HINDU NOTES-MAY 23 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-MAY 23 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

Bank test, Current affairs, Daily hindu notes, Editorial analysis, IAS EXAM, MAINS 2018, PIB notes, The Hindu Notes
Hindu Notes from General Studies-01 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Graffiti taking its toll on prehistoric rock paintings. News Like many important monuments across India, the prehistoric rock paintings in Telangana’s Jayashankar Bhupalpally district are prey to confessions of undying love and names etched for posterity. Beyond News Increasing defacement, including instances of scraped graffiti and smeared oil paints, are a cause for grave concern at the millennia-old rock paintings of Pandavulagutta, which trace the evolution of human knowledge. Pandavulagutta is home to painted rock shelters dating to 10000 BC-8000 BC, an 8th century inscription of the Rashtrakuta period, and painted frescoes from the 12th century Kakatiya empire. The pre-historic rock paintings resemble those at Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh, with flora, fauna and…
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HINDU NOTES-MAY 22 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-MAY 22 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

Bank test, Current affairs, Daily hindu notes, Editorial analysis, MAINS 2018, The Hindu Notes
Hindu Notes from General Studies-01 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Indonesia's most active volcano rumbles, public ordered to stay News Indonesia's most active volcano, Mount Merapi on densely populated Java island, has shown danger signs with a series of small eruptions, and authorities have ordered villagers living on its slopes to leave and hikers to stay clear. Beyond News A series of eruptions at Mount Merapi in 2010 killed more than 350 people and authorities are taking no chances after plumes of smoke and ash billowed into the sky late. There can be no public activity within a 3 km radius. Hiking is also temporarily prohibited, a spokesman for the national disaster mitigation agency said. The agency raised the alert level a notch.…
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HINDU NOTES-MAY 21 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-MAY 21 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE India-China ties: Gold mine may become flashpoint News: China has begun large-scale mining operations on its side of the border with Arunachal Pradesh, where gold, silver and other precious minerals valued at about $60 billion have been found, a media report said. Beyond News: The mine project is being undertaken in the Lhunze county adjacent to the Indian border, which is under Chinese control, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post Projecting the mining operations as part of China’s move to take over Arunachal Pradesh, the report said, “people familiar with the project say the mines are part of an ambitious plan by Beijing to reclaim south Tibet.” China claims Arunachal Pradesh as part…
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HINDU NOTES-MAY 18 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-MAY 18 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Section 144 in Assam district after clash over building toilet News Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure was promulgated in southern Assam’s Hailakandi district after a clash over the construction of a pay-and-use toilet. Nb: Section 144 restricts unlawful assembly of people. Beyond News Trouble started when members of the Congress and the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) clashed near the toilet’s construction site – a garden outside the government-run district hospital in Hailakandi town, about 310 km south of Guwahati. The toilet was being constructed by the State’s Public Health Engineering (PHE) department. The district hospital was named after former Congress MLA Santosh Kumar Roy. The Congress and the…
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HINDU NOTES-MAY 17 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-MAY 17 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

Bank test, Current affairs, Daily Capsule, Daily hindu notes, IAS EXAM, MAINS 2018, PIB notes, Read Hindu, The Hindu Notes
Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE US accuses India of non-adherence to parental child abduction protocols News The United States accused India of not adhering to any protocol with respect to international parental child abduction, claiming 90 per cent of requests for the return of “abducted children” remained unresolved for over a year. Beyond News International Parental Child Abduction (IPCA) generally refers to the “wrongful removal” or “wrongful retention” to another country of a child by the child’s parent or guardian. The State Department in its latest Annual Report on IPCA described India as a “non-compliant country,” a tag the country carries since 2014 when the first report came out. The 2017 annual report cites countries such as Argentina,…
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HINDU NOTES-MAY 16 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-MAY 16 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

Bank test, Current affairs, Daily hindu notes, Editorials, hindu notes, IAS EXAM, MAINS 2018, Press Information Bureau(PIB), The Hindu Notes, UPSC exam
Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Aadhaar not mandatory for getting pension: Govt News:  The Aadhaar card is not mandatory for central government employees to get their pension, Minister of State for Personnel said. Beyond News: In 30th meeting of the Standing Committee of Voluntary Agencies here recently, the Aadhaar was an additional facility to enable the use of technology for submission of life certificate without the need for visiting banks, Minister said. His assertion assumes significance as there were reports of some retired employees facing difficulty in getting the pension in the absence of Aadhaar linkage with their bank accounts. The minister clarified that Aadhaar has not been made mandatory for getting pension for government employees, according to…
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