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Jul62018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-JULY 6 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 Mass Inca grave uncovered in Peru News Peruvian archaeologists are exploring a mass grave belonging to the ancient Inca civilisation in the coastal region of Lambayeque. Beyond News The grave, found at the archaeological site of Tucume which is home to 26 pyramids, will help confirm the extension of the Inca Empire. Some 24 mummified corpses were found in the grave, along with funerary offerings such as ceramics, grains and finely woven robes. One of the mummies could be a high-ranking personage, given the quality of the funerary offerings found alongside the body. The empire flourished along western South America between the 13th and 16th centuries in parts of what are now Ecuador,…

Jul52018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-JULY 5 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 Supreme Court relies on 1987 report to declare Delhi is not a State News The Supreme Court on July 4 followed the 1987 Balakrishnan Committee report to conclude that Delhi is not a State. Beyond News The report had envisaged that Delhi cannot have a situation where the national capital has “two Governments run by different political parties. Such conflicts may, at times, prejudice the national interest.” Chief Justice, in his leading opinion for the Bench reproduces excerpts from the report, which said “Delhi as the national capital belongs to the nation as a whole.” The report foresaw that if Delhi becomes a full-fledged State, there will be a constitutional division of sovereign, legislative and executive…

Jul42018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-JULY 4 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 Mummy found in Russia News Archaeologists have discovered the naturalised remains of a mummy, dating back about 2,000 years, in an ancient reservoir in Russia. Beyond News According to the researchers, the remains found in an ancient gravesite near the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam belong to a mummified young girl. They also found a belt with beads and a buckle made of jet, a vase resembling those used by Huns of the period, and a box made of birch wood that held a small mirror. The Huns lived in parts of what is now modern China and Siberia almost 2,000 years ago. They were migratory, and previous studies have shown they tended to mix with…

Jun302018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-JUNE 30 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 Rising temperature to cut living standards of 600 million Indians News Six hundred million Indians could see a dip in living standards by 2050 if temperatures continue to rise at their current pace, according to an analysis by the World Bank. Beyond News Seven of the 10 severest or most vulnerable ‘hotspots’ in India would be located in Maharashtra; the rest would be in Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh. In the absence of major climate mitigation, nearly 148 million Indians will be living in these severe hotspots in 2050, according to the report. States in the central, northern and northwestern parts of India emerge as the most vulnerable. Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, which are…

Jun302018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-JUNE 29 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 Vanishing treasures of the Arctic News A mad rush is needed to preserve or catalogue thousands of Arctic archaeological sites before they are washed away by warming hastening the thaw of permafrost and coastal erosion, scientists have warned. Beyond News The Arctic cold has conserved ivory artefacts, driftwood houses and human remains in often near-perfect conditions for millennia, but the faster and more severe climate change in the poles compared to the rest of the world has led to a desperate situation with far more sites that will soon be lost than scientists have the time or resources to document. An increasing number of ancient sites and structures around the world are now…

Jun282018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-JUNE 27 & 28 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 Neanderthals hunted in bands, speared prey up close: study News Neanderthals were capable of sophisticated, collective hunting strategies, according to an analysis of prehistoric animal remains from Germany that contradicts the enduring image of these early humans as knuckle-dragging brutes. Findings The cut marks or “hunting lesions” on the bones of two 1,20,000-year-old deer provide the earliest “smoking gun” evidence such weapons were used to stalk and kill prey. Microscopic imaging and ballistics experiments reproducing the impact of the blows confirmed that at least one was delivered with a wooden spear at low velocity. Neanderthals lived in Europe from about 300,000 years ago until they died out 30,000 years ago, overtaken by our…