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HINDU NOTES-JUNE 9 and 10 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 Chellanam reels under sea erosion as rain intensifies News The coastal village of Chellanam in Kerala continued to reel under severe sea erosion for the third day with heavy rains pounding the coast and water from the sea flowing into the compounds of nearly 50 houses. Beyond News The rough sea and high waves have been threatening the coast, where people have been demanding shore protection measures for several years now. The seawater that rushed in dislocated some of the sandbags that were erected as temporary measures to protect the shores before the rains. Sandbags were being placed in the most affected areas and that about 70% of the works were completed. Hindu…

Jun92019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-JUNE 8 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 Child marriage figures stand at 765 million: UNICEF News: An estimated 115 million boys and men around the world were married as children, UNICEF said on Friday in its first ever in-depth analysis of child grooms. Of these, one in five children, or 23 million, were married before the age of 15. Beyond News: Using data from 82 countries, the study reveals that child marriage among boys is prevalent across a range of countries around the world, spanning sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, South Asia, and East Asia and the Pacific. Steals childhood According to the data, the Central African Republic has the highest prevalence of child marriage among males (28%), followed by Nicaragua (19%)…

Jun92019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-JUNE 7 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 Asia’s glaciers help prevent water shortage during droughts, says a new study News Glaciers become the largest supplier of water to some of Asia’s major river basins during droughts, fulfilling the basic needs of 221 million people when water shortages are at their worst, a study has found. The study has important economic and social implications for a region that is vulnerable to drought. Findings Climate change is causing most of the region’s glaciers to shrink. The melt-water is important for the people living downstream when the rains fail and water shortages are at their worst. According to researchers, each summer, glaciers release 36 cubic kilometres of water - equivalent to 14 million…

Jun72019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-JUNE 6 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 224 new species of plants and 372 animal species discovered in India last year News Scientists and taxonomists have documented 596 new species of flora and fauna from India in the year 2018. The details of the discoveries were made public by the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) and the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI). Findings Of the 596 species, 372 come under fauna (311 invertebrates and 61 vertebrates). The newly identified 224 plant species include seed plants, pteridophytes, bryophytes, fungi and lichen. About 31% of the plant species were discovered in the Himalayas. In the case of animals, the Western Ghats remained a biological hotspot from where about 50% of the species…

Jun62019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-JUNE 5 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 Yamuna — up-close and personal News Yamuna once the lifeline of Delhi, along whose banks the Mughals built the Red Fort and the city of Shahjahanabad (Old Delhi) is one of the “most polluted rivers in the world” and is getting more polluted, say experts. Beyond News Despite different plans to clean the river, found that deadlines for multiple works to curb pollution have not been met. Also, enforcement of many rules for the same remains only on paper. A report, which is yet to be made public, submitted to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) by a Monitoring Committee (MC) appointed by it, states that the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has not met…

Jun62019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-JUNE 4 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 Can changes in the Atlantic ocean affect the Indian Summer Monsoon News Changes in the equatorial Atlantic ocean have been known to have an inverse relationship with the Indian summer monsoon rainfall. This means if there is a cold phase in the Atlantic, it can bring more rainfall to India and vice versa. Findings Researchers have shown that this relationship has significantly strengthened in recent decades. The researchers looked at sea surface temperature changes, wind patterns over the Atlantic Ocean and compared it with the Indian monsoon patterns for the past 106 years. They studied how the relationship has evolved from 1903- 2010 They divided the years into three equal parts and looked…