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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -JANUARY 3 2020 NOTES [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-01 IASTODAY CAPSULES are available free -date wise => CLICK HERE Navy to set up women-friendly facilities on its fleet News The Navy said it has decided to set up women-friendly facilities on its indigenously-built aircraft carrier and other bigger ships amid demands for induction of women. Women- friendly The first indigenously-built aircraft carrier Vikrant would be women- friendly. Statement comes a day after Sub-Lieutenant Shivangi became the first naval woman pilot to join operational duties in the presence of top officials at its base. Fulfilling her long-cherished dream, she received her ‘qualification wings’ from the Vice-Admiral. A roadmap has been prepared by the Navy on deployment of women on warships, which has been a long-pending demand. The Vice-Admiral said legal and other issues needed to be sorted…

Jan32020 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -JANUARY 2 2020 NOTES [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-01 IASTODAY CAPSULES are available free -date wise => CLICK HERE India records highest number of babies born globally on New Year’s Day: UNICEF News India recorded the highest number of babies born worldwide on New Year’s Day with the world’s second most populous country registering an estimated 67,385 births out of the nearly 400,000 babies born globally on that day, the UN children’s agency said. Highest number of babies born Nearly 400,000 babies were born around the world on New Year’s Day with India recording the highest number of these births worldwide at 67,385, the UN children’s agency said. Each January, UNICEF celebrates babies born on New Year’s Day, an auspicious day for child birth around the world. However, for millions of newborns around the world, the…

Jan22020 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -JANUARY 1 2020 NOTES [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-02 IASTODAY CAPSULES are available free -date wise => CLICK HERE Pakistan, India share list of nuclear installations with each other as per protocol News Under a bilateral agreement with India, Pakistan Wednesday shared a list of its nuclear installations. Bilateral agreement According to the Foreign Office statement, this list was handed over to an Indian High Commission official in accordance with Article-II of the Agreement on Prohibition of Attacks against Nuclear Installations and Facilities between Pakistan and India signed on December 31, 1988 The list of nuclear installations and facilities in Pakistan was officially handed over to a representative of the Indian High Commission at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today, at 1030 AM (PST). The Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi handed over the list…

Jan22020 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -DECEMBER 31 2019 NOTES [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-02 IASTODAY CAPSULES are available free -date wise => CLICK HERE Sustainable Development Goals: Kerala retains No. 1 slot, Bihar at bottom, UP is highest gainer News Kerala retained the top slot while Bihar came out as the worst performer in NITI Aayog’s SDG India Index 2019, which assesses each state and Union Territory’s achievement regarding sustainable development goals (SDG) such as good health, quality education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation, reduction in hunger and poverty, among others. Sustainable development goals Kerala had the top rank among states with a score of 70, while Bihar has lowest score of 50. In terms of progress, Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the biggest gainer followed by Odisha. While UP saw an improvement in its overall score from 42 in…

Dec312019 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -DECEMBER 29 & 30 2019 NOTES [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-01 IASTODAY CAPSULES are available free -date wise => CLICK HERE Delhi civic body sets aside Rs 15 crore for illegal colony work News The South Delhi Municipal Corporation will now be able to spend its money for infrastructure development in unauthorised colonies. Infrastructure development It has made provisions of Rs 15 crore for development works in colonies that got regularised after the Bill to this effect was passed in the Parliament in November this year. The Corporation had earlier maintained that they cannot spend money on these colonies except for cleaning and sanitation work as they are unauthorised. Rs 15 crore has been provisioned for development works in the recently-regularised colonies, and it will be distributed equally. An additional fund of Rs 15 lakh will be provided…

Dec302019 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -DECEMBER 28 2019 NOTES [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-02 IASTODAY CAPSULES are available free -date wise => CLICK HERE Govt cancels 6 coal block allocations of 4 states for failing to operationalise mines News The Coal Ministry cancelled allocations of six blocks with state-run power generation companies of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Maharashtra. Cancels allocations These coal blocks, with geological reserve of around 4 billion tonne, had been allocated to the states in the 2007-10 period to serve as fuel reserves for future power generation projects. None of these power projects saw the light of the day and no significant development has been made to operationalise these mines, leading to the ministry de-allocating the coal blocks. The development takes place at a time when captive coal production (25.1 MT in FY19) is still much lower than…