The factors that have contributed to its growth include increased penetration of faster...

August 12, 2023

Discuss the significance of the Arihant SLBM launch with regards to India’s nuclear deterrence capacity. Also comment on how the SLBM differs from its land-based counterpart.

India has recently launched a nuclear capable Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) from its first indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant. SLBM: The launched missile belongs to the ‘K’...

August 12, 2023

What are the features of the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019?

Both the houses of Parliament, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have passed the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The features of the bill are: The bill amends...

August 12, 2023

Discuss the extent, issues and possible remedies towards problems of Rail Finances in India

Extent and issues with Rail Finances About 94 percent of the system’s revenues are spent on operating costs leaving little to modernize its creaking infrastructure. Under investment in...

August 12, 2023

Elucidate the meaning of Ecological Sensitive Area (ESA) and Eco-sensitive Zones (ESZs) while bringing out the objectives of their demarcation.

Ecological Sensitive Areas or Ecologically Sensitive Zones refer to those areas which have been notified by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change as areas around the...

August 12, 2023

Can artificial recharge of the ground water solve India's ground water crisis? To what extent? Discuss while enumerating various methods of artificially recharging the Ground Water.

Artificial recharge of the groundwater can solve the issue substantially but not completely because of very high rate of groundwater exploitation. This method can solve the crisis  in...

August 12, 2023

Critically examine if NITI Aayog has been able to bring seminal change in developmental policy making and establishing the bottom-up setup as opposed to the top-down approach that Planning Commission was in famous for.

The NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog is a think tank of the Government of India which was established in 2015, to replace the Planning Commission of...

August 12, 2023

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