HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 21 and 22 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 21 and 22 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 China’s melting glacier draws tourists amid climate worries News Millions of people each year are drawn to Baishui’s frosty beauty on the southeastern edge of the Third Pole a region in Central Asia with the world’s third largest store of ice after Antarctica and Greenland that’s roughly the size of Texas and New Mexico combined. Beyond News Third Pole glaciers are vital to billions of people from Vietnam to Afghanistan. Asia’s 10 largest rivers including the Yangtze, Yellow, Mekong, and Ganges  are fed by seasonal melting. Depending on how it melts, a lot of the freshwater will be leaving the region for the ocean, which will have severe impacts on water and food…
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HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 20 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 20 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, U.S. plan joint air exercise News India, Japan and the U.S. are set to elevate the bilateral ‘Cope India’ air exercise to a trilateral format. The three countries already conduct naval war games under the expanded Malabar naval exercise. Beyond News The U.S. had proposed a trilateral air exercise between India, Japan and the U.S. For this, the Cope India exercise will be elevated to a trilateral level in phases, two official sources independently confirmed on condition of anonymity. At the annual Defence Ministerial Meeting between Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her Japanese counterpart Itsunori Onodera, it was agreed that Japan will send observers for the next round of Cope India…
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HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 19 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 19 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 HC asks Kochi Corporation to remove waste on daily basis News Concerned over the accumulation of waste on public and other vacant lands in the Kochi Corporation areas, the Kerala High Court has directed the Corporation Secretary to take steps to remove waste on a day-to-day basis and ensure that sufficient receptacles are provided for collecting waste, or make necessary arrangements to collect waste from houses. Beyond News The court also directed the Corporation to install surveillance cameras in areas where waste is being thrown by people. The court pointed out that there were enough provisions in the Kerala Municipality Act, to “curb and prohibit the havoc, menace and nuisance of dumping waste.”…
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HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 18 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 18 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 World Heritage sites threatened by climate change: study News Dozens of UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Mediterranean such as Venice, the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Medieval City of Rhodes are under severe threat of coastal erosion and flooding due to rising sea levels within the next 100 years, a study has warned. Findings The study, presents a risk index that ranks the sites according to the threat they face from today until the end of the century. The sites featuring highest on this index in current conditions include Venice and its Lagoon, Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia, according to researchers.…
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HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 17 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 17 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 Protecting nature the best way to keep planet cool: report News The best way to cap global warming is to empower indigenous forest peoples, reduce food waste and slash meat consumption, an alliance of 38 NGOs said. Findings Restoring natural forest ecosystems, securing the land rights of local communities and revamping the global food system could cut greenhouse emissions 40 percent by mid-century and help humanity avoid climate catastrophe, they argued in a 50-page report based on recent science. Approximately half of the reduced emissions would come from boosting the capacity of forests and wetlands to absorb CO2, and the other half from curtailing carbon-intensive forms of agriculture. On current trends, Earth is…
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HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 16 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 16 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 Climate change causing sea snail shells to dissolve: study News Shelled marine creatures living in increasingly acidified oceans face a fight for survival as the impacts of climate change spread, a study suggests. Findings Researchers assessed the impact of rising carbon dioxide levels on the large predatory “triton shell” gastropod. They found those living in regions with predicted future levels of CO2 were on average around a third smaller than counterparts living in conditions seen throughout the world’s oceans today. However there was also a noticeable negative impact on the thickness, density, and structure of their shells, causing visible deterioration to the shell surface. The study found that the effects are down to…
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