Why in news ? Recently, Shyam Sundar Jyani, a Rajasthan-based climate activist, has won the prestigious United Nations' Land for Life Award for his environment conservation concept, Familial Forestry. Familial Forestrymeans transferring the care of the tree and environment in the family so that a tree becomes a part of the family's consciousness.Read More

SYLLABUS: GENERAL STUDIES PAPER 2 Context: The announcement by President Joe Biden that the US will withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, has sent tremors through the region’s fault-lines. Why United States is pulling out The withdrawal is inconsonance with President Trump’s America First rhetoric. According to Trump, United States has been wasting its “blood and treasure” on distant conflicts, instead of rebuilding itself. In the 17th year since its inception in 2001, the Afghanistan conflict is the US's longest running war & has had huge economic as well as human costs. Despite prolonged....Read More

SYLLABUS: GENERAL STUDIES PAPER 2 Context: The announcement by President Joe Biden that the US will withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, has sent tremors through the region’s fault-lines. Why United States is pulling out? The withdrawal is inconsonance with President Trump’s America First rhetoric. According to Trump, United States has been wasting its “blood and treasure” on distant conflicts, instead of rebuilding itself. In the 17th year since its inception in 2001, the Afghanistan conflict is the US's longest running war & has had huge economic as well as human costs. Despite prolonged....Read More