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Oct62018 by adminNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 5 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE India, Russia sign $5.43 billion S-400 missile deal News India and Russia concluded the contract for five S-400 ‘Triumf’ missile systems, one of the biggest defence deals in recent times, after the annual summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The announcement of the deal, that could attract sanctions from the United States, was made in a joint statement issued by both sides. Beyond News The sides welcomed the conclusion of the contract for the supply of the S-400 Long Range Surface to Air Missile to India. However, the two sides failed to conclude two other major deals, for Stealth frigates and assault rifles, that were reportedly ready, as officials said…

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HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 4 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Forgo signing S-400 missile system deal with Russia, U.S. tells India News The S. urged India to forgo signing a deal to buy the S-400 missile defence system from Russia and warned that the deal could attract American sanctions. Beyond News New Delhi and Kremlin are expected to announce the deal this week during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s two-day visit to India . The U.S. administration is required under a domestic law, Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) to impose sanctions on any country that has “significant transactions” with Iran, North Korea or Russia. President Donald Trump has the power to waive these sanctions for specific countries and specific transactions, and U.S.…

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HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 3 2018 [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 88 million-year-old isle and crater to be geoparks News In a first, an ancient circular lake created by a meteorite strike in Maharashtra and a hexagonal mosaic of basaltic rocks in an island off Udupi are poised to become global geoparks, under a Geological Survey of India (GSI) plan. Beyond News Lonar Lake in Maharashtra and St. Mary’s Island and Malpe beach in coastal Karnataka are the GSI’s candidates for UNESCO Global Geopark Network status. The road to recognition, however, is long. An aspiring Global Geopark must have a dedicated website, a corporate identity, comprehensive management plan, protection plans, finance, and partnerships for it to be accepted. In mid-August, GSI moved ahead with…

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HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 2 2018 [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 Scientists puzzled by ‘peculiar’ tsunami News While early warning systems around the world were quick to pick up the earthquake in the Pacific, the tsunami that subsequently ravaged the Indonesian city of Palu, claiming more than 800 lives, seems to have struck in stealth, baffling the scientific community. Beyond News Scientists at the Hyderabad-based Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), which runs the state-of-the-art Indian Tsunami Early Warning System (ITEWS), detected the earthquake on the Pacific Ocean bed at 3.30 p.m. (IST) on September 28, and immediately issued an alert to the Indian Oceanic community, including Indonesia, and international networks. Information gathered by INCOIS showed that within five minutes of the…

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HINDU NOTES-SEPTEMBER 30 & OCTOBER 1 2018 [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 Satellite Town Ring Road may claim 30,000 trees News The Satellite Town Ring Road (STRR), which encircles the city between Dobbspet and Hosur, may come at the cost of more than 30,000 trees and traverse elephant corridors. Satellite Town Ring Road: 179.63 km Cost: ₹5,980 crore From Dobbspet to Hosur Towns connected: Dobbspet, Magadi, Ramanagaram, Kankapura, Anekal, Hosur, and Sarjapur Total land to be acquired in Karnataka: 1257.9 hectares Total land to be acquired in Tamil Nadu: 526.02 hectares Forests and STRR Total land to be acquired: 19.09 hectares Trees cut: 150-200 per kilometer Skirts Siddara Betta, Savandurga, Ramadevara Betta, Handigundi reserve forests 68 km elevated corridor above Bannerghatta National Park At least…

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HINDU NOTES-SEPTEMBER 29 2018 [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 Indonesia quake-tsunami death toll jumps to 384 News Nearly 400 people were killed in the earthquake and the tsunami it caused barrelling into the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, officials said. Beyond News Hospitals struggled to cope with hundreds of injured and rescuers scrambled to reach the stricken region. The national disaster agency put the official death toll so far at 384, all of them in the tsunami-struck city of Palu, but warned the figure was likely to rise. The tsunami was triggered by a strong quake that brought down buildings and sent locals fleeing for higher ground as a churning wall of water crashed into Palu, where there were widespread power blackouts. Indonesia is one of…