Current affairs IAS UPSC-February 15 2017

Current affairs IAS UPSC-February 15 2017

Current affairs, General Studies, The Hindu Notes
Current affairs IAS UPSC February 15 2017 General Studies-01 There may be El – Niño like condition this year El – Niño one of the warm ocean current found in south American coast of Peru and Chile Indian meteorological department, india institute if tropical studies and ministry of earth science will make analyses of pattern from foreign and own model There are past two consecutive year of the el – Niño and weaken indian monsoon because when there was El – Nino means low pressure in south Atlantic That law pressures weaken wind cell of the pacific ocean lead to weaken wind pattern in indian subcontinent and finally draught like condition in india El Nino refers to an anomalous heating up of the waters in the central-eastern regions of the…
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Quiz-January 9 Daily Current affairs

Prelims Quiz
1.Recently,The Prime Minister had listed the 10-point agenda for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR).Which of the following is amongst the 10-point agenda of the DRR? 1) Invest in risk mapping globally 2) Develop a network of universities to work on disaster issues 3) Encourage greater involvement and leadership of women in disaster risk management a. 1, 2 b. 2, 3 c. 1, 3 d. All of the above [shc_shortcode class="shc_mybox"]The Prime Minister’s 10-point agenda on DRR is - 1. All development sectors must imbibe the principles of disaster risk management. 2. Work towards risk coverage for all-starting from poor households to SMEs to multi-national corporations to nation states. 3. Encourage greater involvement and leadership of women in disaster risk management. 4. Invest in risk mapping globally. For mapping risks related to…
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