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Dec212018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-DECEMBER 19 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 Indian Ocean may play a bigger role in driving climate change News The Indian Ocean played a far greater role in driving climate change during the last ice age than previously believed, and may disrupt tropical climate again in the future. Importance The findings are important because they reveal that the Indian Ocean is capable of driving radical changes in the climate of the tropics and that climate models are able to simulate this complex process. Findings The study by researchers could rewrite established Pacific-centric theories on tropical climate change. The scientists investigated changes in the climate of the tropics during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), a period of the last ice age…

Dec62018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-DECEMBER 5 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 ‘Disappearing Arctic ice threatens polar bears’ News A committee of wildlife experts warned that Canada’s largest land predator, the polar bear, was at risk of disappearing from its vast Arctic landscape as melting Arctic sea ice makes hunting prey a challenge. Beyond News Bears use sea ice and the “same sit-and-wait techniques familiar to ice fishers” to hunt seals for food. Predictions of longer ice-free Arctic summers will make hunting “much more difficult” for polar bears. Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 India gets first witness protection scheme News The Supreme Courtbrought in place a witness protection regime in the country noting that one of the main reasons for witnesses turning hostile is that they…

Nov82018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-NOVEMBER 7 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 Proposed Ganga bill bans ports, jetties News The government has banned the construction of jetties, ports or “permanent hydraulic structures” in the Ganga, unless permitted by the National Ganga Rejuvenation Authority, according to a proposed ‘Ganga Act’. Beyond News The legislation, formally called the National River Ganga (Rejuvenation, Conservation and Management) Bill, 2018, proposes to create a management structure that will supervise the health of the 2,500-kilometre long Ganga which, the draft Bill defines, as ‘India’s national river.’ The Bill is now being circulated for comments among several Ministries, and proposed to be tabled in Parliament during the Winter session, according to sources. The legislation looms even as the government is developing a…

Nov72018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-NOVEMBER 6 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 World Bank loan for climate-resilient farming in State News The Central government, the Andhra Pradesh government and the World Bank signed a loan agreement for a $172.20 million project to enhance agricultural productivity, profitability and climate resilience of poor and marginalised farmers in the State. Beyond News The Andhra Pradesh Integrated Irrigation and Agriculture Transformation Project (APIIATP) will be implemented in the rural areas largely dependent upon rainfed agriculture. It will strengthen the resilience of poor and marginalised farmers against adverse climatic conditions by improving access to irrigation, drought seed varieties and post-harvest technology that are aimed at improving soil health, water-use efficiency and crop productivity, according to a note from the World…

Nov62018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-NOVEMBER 4 and 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 Andhra Pradesh will have separate High Court from January 1: Supreme Court News Come New Year and the State of Andhra Pradesh will have a separate high court as the Supreme Court has given the green signal for issuing the notification to this effect. Beyond News It will be the 25th high court in the country and will initially function from a temporary structure till the permanent building comes up in the ambitious Justice City complex in the State’s capital Amaravati. Since the bifurcation of the State on June 2, 2014, Andhra Pradeshand Telangana have had a common high court situated at Hyderabad, the latter’s capital city. The Act, which had come into effect from June…

Oct302018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 28-29 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, Japan sign $75 billion currency swap agreement News India and Japan signed a currency swap agreement worth $75 billion during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Japan, the government announced . Beyond News The Prime Ministers of India and Japan, building on great friendship between the two countries and to further strengthen and widen the depth and diversity of economic cooperation, agreed during Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Japan, to conclude a Bilateral Currency Swap Agreement for an amount of $75 billion. A currency swap typically involves the exchange of interest and sometimes of principal in one currency for the same in another currency. Interest payments are exchanged at fixed dates through…