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HINDU NOTES-APRIL 10 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-01 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Fossil finger points to early humans entering Saudi Arabia News An ancient human finger bone found in Saudi Arabia provides a new clue about when and how our species migrated out of Africa. Beyond News Researchers say it shows hunter-gatherers had reached that area by 85,000 years ago. Previously discovered human fossils show an earlier human presence in Israel and possibly China. Scientists believe early people left Africa more than once after evolving there at least 300,000 years ago. The bone, from an adult and most likely a middle finger, was found in 2016 about 340 miles (550 kilometre) southeast of the Sinai Peninsula. Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Transgenders to be recognised…

Apr92018 by adminNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-APRIL 9 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-01 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Proto-historic settlement of artisans unearthed. News Minute bone and crystal drills of less than 2 cm size used for making beads, different varieties of beads of semi-precious stone, bone points as well as a large number of microlithic tools have been unearthed by archaeologists of the University of Calcutta during a recent excavation at Asuralay village in West Bengal’s Birbhum district. Beyond News A month-long excavation from the first week of March to April 2018, on a mound, which is about two metres from the surface of the earth, has revealed a proto historic settlement. The initial estimate tells that the settlement could date to the second millennium BC (about 3500 years from…

Apr82018 by adminNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-APRIL 7 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-01 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Remnants of ancient civilization at Peraiyur News Peraiyur near Kamuthi in Tamil Nadu could be holding treasures like Keezhadi, according to amateurs at the Ramanathapuram Archaeological Research Foundation. Beyond News Recently, they discovered microlithic tools, Sangam period brick structure, Roman roulette ware shreds and Chinese potsherds at the site. Foundation had collected a host of artefacts and antiques during their 6-month-long field exploration at ‘Thidal kaadu’, ‘Semman kaadu’, Sengamadai Raja temple and ‘Kalungu’ Muniappasamy temple in the Gundar river bed at Peraiyur. As the examination of the artefacts revealed that they belonged to four different periods – Microlithic age, Megalithic age, Sangam period and Medieval period, the foundation believed that the site, especially…

Apr62018 by adminNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-APRIL 6 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-01 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Ancient temple found in Egypt. News Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a temple in Egypt’s western desert dating back to the Greco-Roman period, the Antiquities Ministry has said. Beyond News It said the uncovered part includes stone walls and the temple’s main entrance, which leads to a courtyard and entrances to other chambers. It says excavation is still under way at the site, near the Siwa oasis and at the country’s border with Libya. Head archaeologist says statues depicting a man and lions, as well as pottery fragments and coins, were also found at the site. The remains date to between the 2nd century B.C. and the 3rd century A.D. Hindu Notes…

Apr52018 by adminNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-APRIL 5 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-01 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE 42 heritage monuments, sites in Bihar state-protected News From the ruins of Raja Bhoj’s fort in Buxar to noted author George Orwell’s birthplace in Motihari, Bihar’s archaeology department has brought nearly 13 heritage landmarks under its fold in the last 10 years. Beyond News According to top officials in the state’s Directorate of Archaeology, the total number of monuments and sites protected under the Bihar Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites Remains and Art Treasures Act, 1976, has now grown to 42. An old mound located in Lari area of Arwal district is the latest site (42nd) to be declared protected. The notification for the same was issued on September 8, last year. The…

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HINDU NOTES-APRIL 4 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-01 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Underwater melt-off in the Antarctic is worrying: experts News Hidden underwater melt-off in the Antarctic is doubling every 20 years and could soon overtake Greenland to become the biggest source of sea-level rise, according to the first complete underwater map of the world’s largest body of ice. Beyond News Warming waters have caused the base of ice near the ocean floor around the south pole to shrink by 1,463 square kilometres between 2010 and 2016. The suggests climate change is affecting the Antarctic more than previously believed and is likely to prompt global projections of sea—level rise to be revised upward. Until recently, the Antarctic was seen as relatively stable. Viewed from above,…