HINDU NOTES-AUGUST 10 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-AUGUST 10 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

Current affairs, Daily Capsule, Daily hindu notes, General Studies, hindu notes, IAS EXAM, Prelims UPSC, The Hindu Notes
Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Maldives seeks scaling back of Indian presence as it woos China News The Maldives wants India to withdraw military helicopters and personnel posted there following the expiry of an agreement in June, its envoy said, the latest snub to New Delhi by President Abdulla Yameen's China-backed government. Beyond News India and China are going head to head in the Maldives, the Indian Ocean island chain where Beijing is building roads, bridges and a bigger airport, upstaging India which has been the country's prime provider of military and civilian aid for decades. India has opposed Yameen's crackdown on political rivals and the imposition of an emergency this year and some of the president's rivals have called…
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HINDU NOTES-AUGUST 9 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-AUGUST 9 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

Bank test, Current affairs, Daily hindu notes, Editorial analysis, hindu notes, IAS EXAM, MAINS 2018, Prelims UPSC, Press Information Bureau(PIB), The Hindu Notes
Hindu Notes from General Studies-01 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Andhra Pradesh's Savara tribal art gasps for survival News The Savara tribal art Edisinge that once flourished in the Eastern Ghats, is on the verge of extinction owing to the change in the religious profile and lifestyle of the community. Beyond News Until 2011, the number of Edisinge artists was below 15 in Srikakulam district, home to the Savara tribe in Andhra Pradesh, with a population of above 1.05 lakh. Theye started the Savara Art Society in 2011 to revive our art as some of the surviving artists are too old to practise it, Savara Raju of Addakulaguda hamlet told. Raju, inherited the art from his father China Sumburu, trained a batch of…
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HINDU NOTES-AUGUST 8 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-AUGUST 8 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

Current affairs, Daily challenge, Daily hindu notes, hindu notes, IAS EXAM, The Hindu Notes
Hindu Notes from General Studies-01 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Earth risks heading towards irreversible 'hothouse' state News The planet urgently needs to transition to a green economy because fossil fuel pollution risks pushing the Earth into a lasting and dangerous “hothouse” state, researchers warned on Monday. Beyond News If polar ice continues to melt, forests are slashed and greenhouse gases rise to new highs as they currently do each year the Earth will pass a tipping point. Crossing that threshold “guarantees a climate 4-5 Celsius (7-9 Fahrenheit) higher than pre-industrial times, and sea levels that are 10 to 60 meters (30-200 feet) higher than today,” cautioned scientists in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Yet even if humans stopped emitting…
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HINDU NOTES-AUGUST 7 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-AUGUST 7 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

Current affairs, Daily hindu notes, Editorial analysis, IAS EXAM, MAINS 2018, Master 2018, The Hindu Notes, UPSC exam
Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE CAG pulls up Centre for favoring Boeing in P-8I aircraft deal News The Controller and Auditor General (CAG) pulled up the Defence Ministry for changing the parameters of the deal in the procurement of P-8I Long Range maritime Reconnaissance Anti-Submarine Warfare (LRMRASW) aircraft. Beyond News In a report presented in the Parliament the CAG noted that Boeing is yet to fulfil the offset obligations as part of the contract for the deal signed in 2011. Two companies, Boeing, USA and EADS CASA, Spain were found technically compliant among the five bids that were received. The commercial bid of Boeing was ₹8,700 crore, whereas, the other firm EADS CASA had quoted ₹7,776 crore which also included…
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HINDU NOTES-AUGUST 5 & 6 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-AUGUST 5 & 6 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

Current affairs, Daily hindu notes, General Studies, hindu notes, IAS EXAM, PIB notes, Press Information Bureau(PIB), The Hindu Notes, UPSC exam
Hindu Notes from General Studies-01 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Neolithic site discovered in Kurnool district News A unique Neolithic site has been found at Nagaruru in Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh, which has the potential to open newer areas of research on ancient man’s settled life. Beyond News After the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods, marked respectively by hunting and gathering food, the Neolithic man led a settled life by producing food. Archaeologist, found traces of Neolithic culture at Nagaruru village in Aspari mandal, located 11 km south of Adoni (Yadava Avani), one of the historical towns in Kurnool district. As the earliest discovery of Neolithic tools in South India was made by Meadows Taylor in 1842 in Lingasugur in Raichur district of…
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HINDU NOTES-AUGUST 4 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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

Current affairs, Daily hindu notes, Editorial analysis, hindu notes, MAINS 2018, Press Information Bureau(PIB), The Hindu Notes, UPSC exam
Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE India to impose delayed tariffs on some U.S. goods in September News India said that delayed higher tariffs against some goods imported from the United States will go into force on September 18. Beyond News New Delhi, incensed by Washington's refusal to exempt it from new tariffs, decided in June to raise import tax from August 4 on some U.S. products, including almonds, walnuts and apples, and later delayed the move. Officials from New Delhi and Washington, including U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, are scheduled to hold a series of meetings including strategic talks with their Indian counterparts in September. Trade differences between India and the United…
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