HINDU NOTES-OCT 26 2017 [UPSC Current affairs DAILY CAPSULE]

HINDU NOTES-OCT 26 2017 [UPSC Current affairs DAILY CAPSULE]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE {Op-Ed}Trump and the new world disorder Current scenario: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s speech on relations with India on October 18 was ambitious in scope and sought to define it for the “next hundred years,” when both countries will be “standing firm in defence of a rules-based order.” Background: American leadership and ability to arm twist other countries, including China and Pakistan, have benefited India on occasions, the space for New Delhi’s global ambitions come only from America’s retreat. It was the U.S. that forced China to accede to Nuclear Suppliers Group waiver for nuclear commerce for India and forced Pakistan into resolving the Kargil conflict. But a relatively weakened U.S. is what took a more…
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HINDU NOTES-OCT 25 2017 [UPSC Current affairs DAILY CAPSULE]

HINDU NOTES-OCT 25 2017 [UPSC Current affairs DAILY CAPSULE]

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HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Rs. 5.35 lakh crore for new road project News: The Centre on Tuesday announced a Rs. 5.35 lakh crore road construction package, called BharatMala Pariyojana, in a bid to spur the economy as private investment remains moribund. Beyond News: This follows the Cabinet nod to build 34,800 km of roads nationwide, including in border and coastal areas. The BharatMala project will include economic corridors (9,000 km), inter-corridor and feeder route (6,000 km), national corridors efficiency improvement (5,000 km), border roads and international connectivity (2,000 km), coastal roads and port connectivity (2,000 km) and green-field expressways (800 km). Further, the remaining road projects of 10,000 km under the National Highways Development Project will form a part of…
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HINDU NOTES-OCT 24 2017 [UPSC Current affairs DAILY CAPSULE]

HINDU NOTES-OCT 24 2017 [UPSC Current affairs DAILY CAPSULE]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Today's Hindu Editorial analysis is provided separately | CLICK HERE  Why make a show of patriotism: SC judge News: Justice Chandrachud ,part of a three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra criticized November order while hearing a petition filed by the Kodungallur Film Society in Kerala to recall the November order. Beyond News: The Supreme Court’s controversial order mandating moviegoers to stand up when the national anthem is featured in cinema halls before every show found criticism from within the highest judiciary itself. The court left it to the government to bring out any notification, if necessary, to make or not make the playing of the anthem mandatory in cinema halls. Background: It was a Bench led by Justice Misra, before he became Chief…
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EDITORIAL ANALYSIS-HINDU OCTOBER 24 2017

EDITORIAL ANALYSIS-HINDU OCTOBER 24 2017

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General Studies-01 Today's Hindu notes are provided separately | CLICK HERE  General Studies-02 {Op-Ed}The gown and the Bench Key aspect: An overview of the transformation in collegium system. Background: Political interference in the selection of judges in the third and fourth decades of independent India resulted in the collegium system where judges select judges. In 2014: The opaque system and unsatisfactory selection, transfer, and elevation of judges to the Supreme Court caused disquiet and led to the passing of the Constitution (99th Amendment) Act, 2014 and the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act, 2014, which sought to give politicians and civil society a final say in the appointment of judges to the highest courts. In 2015: A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court declared these unconstitutional on the ground that the…
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EDITORIAL ANALYSIS-HINDU OCTOBER 23 2017

EDITORIAL ANALYSIS-HINDU OCTOBER 23 2017

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General Studies-01 Today's Hindu notes are provided separately | CLICK HERE  {Op-Ed}It’s time to make deep emission cuts Key aspect: Global warming, Issues & solutions. In 2016, the earth’s temperature was 1.3°C warmer than in pre-industrial times — as warm as in the Eemian interglacial period some 125,000 years ago , when sea levels were 6-9 metres higher than they are today. More dishearteningly, even if countries take the action they promised at the Paris climate change conference in 2015, the world would be about 3°C warmer by 2100, well above the 2°C temperature guardrail to avoid dangerous climate change. Negative emissions Closer examination reveals that many of the integrated assessment models used to study future scenarios and emissions assume that the world would somehow make use of significant amounts…
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HINDU NOTES-OCT 23 2017 [UPSC Current affairs DAILY CAPSULE]

HINDU NOTES-OCT 23 2017 [UPSC Current affairs DAILY CAPSULE]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Today's Hindu Editorial analysis is provided separately | CLICK HERE  Cattle smuggling goes on along Indo-Bangla border News: Two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have been killed, allegedly by cattle smugglers along the India-Bangladesh border, over the past two months. Beyond News: The two deaths are an indication that cattle smuggling along the international border is a major challenge for security personnel guarding the border. BSF’s SBF(South Bengal Frontier ), which extends from West Bengal’s Sunderbans to Malda is considered most porous and vulnerable to cross border smuggling. India-Bangla Border: Of the 918-km border, only a third is fenced and large parts of about 360 km is riverine, where rivers flowing between the two countries serve as the international border. India shares a 4,096-km border with Bangladesh…
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