UPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS-DAILY CAPSULE-AUG 21 2017

UPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS-DAILY CAPSULE-AUG 21 2017

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CLICK HERE TO SEE DATE WISE CURRENT AFFAIRS  Studying the Sun’s corona News: A solar eclipse is set to take place, which will be visible across all of continental United States. It will begin at the Oregon coast and end at the South Carolina coast . Beyond News: About 16% of the U.S. territory will witness a total eclipse, which will last longest at Carbondale, Illinois, for 2 minutes and 41.6 seconds. Since this eclipse has the special feature of lasting for so long over the mainland, scientists across the world are trying to use it to verify their theories on the Sun. This can help them model “space weather” and predict solar storms that can affect the operation of satellites and even electric power grids on Earth. ‘Note ban has…
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UPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS-DAILY CAPSULE-AUG 19 2017

UPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS-DAILY CAPSULE-AUG 19 2017

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CLICK HERE TO SEE DATE WISE CURRENT AFFAIRS  Monsoon to revive over central India News: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has indicated that the current spell of weak monsoon rains over Central India may be broken. Beyond News: A favorable low pressure system is developing over the Bay of Bengal and poised to bring showers over the region in the next two weeks, the latest weather outlook from the department said. Last week, the country as a whole recorded got 16% less monsoon rains than the average historical rainfall for the second week of August. The weak rains, characterized as a ‘break’ monsoon condition, are a typical feature of the monsoon months. While there could be as many as two breaks in a season, those that last beyond a week…
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UPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS-DAILY CAPSULE-AUG 18 2017

UPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS-DAILY CAPSULE-AUG 18 2017

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CLICK HERE TO SEE DATE WISE CURRENT AFFAIRS  Choice & conversion News: SC verdict on Akhila/Haldiya case Behind news: Entrusted with adjudicating whether her conversion to Islam and marriage to a Muslim man were voluntary acts, the Supreme Court has embarked on a roving inquiry into whether Hindu women in parts of Kerala are being radicalised. Inexplicably, the court has sought inputs from the National Investigation Agency (NIA), tasked with tackling terrorism, to probe the circumstances of the 24-year-old’s conversion and marriage even before it heard her out. Kerala HC v/s SC The question before the court was the correctness of the Kerala High Court’s decision to annul her marriage. The High Court did not question her conversion to Islam, only suspecting the veracity of her sudden claim that she…
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UPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS-DAILY CAPSULE-AUG 17 2017

UPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS-DAILY CAPSULE-AUG 17 2017

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CLICK HERE TO SEE DATE WISE CURRENT AFFAIRS  Gorakhpur deaths not due to lack of oxygen, says panel. News: The deaths of children and others at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College Hospital in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, were not caused by a shortage of oxygen supply, a three-member Central government committee said on Wednesday. Beyond news: The Central government panel visited the hospital, amid allegations that a private contractor stopped supplying oxygen, resulting in the death of many children. The team looked at deaths between August 1 and 6 and then between August 7 and 12. The BRD Hospital had previously maintained that of the 34 babies who died at the neo-natal intensive care unit, 12 died of encephalitis. The hospital, in its statement, said there had been a “drop…
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UPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS-DAILY CAPSULE-AUG 16 2017

UPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS-DAILY CAPSULE-AUG 16 2017

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CLICK HERE TO SEE DATE WISE CURRENT AFFAIRS  How Artificial Intelligence is reshaping art and music   The project is part of a growing effort to generate art through a set of AI techniques that have only recently come of age Called deep neural networks, these complex mathematical systems allow machines to learn specific behavior by analyzing vast amounts of data. Logic Behind AI: By looking for common patterns in millions of bicycle photos, for instance, a neural network can learn to recognise a bike. This is how Facebook identifies faces in online photos, how Android phones recognise commands spoken into phones, and how Microsoft Skype translates one language into another. What next? These complex systems can also create art. By analysing a set of songs, for instance, they can…
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UPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS-DAILY CAPSULE-AUG 15 2017

UPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS-DAILY CAPSULE-AUG 15 2017

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CLICK HERE TO SEE DATE WISE CURRENT AFFAIRS  Centre likely to differ with J&K on Article 35A. News: The Centre is likely to take a divergent opinion from that of the Jammu and Kashmir government on Article 35A, on the grounds that it discriminates against women who marry outside the State from applying for jobs or buying property, which is in violation of Article 14 of the Constitution. Article 14: “The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India.” Article 35A: Article 35A of the Indian Constitution is an article that empowers the Jammu and Kashmir state's legislature to define “permanent residents” of the state and provide special rights and privileges to those permanent residents. It is added to the Constitution…
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