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Mar282019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MARCH 27 2019 [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 Network of lakes discovered beneath Antarctica News Scientists have discovered a network of lakes beneath the largest glacier in East Antarctica, a finding that may be critical in predicting how the melting of polar ice will change the world’s oceans in the future. Researchers carried out seismic studies to trace bedrock or water under the ice. The flow of water in and out of these lakes has the potential to exert a powerful control on the rate that the ice flows into the oceans. Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Centre notifies new rules for drugs, clinical trials News The Union Health Ministry has notified the Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019 with the…

Mar262019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MARCH 24 and 25 2019 [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 Rising sea levels to affect water table along Chennai’s shoreline News The fragile water table in the city’s coastal areas, particularly along East Coast Road, is under threat of severe seawater intrusion due to anticipated rise in sea levels in the next few decades, according to a study. Findings There is a rise in sea level by 2mm every year based on a report by the Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. The increasing sea level would also force the water table along the coastline to move upwards. But it would slowly replace the freshwater at the bottom of the aquifer. The study has…

Mar252019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MARCH 23 2019 [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 Fish adapt to climate change News Scientists have studied how fish adapt to rapid changes in the surrounding freshwater environment to understand how the marine life may respond to climate change. Findings Freshwater biodiversity is rapidly declining worldwide, and nature-based solutions which increase the resilience of ecological communities are becoming increasingly important in helping communities prepare for the unavoidable effects of climate change. Researchers varied the water current and depth in a simulated river with obstacles, and found that fish were able to rapidly adapt to the changes when alone and also when in groups. The findings suggest that cues initiated by obstacles in the flow can be detected by fish to find…

Mar252019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MARCH 22 2019 [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 Tests show algal bloom caused discolouration of Periyar News It was an algal bloom an excessive increase of algae that turned the waters of the Periyar downstream of the Pathalam regulator-cum-bridge green last week, reveal laboratory tests. Findings Its tests reveal that the green colour was caused by the presence of Platymonas, a marine genus. This is a type of green algae that is usually seen in highly eutrophic (when a body of water becomes overly enriched with minerals and nutrients that induce excessive growth of plants and algae) lakes. This was a particularly heavy bloom, for algae dominated the samples by almost 90%. Algae thrive on the existing dissolved oxygen contents in the…

Mar222019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MARCH 21 2019 [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 World’s oldest astrolabe identified News Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest astrolabe an ancient device used for navigating at sea which was part of Portuguese explorers Vasco da Gama’s second voyage to India in the fourteenth century. The Guinness World Records independently certified the astrolabe excavated from the wreck site of a Portuguese Armada Ship as the oldest in the world. They also certified a ship’s bell dated 1498 recovered from the same wreck site also as the oldest in the world. Beyond News The Sodre astrolabe is believed to have been made between 1496 and 1501 and is unique in comparison to all other mariner’s astrolabes. Mariner’s Astrolabes were used for navigating…

Mar222019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MARCH 20 2019 [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 Child sex ratio declining in some districts: study News The child sex ratio (CSR) in some of the districts in Tamil Nadu has been declining over the past three years. Tiruvannamalai and Dharmapuri are among districts that have low CSR, according to a preliminary study. The organisation had also conducted a sample survey among various stakeholders such as panchayat presidents, doctors in primary health centres, district child protection officers and pregnant women in the 10 districts. Nearly 57% of respondents revealed there were instances of female foeticide and 55% of them were not aware of village-level child protection committees. Moreover, 73% of respondents revealed that they preferred male children. Hindu Notes from General…