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Nov282018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-NOVEMBER 25 and 26 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 Egypt unveils ancient tomb and sarcophagi News Egyptian authorities unveiled a well-preserved mummy of a woman inside a previously unopened coffin in Luxor in southern Egypt dating back to more than 3,000 years. Beyond News The sarcophagus, an ancient coffin, was one of two found earlier this month by a French-led mission in the northern area of El-Asasef, a necropolis on the western bank of the Nile. The first one had been opened earlier and examined by Egyptian antiquities officials. One sarcophagus was rishi-style, which dates back to the 17th dynasty, while the other sarcophagus was from the 18th dynasty. The Eighteenth Dynasty dates back to the 13th century BC, a period noted for some…

Nov282018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-NOVEMBER 27 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 Global climate finance flows increased: UN Climate Change News The global climate finance flows have increased with a bulk of it continuing to go towards efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Findings A relatively small proportion of the finance goes towards efforts to enable the most vulnerable to adapt. On a comparable basis, the global climate finance flows increased by 17% in 2015-16 from 2013-14 levels. One central conclusion is that the growth in global climate finance seen in 2015 was largely driven by high levels of new private investment in renewable energy, the largest segment of the global total. The fall in renewable energy investment in 2016 was offset by an 8%…

Nov262018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-NOVEMBER 24 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 Oceans are heating much faster: study News: The world’s oceans have absorbed more heat than previously thought over the last quarter of a century, scientists said, leaving the earth more sensitive still to the effects of climate change. Findings: Oceans cover more than two thirds of the planet’s surface and play a vital role in sustaining life on the earth. According to scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),the world’s oceans have absorbed 90% of the temperature rise caused by man-made carbon emissions. But new research used a novel method of measuring ocean temperature. It found that for each of the last 25 years, oceans may have absorbed heat energy equivalent…

Nov242018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-NOVEMBER 23 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 set for post Wuhan boundary talks News National Security will be in Chengdu, China, for boundary talks with foreign minister and state councilor Wang Yi, to build on the Wuhan informal summit in April between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Beyond News The 21st round of talks between the two Special Representatives (SRs), which will mainly take place, is unlikely to yield any major breakthrough on the resolution of the boundary question, especially as India goes into election mode till the middle of next year. The two senior officials are also expected to prepare for a meeting between Mr. Modi and Mr. Xi on the sidelines of…

Nov232018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-NOVEMBER 22 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 An endangered tribe News The Sentinelese, a negrito tribe who live on the North Sentinel Island of the Andamans, have not faced incursions and remain hostile to outsiders. Importance Based on carbon dating of kitchen middens by the Anthropological Survey of India, Sentinelese presence was confirmed in the islands to 2,000 years ago. Genome studies indicate that the Andaman tribes could have been on the islands even 30,000 years ago. The Govt. of India issued the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Protection of Aboriginal Tribes) Regulation, 1956 to declare the traditional areas occupied by the tribes as reserves, and prohibited entry of all persons except those with authorisation. Photographing or filming the tribe members…

Nov222018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-NOVEMBER 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 offers many roads, says President Kovind News India and Vietnam “share a vision for the Indo-Pacific” and will launch their first “Bilateral Maritime Security Dialogue”, announced President Ramnath Kovind during a visit to Hanoi, as he took a broad swipe at China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” in an address to the National Assembly. Beyond News President said Vietnam and India concurred on the “South China Sea” as a “critical component” of the Indo-Pacific, which is the area of another flashpoint with Beijing, that has a territorial dispute with Hanoi over the Spratly Islands in the SCS. President met with Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong, during the first leg of his two-nation tour to Vietnam and…