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Sep222019 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -SEPTEMBER 19 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 NDRF set to induct women personnel News The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is all set to induct women personnel in its new battalions within the next one year. NDRF The NDRF is a specialised force that was raised in 2006 for specific tasks of relief and rescue during natural and man-made disasters or threatening situations. Induct women personnel The Union Government had, in 2018, made a proposal to attach women contingents to NDRF battalions in the country. The NDRF will have four new battalions in addition to the 12, and they will be based in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and the National Capital Region. The new battalions each having around 1,150 personnel will be…

Sep192019 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -SEPTEMBER 18 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 Rajnath Singh gives the nod for writing the history of India’s borders News: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has given approval for initiating the work of writing the history of the country’s borders. Beyond News: It is proposed that the work will cover various aspects of borders, including tracing its making; making & unmaking and shifting of borders; role of security forces; role of borderland people encompassing their ethnicity, culture and socio-economic aspects of their lives The project is expected to be completed within two years. It is a first-of-its-kind project to make the people aware of the national borders and people living in the border regions, the Ministry added. India has long contentious borders with China and…

Sep182019 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -SEPTEMBER 17 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 Data: Just 26% of Indians speak Hindi as mother tongue News: Only about 26% of Indians speak Hindi as mother tongue under the broader Hindi language grouping (according to Census 2011). Beyond News: A language is an umbrella term which contains many mother tongues. 43% of Indians speak the Hindi language, which includes many mother tongues such as Bhojpuri, Rajasthani & Hindi. Close to 40% of the Hindi language speakers speak mother tongues other than Hindi. Despite being spoken by a large number of people, Bhojpuri and Rajasthani are not listed as scheduled languages, while Bodo and Nepali which are spoken by relatively fewer people are in the Eighth Schedule. The share of Hindi language speakers is…

Sep172019 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -SEPTEMBER 15 & 16 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 Climate change can reduce banana yield in India, study finds Findings: Global warming in the last about 60 years had helped increase banana yield at annual rate of 0.024 tonnes per hectare translating to an average increase of 1.37 tonnes per hectare in 27 countries since the 1960s. But with continued warming, the yield gains could slow down or even reverse in some countries leading to a drop in yields — 0.59-0.19 tonnes per hectare — by 2050, a study published in Nature Climate Change More to know: India, which is the world’s largest producer and consumer of banana, along with nine other countries such as Brazil will see a reduction in the yield, the University of Exeter…

Sep162019 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -SEPTEMBER 14 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 Final NRC status of all Assam applicants published News The National Register of Citizens (NRC) authority published the individual status of all the 3.3 crore people of Assam who had applied for inclusion in the updated citizens’ registry when the exercise began five years ago. Individual status The list which has the names of those who have been accepted as citizens, those who have been rejected and those whose appeals are pending was uploaded on the official NRC site less than a fortnight after 07 lakh people were excludedfrom the final NRC released. One, however, has to key in the ARN, or application receipt number, to view his or her citizenship status or that of the members of his or…

Sep132019 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -SEPTEMBER 13 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 312 Indian-origin Sikhs removed from adverse list News At least 312 Indian-origin Sikhs living in foreign countries have been removed from an “adverse list,” enabling them to apply for Indian visas and visit the country. Adverse list Government of India has reviewed the Adverse List containing 314 foreign nationals belonging to Sikh community and brought it down to just two. The list prepared by the intelligence agencies was available with all Indian missions and it was a major roadblock in availing visas even for their family members who were not on the list. The move comes ahead of the 550th birth anniversary of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak in November. India and Pakistan are building a corridor to…