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HINDU NOTES-OCT 3 2017 [UPSC Current affairs DAILY CAPSULE]

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CLICK HERE TO SEE DATE WISE CURRENT AFFAIRS General Studies-01 {Op-Ed}The numbers game: IMD forecast for farmers Issue: With the India Meteorological Department getting its monsoon forecast wrong this year, its modelling has necessarily come under the spotlight. Background: In April, the IMD had predicted “near normal”, or 96%, rains and then upgraded the figure to 98% a couple of months later. These percentages refer to the proportion of rains to 89 cm, a 50-year average of monsoon rains. However, the country finally ended up with “below normal” rains . Current scenario: Crop sowing is expected to be only a little less than last year, which saw a record harvest, with more districts posting deficient rain. Better drought management has over the years weakened the link between rain shortfall and…

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HINDU NOTES-OCT 2 2017 [UPSC Current affairs DAILY CAPSULE]

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CLICK HERE TO SEE DATE WISE CURRENT AFFAIRS General Studies-01 Yamuna in distress after immersions News: Government agencies in the national capital have failed the dying Yamuna yet again this year, as the nine-day-long Durga Puja festivities, which came to a halt on Saturday, left the river in dire straits. Beyond News: On the banks of south Delhi’s Kalindi Kunj Ghat and north Delhi’s Nigam Bodh Ghat, half submerged idols of Durga, most of them made of Plaster of Paris (PoP), were seen on Sunday. A sea of plastic bags floating in river with glass bangles, flower petals and other decorations made of metal and plastic. Legal interference: The green court had in 2015 placed a complete ban on the use of PoP and paints with high levels of lead for…

Sep292017 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-SEPT 29 2017 [UPSC Current affairs DAILY CAPSULE]

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CLICK HERE TO SEE DATE WISE CURRENT AFFAIRS General Studies-02 Will Swachh Bharat Abhiyan be a success? LEFTIST VIEW The purpose of Swachh Bharat is still not clear. We have to understand one thing: this entire campaign is to make India clean. The society is making certain communities from particular castes clean the country Those who make Bharat swachh will never be a part of the campaign. Its just creating an illusion ;The success of illusion depends on how well it is promoted. The Prime Minister has already missed the target before he set out to achieve the goal. People coming with broom is just a photo opportunity for them. The Constitution declaring the abolition of untouchability in Article 17, still practise it by perpetuating occupations such as scavenging. Every month, there…

Sep282017 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-SEPT 28 2017 [UPSC Current affairs DAILY CAPSULE]

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CLICK HERE TO SEE DATE WISE CURRENT AFFAIRS General Studies-02 China orders North Korean business on its soil closed under UN curbs News: China on Thursday ordered North Korean-owned businesses on its soil to close, cutting foreign revenue for the isolated North under U.N. sanctions imposed over its nuclear and missile programs. Beyond news: China is North Korea’s main trading partner, making Beijing’s cooperation essential to the success of sanctions aimed at stopping the North’s pursuit of weapons technology. China, long North Korea’s diplomatic protector, has gone along with the latest penalties out of growing frustration with leader Kim Jong Un’s government. North Korean businesses and ventures with Chinese partners must close within 120 days of the U.N. Security Council’s September 11 approval of the latest sanctions, according to the…

Sep272017 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-SEPT 27 2017 [UPSC Current affairs DAILY CAPSULE]

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CLICK HERE TO SEE DATE WISE CURRENT AFFAIRS General Studies-02 Anti-superstition Bill gets Karnataka Cabinet nod News: The Karnataka Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the much-delayed and debated Karnataka Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifices and other Inhuman Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Bill, 2017, popularly known as the Anti-Superstition Bill. Beyond News: The Bill has proposed to ban made snana (rolling over banana leaves with food left over by Brahmins) at Kukke Subrahmanya temple in Dakshina Kannada district. However, it has not banned astrology or vaastu. The Bill has been drafted on the lines of the Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifices and Other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act, 2013. It has provisions to deal strongly with cruel practices, such as human sacrifice,…

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HINDU NOTES-SEPT 26 2017 [UPSC Current affairs DAILY CAPSULE]

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CLICK HERE TO SEE DATE WISE CURRENT AFFAIRS General Studies-02 PM launches ‘Saubhagya’ plan for household electrification It is Rs. 16,000 crore scheme, Saubhagya, under which households across the country that have no access to electricity, will be given power connections free of cost. Under the PM Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya), every household in the country, whether it is in a village or a city or in a far-flung area, will be given an electricity connection. No price will be charged for the poor to get an electricity connection, and the government will go to their houses to give them the connection. SC refuses more time for medical admissions News: The Supreme Court has refused to extend the deadline for filling up vacant seats in medical super-speciality, post-graduate…