HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 14 and 15 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 14 and 15 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 ‘As ice melts, walruses need protection’ News Given a choice between giving birth on land or sea ice, Pacific walrus mothers would most likely choose ice. Likewise, they prefer sea ice for molting, mating, nursing and resting between dives for food. Trouble is, as the century progresses, there’s going to be far less ice around. Findings The federal government in 2008 listed polar bears as a threatened species because of diminished sea ice brought on by climate warming. That year the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned to do the same for walruses. Pacific walrus males grow to 12 feet long and up to 1,815 kg more than an average midsize sedan. Females reach…
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HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 13 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 13 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 C-section use doubled in India between 2005 and 2015: Lancet News The number of babies born in India through caesarean section increased from 9% in 2005-6 to 18.5% in 2015-16, according to The Lancetjournal, which also found that C-section use almost doubled worldwide between 2000 and 2015. Findings While the surgery is still unavailable for many women and children in low-income countries and regions, the procedure is overused in many middle-and high-income settings, said researchers, including those from Ghent University in Belgium. In the 10 countries with the highest number of births in 2010-2015 period, there were large differences in caesarean section or C-section use between regions. For instance, differences between provinces in…
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HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 12 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 12 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 Indians top list of ‘overstayers’ in U.K. News India accounts for the largest number of individuals staying in the U.K. illegally, and the number of those subjected to forced returns to India has fallen by 50% in three years, Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office has said. Beyond News The problem of “visa overstayers” was highlighted by the department in its submission to a British parliamentary committee’s “Global Britain and India’ inquiry into post-Brexit relations with India. The focus on overstayers is significant, suggesting that there is little sign of change on an issue that has overshadowed bilateral relationships. Tensions came to a head earlier this year when Britain’s Trade Secretary Liam Fox linked…
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HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 11 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 11 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 Checks reveal 8% error rate in VVPATs News The error rate of the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines supplied by the Election Commission of India is found to be around 8%. Beyond News Assessment by the Telangana State election authority has revealed the error rate of VVPATs to be 8.08% while the error rate of control units is pegged at 2.02%. The ballot units are relatively better placed with error rate estimated at less than 1% (0.92%). The error rate of the election equipment was assessed after the first-level checks done on 99.69% of the machines received by the State. Machines in which errors are detected are being sent back to…
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HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 10 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 10 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 India must limit global warming increase to 1.5 degrees News Even with an increase of little over one degree Celsius in global warming, India is being battered by the worst climate extremes. Beyond News It is clear that the situation is going to worsen with an 1.5 degrees increase, and hence India must quickly get its act together now, environmentalists cautioned . The response of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Director General came on the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report in Incheon in South Korea. The IPCC, the biggest UN scientific body feeding climate science to policy-makers, released its special report on the impacts of global warming…
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[Free] IMPORTANT EDITORIAL COMPILATIONS- OCTOBER 11 2018

[Free] IMPORTANT EDITORIAL COMPILATIONS- OCTOBER 11 2018

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Daily 8 editorials compilation free for answer writing -OCTOBER 11. This is important as all editorials may not be equally important everyday.We provides important editorials only. So keep serious eye on syllabus while analyzing editorials. We will be providing it separately as many users notified issues with accessing compilation associated with MASTER 2019 daily writing series for mains 2019. Date wise editorial compilations are available here>> >>> CLICK HERE to DOWNLOAD OCTOBER 11 COMPILATIONS<<< DATE WISE MASTER 2019 QUESTIONS are available here
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