–On September 15 2021, the heads of the government of Australia, the UK and the US announced the formation of a trilateral security pact, to be known as ‘AUKUS’. –The US and Britain would share with Australia, intelligence and advanced technologies in areas like artificial intelligence, cyber-warfare, quantum computing and nuclear submarine construction. –There is…
INDIA’S PALM OIL IMPORTS: –India barely produces about 1.5% of its palm oil while importing about 9 million tonnes from Southeast Asian countries, particularly, Indonesia and Malaysia. India is one of the world’s largest vegetable oil consumers but remains heavily import-dependent. The import dependence also impacts food inflation. –It is also used in various forms…
I wrote an answer to a similar question earlier. It is reproduced here: Why will selectors not select the best talent? Since there is no logical answer to this question, the question is obviously baseless. You may have seen some examples of bright students who lacked all round development being rejected by SSB. This is…
GEOGRAPHY: Afghanistan is a landlocked country surrounded by Pakistan, Tajikistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and China. Despite holding over $1 trillion in proven untapped mineral deposits, Afghanistan remains one of the least developed countries in the world. HISTORY: — In April 1978, Afghanistan’s centrist government was overthrown by left-wing military officers, which had little popular…
Procrastination is a major problem with a lot of people. A large number of my students wanted me to write on the subject to improve their understanding of procrastination and evolve strategies to overcome this problem. Putting off things for the future can have various reasons or a combination of reasons. It is thus a…
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest Muhammad Ali is one of the most iconic figures of 20th century. He was the Boxing heavyweight world champion for long. In this blog I do not want to talk about his Boxing but how he was prepared to risk everything for what he believed in and why he is an inspiration…
2020 was a quite a horrible year primarily because of COVID-19. In this year lives and livelihoods both got shattered. The entire world suffered. Some suffered more than others. India and US suffered more because of COVID-19 and also because of incompetent handling of the pandemic. Thus for them 2020 was a good year. Since…
08 Nov 2016 was the day PM Modi announced demonetization. This economically stupid step made India poorer by approximately Rs 5 lac crore. The aim of PM Modi, as assessed by me, was to get rid of the tag of “suit-boot ki Sarkar” and give an impression that he was getting after the rich and…