We use a lot many types of goods for a reason. These goods are both tangible (goods) and non-tangible (services). Together goods and services are known as commodities. The reason for their use is what can be called as the “satisfaction of wants”. Wants are satisfied by using goods and services. The process of using […]

We have all heard the adage “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” having a great significance since ages. This proverb means that eating an apple each day keeps you healthy. Apples are so full of vitamins and nutrients that if you eat one every day, you will not become sick and you will […]

Prof. V.P. Gupta,Director, Rau’s IAS Study Circle, New Delhi – Jaipur – Bengaluru The call for holding simultaneous elections has grown recently and the Prime Minister of India has advocated holding simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and State Assemblies to utilise maximum time for governance which is otherwise lost due to political campaigns and rallies. […]

Mr. Rahul Gupta has secured the 20th Rank in the 2016-17 Civil Services Examination (CSE).He made it into the prestigious IAS in his fourth attempt. Mr. Gupta is a B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering) from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, Punjab. He did his schooling from Ryan International School, Rohini, Delhi.  Mr. Gupta is of the strong […]

In the words of John Milton, a good book is worth possessing since it is “the precious life-blood of a master spirit.” Whereas Jawaharlal Nehru said, “Some books are to be tasted, others are to be swallowed and some to be chewed and digested.” A book has great power for good and evil. A good […]

The famous English poet Wystan Hugh Auden had once rightly said that “Water is the soul of earth” as all prominent civilisations such as the Indus Valley Civilisation, the Mesopotamian Civilisation have come up on the banks of the Indus and Nile rivers. The land along the rivers was very fertile and all these civilisations […]

The machinery of Government in the States is organised on the same pattern as that of the Union Government. As in the Union, the Government in the States is based on the parliamentary model. The Head of a State is called the Governor who is the constitutional head as the President is for the Union. […]

The First World War broke out in August 1914. The Allied powers claimed that they were fighting the war for freedom and democracy. In the beginning of the war, some of the Indian nationalists took the British statesmen on their word. They offered utmost support to the government’s war efforts. Their hope was that the […]

Keep your eyes on the Sun and you will not see the shadows.” —Australian Aborigine saying The struggle for freedom in India, from an empire whose “sun never set”, was a movement driven by hope. The movement against apartheid in South Africa, in spite of several setbacks, was kept alive with hope. When Dr. Martin […]

Inhaling polluted air is not fair! Spread solution, not pollution! Air is the Earth’s atmosphere. When Earth was formed 4.6 billion years ago from a hot mix of gases and solids, it had almost no atmosphere. The surface was molten. As Earth cooled, an atmosphere was formed mainly from gases spewed from volcanoes. After about […]