HINDU NOTES-JULY 16 2019 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-JULY 16 2019 [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 321 protected monuments, sites encroached upon, Rajya Sabha told News Over 300 Centrally-protected monuments and sites, including World Heritage Sites, across the country are “under encroachment”, according to the government. Beyond News Although no impact study has been done, proactive steps have been taken by the Archaeological Survey of India under the provisions of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 and Rules, 1959 to keep the historical monuments free from encroachments. Of the total 321 encroached-upon monuments and sites that listed, the highest number were in Uttar Pradesh (75), followed by Tamil Nadu (74), Karnataka (48), Maharashtra (46), Rajasthan (22), Delhi (11), Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Punjab (seven each), Assam,…
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HINDU NOTES-JULY 17 2019 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-JULY 17 2019 [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 World’s northernmost settlement hit by record ‘Arctic heat wave’ News Temperatures hit a record 21 degree Celsius in Alert, the northernmost permanently inhabited spot on the planet less than 965 km from the North Pole, the Canadian meteorology service said. Beyond News The temperature was recorded at Alert, a permanent military base on the 82nd parallel which intercepts Russian communications and which has been home to a weather station since 1950. The previous record of 20 degrees Celsius was set on July 8, 1956, but since 2012 there have been several days where the temperature has risen to 19 or 30 degrees Celsius at the base on the shore of the Arctic Ocean.…
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HINDU NOTES-JULY 18 2019 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-JULY 18 2019 [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 Escaping flooded Kaziranga, tiger finds a ‘bed that’s just right’ News A Royal Bengal Tiger emerged from a flooded Kaziranga National Park (KNP), took refuge in a house on the fringes and found a ‘bed’ to rest on. Beyond News A rescue team was exploring ways to provide a safe passage for the animal into the forest without capturing it.  Although the 430 sq. km. KNP is known more for its one-horned rhino, it has one of the highest concentration of tigers in the world. A census in March 2017 said the park had an estimated 102 tigers.  'Artificial snow' could save stricken Antarctic ice sheet, says study News Governments could stop the…
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HINDU NOTES-JULY 14 and 15 2019 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-JULY 14 and 15 2019 [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 Mediterranean sharks face risk of ‘disappearing’ News: Sharks the sea’s top predators for millions of years are at risk of disappearing from the Mediterranean as overfishing and plastic pollution choke populations of the endangered hunters, conservationists have warned. Beyond News: The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said that more than half of shark and ray species in the Mediterranean were under threat, and that almost a third of them have been fished to the brink of extinction. Its report, released ahead of Shark Awareness Day, singled out Libya and Tunisia as the worst culprits, with each country’s fishery hauling in about 4,200 tonnes of sharks a year three times that of the next biggest…
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HINDU NOTES-JULY 13 2019 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-JULY 13 2019 [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 Fish landing falls, but State fares better News Oil sardine catch has declined sharply with a 54% fall in landings across the country. The popular fish variety fell to the 9th position in 2018. It had the top position in 2017. From the 2017 landings of 3.37 lakh tonnes, the figure came down to 1.55 lakh tonnes in 2018. Beyond News The total marine fish production too fell by 9% in 2018, recording 3.49 million tonnes compared to 3.83 million tonnes in 2017, a drop of 3.47 lakh tonnes. The data collated by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) were released. The El Nino phenomenon had an impact on Indian waters. During…
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HINDU NOTES-JULY 12 2019 [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 Indian appointed as World Bank’s first woman MD News The World Bank Group announced its first female Managing Director - an Indian national. Anshula Kant, an MD at the State Bank of India (SBI) and formerly CFO of SBI, was appointed MD and CFO of the World Bank Group, the multilateral development bank said in a statement on Friday. Warming threatens Greenland’s archaeological sites, says study News In Greenland,climate change isn’t just a danger to ecosystems but also a threat to history, as global warming is affecting archaeological remains, according to a study. Findings There are more than 1,80,000 archaeological sites across the Arctic, some dating back thousands of years, and previously these were protected…
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