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HINDU NOTES-November 14 2017 [UPSC 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 For India, peace is not a word; it is in our veins: Modi News Highlighting India’s role in the Indo-Pacific region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke of Lord Buddha and Mahatma Gandhi’s tradition of peace, a day after Indian officials joined the quadrilateral grouping that includes Australia, Japan and the United States. Beyond News In a meeting with the non-resident Indian community, PM said that India has sacrificed lives for the peace of the world even as he informed U.S. President Donald Trump that India will play a role for the welfare of humanity. Modi indicated India’s growing ambition to emerge as a global peacekeeping and peace-enforcing power reminding that India recognizes the…

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HINDU NOTES-November 13 2017 [UPSC 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 Delhi’s pollution levels rise again News: Pollution levels in the national capital rose again on Sunday after a slight dip on Saturday, with visibility falling to below 100 meters at several places in the morning. Beyond News: Figures released by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) show the average of 15 monitoring stations over the past 24 hours had a score of 460 on the Air Quality Index (AQI), which falls in the ‘severe’ category. The same figure yesterday was 403. The CPCB’s AQI scores for Noida, Ghaziabad and Gurgaon were at 492, 498 and 460 respectively, which is also in the ‘severe’ zone. Add On Notes: The PM2.5 and PM10 reading of…

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HINDU NOTES-November 11 2017 [UPSC 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 Govt. offers free bus rides during odd-even scheme News: The Aam Aadmi Party government announced free bus rides aboard its Delhi Transport Corporation fleet from November 13 to 17, the proposed dates of odd-even car rationing scheme. Background: This is to commuters in all DTC and cluster buses between November 13 and November 17, in a bid to promote the use of public transport. Beyond News: According to sources, the free rides are expected to cause a loss of around Rs. 9.5 crore to the cash-strapped public transporter. As per the latest data from June this year, the DTC, which has a fleet of nearly 4,000 buses, carries about 2.8 million passengers daily…

Nov102017 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-November 10 2017 [UPSC 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 Odd-even rule back in Delhi from Monday News The odd-even vehicle rationing scheme will be enforced in the capital for a five-day period, beginning Monday, as part of a graded response plan to tackle pollution in Delhi. Beyond News Women drivers, two-wheelers and vehicles carrying children in school uniform, in addition to VVIPs, would be exempted from its provisions. The policy mandates that private vehicles ply on the basis of the last number of their license plates — odd numbered cars on odd dates and even-numbered ones on even dates — and has been enforced in Delhi twice earlier: from January 1 to 15 and April 15 to 30. Motorists will have to…

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HINDU NOTES-November 9 2017 [UPSC 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 urged to join Belt and Road Initiative News China counseled India to shed its objections to the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and take advantage of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which had already drawn wide international support. Beyond News Hua was responding to a question on remarks by the Russian ambassador to India backing a dialogue between New Delhi and Beijing on the BRI. India was among a handful of countries that had skipped attendance in Beijing of the Belt and Road Forum in May, objecting to the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which passed through Kashmir. Referring specifically to CPEC, Ms. Hua, in a veiled reference to India, said…

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HINDU NOTES-November 7 and 8 2017 [UPSC 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 Kambala: SC refuses to stay Ordinance News: Kambala, the traditional buffalo slush track race, is set to begin in the coastal belt in Karnataka from November 11, with the Supreme Court refusing to pass an interim stay on the Ordinance allowing kambala. Beyond News: The ordinance is valid till January 20, 2018. The apex court has agreed to examine the Constitutional validity of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Karnataka Amendment) Ordinance 2017 on November 13. Highlights Kambala is an ancient folklore and cultural game of coastal Karnataka since centuries. The farmers don’t use the Kambala bulls for agricultural purposes and special feed and proper training is given to the bulls throughout the year.…