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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -NOVEMBER 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 Climate change poses lifelong child health risk, says report News: Climate change will damage the health of an entire generation unless there are immediate cuts to fossil fuel emissions, from a rise in deadly infectious diseases to surging malnutrition, experts warned on Thursday. Beyond News: Children across the world were already suffering the ill effects of air pollution and extreme weather events, said The Lancet Countdown in its annual report on the impact of climate change on human health. And far worse is to come for future generations, it warned: air-borne diseases, malnutrition due to mass crop failures, and even mental and physical trauma from increased flash flooding and wildfires. The Lancet Countdown is a coalition of 35 institutions including the World…

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -NOVEMBER 13 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 Manual scavenging fatalities highest in Tamil Nadu, says survey News As many as 206 manual scavengers died while cleaning sewers and septic tanks between 1993 and July 2019 in Tamil Nadu, according to a government survey conducted in 170 districts in 18 States. Highest deaths The deaths in Tamil Nadu were the highest among all States. Two percent of victims’ families were not compensated, whereas all victims’ families in Punjab, Gujarat and Telangana received compensation. Despite a 2013 law prohibiting employment of manual scavengers, the survey identified 54,130 people engaged in this job across India as of July 2019. 'Climate strike' named Collins' word of the year 2019 News 'Climate strike', a form of protest popularised by…

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -NOVEMBER 12 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 Surge in Kargil fish along Karnataka coast attributed to climate change News College of Fisheries, Mangaluru, has said that changes in climatic conditions, including higher sea surface temperature, have affected the quantity of popular fish species, including sardines and mackerels, while giving way for the heavy landings of trigger fish or Kargil fish that has meagre commercial value along the State’s coast. Climate change Higher atmospheric temperature has also led to higher carbon dioxide concentration making water acidic with lower dissolved oxygen levels thereby affecting primary productivity in the coastal waters, said a study. Conventional specifies are affected with non-availability of phytoplankton, zooplankton and other microorganism components. Once known for mackerel and sardine landings along with commercially…

Nov122019 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -NOVEMBER 10 & 11 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 Maternal deaths on the decline: report News A special bulletin on maternal mortality has revealed that Indian women in their 20s make up for the biggest chunk of maternal deaths. Maternal deaths- reduction in the ratio The report by the Sample Registration Survey (SRS) from 2015 to 2017 shows 68% of deaths were among women in the age group of 20-29. The three-year data also reveals a positive development of reduction in the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) as compared to 2014-2016. It is heartening that the MMR of India has declined from 130 in 2014-2016 to 122 in 2015-17. The drop has been most significant in empowered action group (EAG) States from 188 to 175. The SRS…

Nov92019 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -NOVEMBER 9 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 Meghalayan rainforests similar to equatorial ones News: The northeastern State of Meghalaya known for its wettest districts and living root bridges is also home to a lowland tropical rainforest north of the Tropic of Cancer. A new study discovers that this rainforest, the northernmost in the world, is similar in structure and diversity to the other rainforests found near the Equator. Beyond News: Tropical rainforests are the terrestrial areas on the earth teemed with enormous diversity of trees and other life-forms which make the largest sink of carbon. Although these forests cover just about 6% of the Earth's land surface, about four-fifth of world's documented species can be found in tropical rainforests. Characteristically, tropical rainforests occur in…

Nov92019 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -NOVEMBER 8 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 Amazon rainforest drying out due to human activity, shows NASA study News: The Amazon rainforest is drying out due to rising human activity, leaving the already endangered ecosystem more vulnerable to fires and drought. This was revealed by a NASA study based on data collected over 20 years. Beyond News: They observed that in the last two decades, there has been a significant increase in dryness in the atmosphere as well as in the atmospheric demand for water above the rainforest. In comparing this trend to data from models that estimate climate variability over thousands of years, we determined that the change in atmospheric aridity is well beyond what would be expected from natural climate variability. Increasing…