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HINDU NOTES-MARCH 10 & 11 2019 [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 WHO strategy to fight flu pandemics News The World Health Organization launched a strategy to protect people worldwide over the next decade against the threat of influenza, warning that new pandemics are “inevitable”. Beyond News Influenza epidemics, largely seasonal, affect around one billion people and kill hundreds of thousands annually, according to WHO, which describes it as one of the world’s greatest public health challenges. WHO’s new strategy, for 2019 through 2030, aims to prevent seasonal influenza, control the virus’s spread from animals to humans and prepare for the next pandemic. The new strategy called for every country to strengthen routine health programmes and to develop tailor-made influenza programmes that strengthen disease surveillance,…

Mar122019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MARCH 9 2019 [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 ‘reviewing’ Pakistan request for opening an air route News India is "reviewing" Pakistan's request to open an air route from Mumbai to Karachi and northwards for flights towards Europe. Beyond News It has been more than ten days since Pakistan shut its airspace for civilian flights following military tensions. It is reliably learnt that following international pressure Pakistan also sought permission to open another east-bound route from Karachi, to enter India near Ahmedabad, via Muscat (for flights towards South East Asia and beyond). India, however, rejected this proposal as there was no reciprocal permission for traffic exiting the country in the opposite direction. Pakistan says it attempted to open one eastbound and…

Mar92019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MARCH 8 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 Ocean heatwaves devastate wildlife News Invisible to people but deadly to marine life, ocean heatwaves have damaged ecosystems across the globe and are poised to become even more destructive, according to the first study to measure worldwide impacts with a single yardstick. Findings The number of marine heatwave days has increased by more than 50 percent since the mid-20th century. Globally, marine heatwaves are becoming more frequent and prolonged, and record-breaking events have been observed in most ocean basins in the past decade. Above the ocean watermark, on Earth's surface, 18 of the last 19 years have been the warmest on record, leading to more severe storms, droughts, heatwaves and flooding. Compared to…

Mar92019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MARCH 7 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 Women rights activists release list of demands News Women rights activists released a manifesto and appealed to political parties to endorse it as well as ensure that at least 33% of party tickets are given to women during the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Beyond News Their 44-point list of demands include free sanitary napkins, free treatment for survivors of sexual assault and acid attack, criminalisation of marital rape, land deed in the joint names of wife and husband. The activists also urged the Election Commission to bring electoral reforms to encourage participation of women in politics. They have made at least four representations to the EC in the past five years. They also…

Mar92019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MARCH 6 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 Warming imperils stratocumulus clouds News Marine clouds that protect us from hothouse Earth conditions by reflecting sunlight back into space could break up and vanish if CO2 in the atmosphere triples, researchers warned. Findings So-called stratocumulus clouds cover about 20 percent of subtropical oceans, mostly near western seaboards such as the coasts of California, Mexico and Peru. When they disappear, Earth warms dramatically, by about eight degrees Celsius in addition to the global warming that comes from enhanced greenhouse concentrations alone. A temperature increase of that magnitude would melt polar ice and lift sea levels tens of metres. The last time the planet was that hot, some 50 million years ago during the…

Mar82019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MARCH 5 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 Fifteen of the 20 most polluted cities in the world are in India News Fifteen of the top 20 most polluted cities in the world are located in India, according to an analysis of air quality in several cities around the world. Findings Gurugram, in Haryana,topped the list with an average annual particulate matter (PM 2.5) quality of 135 g/m3 (micrograms/cubic metre), in 2018. Delhi a frequent fixture on global pollution hotspots was only the 11th most noxious city behind Lahore, Pakistan (10th) and Hotan, China (8th). The other cities in India that made the list of 20 were Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Bhiwadi, Noida, Patna, Lucknow, Jodhpur, Muzaffarpur, Varanasi, Moradabad, Agra, Gaya and Jind. When…