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Hindu Notes from General Studies-01 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Coral sediments in oceans could dissolve by next century News As oceans get more acidic, sediments that constitute coral reefs could begin dissolving by the end of this century, suggests a study. Beyond News Coral reefs are formed by not just the calcium carbonate skeletons that tiny animals called coral ‘polyps’ create, but also carbonate sediments which accumulate on them over thousands of years. Ocean acidification  lowering of sea water’s pH when it absorbs the excess, human-caused carbon dioxide from the atmosphere  prevents polyps from building their stony skeletons. In several reef systems, acidification also dissolves corals’ carbonate sediments. Predictions Based on this, the team also predicted changes in coral systems by incorporating…

Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE SC Constitution Bench holds passive euthanasia, living wills permissible News In a historic decision, the Supreme Court declared passive euthanasia and the right of persons, including the terminally ill, to give advance directives to refuse medical treatment permissible. Beyond News A Constitution Bench upheld that the fundamental right to life and dignity includes right to refuse treatment and die with dignity. The fundamental right to a "meaningful existence" includes a person's choice to die without suffering, it held. The court said it was time to dispense with such shared suffering and sense of guilt and face the reality. Doctors who attended on the terminally ill were under pressure and dithered in letting the…