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Sep132019 by adminNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -SEPTEMBER 12 2019 NOTES[UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-02 IASTODAY CAPSULES are available free -date wise => CLICK HERE Exercise ‘HimVijay’ News The Army is scheduled to conduct a major Exercise ‘HimVijay’ beginning October in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam with its newly created Integrated Battle Groups (IBG) involving 15,000 troops. HimVijay The Panagarh based 17 Mountain Strike Corps will conduct Exercise HimVijay spread over a month and half with three newly created IBGs. The IBGs are part of overall force transformation initiated by Army Chief. They are brigade-sized agile self-sufficient combat formations which can swiftly launch strikes against adversary in case of hostilities. Each IBG will have about 5,000 troops. They would be backed by tanks and artillery for operations in the mountains. The IAF will airlift troops to the areas located over 10,000 feet. Over…

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -SEPTEMBER 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 Open spaces near Buckingham canal to be developed as an urban forest News: The Chennai Corporation has kick started work on preparing a detailed report for developing public spaces along the Buckingham Canal. The work will be carried out adopting Japanese technique for urban forestry. Beyond News: Civic officials said the first phase of the project along the canal will adopt the Japanese technique of Miyawaki for urban forest owing to inadequate space in the congested parts of the city. IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-02 Restrictive measures in J&K being eased, India tells UNHRC News:India declared that Pakistan was trying to polarize the UN Human Rights Council to advance its agenda in South Asia. Beyond News: The Indian diplomat…

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -SEPTEMBER 6 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 Study of ancient DNA throws light on origin of farming, languages News An international team of geneticists, archaeologists and anthropologists, have analysed genomes of 524 ancient individuals. The team also conducted the largest ever study of ancient human DNA, along with the first genome of an individual from the IVC with both studies revealing unprecedented details of genetic ancestry of these regions. Study of ancient human DNA These studies speak of transition from hunting and gathering to farming and the spread of Indo-European languages, which are spoken today from the British Isles to South Asia, along with movement of people. This study also identifies two new powerful lines of evidence in favour of ‘Steppe Hypothesis’ that Anatolia-related…

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -SEPTEMBER 1 and 2 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 Research suggests how Southern Ocean could control global climate News Scientists have made a new discovery challenging the previous understanding of the link between the Southern Ocean next to Antarctica and the atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. Findings The study shows that, contrary to existing assumptions, biological processes far out at sea are the most important factors determining how the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is absorbed in the surface oceans and stored in the deep seas, gradually, over a timescale of 100s to 1,000s years. The Southern Ocean plays a critical role in how the carbon dioxide is taken out of the atmosphere, and knowing how it functions helps scientists understand this mechanism’s role during dramatic…

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ASSAM NRC- All you need to know

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ASSAM NRC- Notes for upsc Over 19 lakh excluded from Assam’s final NRC News More than 19 lakh of the 3.29 crore applicants in Assam were left out of the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) that was published to conclude a Supreme Court-monitored exercise that took five years and ₹1,220 crore. Final National Register of Citizens State Home Department officials said though the NRC was called ‘final’, the 19,06,657 people excluded would have opportunities to be back on the citizens’ list if they appeal against their exclusion and establish their citizenship via courts. Each excluded person will have 120 days to file an appeal at any of the existing 100 Foreigners’ Tribunals 200 more are to be established within a month which in turn will have to dispose of the cases…

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -AUGUST 29 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 UN warns of rising seas, storm surges News The same oceans that nourished human evolution are poised to unleash misery on a global scale unless the carbon pollution destabilising Earth’s marine environment is brought to heel, warns a draft UN report obtained by AFP. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Destructive changes already set in motion could see a steady decline in fish stocks, a hundred-fold or more increase in the damages caused by superstorms, and hundreds of millions of people displaced by rising seas, according to the “special report” on oceans and Earth's frozen zones, known as the cryosphere. As the 21st century unfolds, melting glaciers will first give too much and then too little to billions…