IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -JANUARY 15 2020 NOTES [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -JANUARY 15 2020 NOTES [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-02 IASTODAY CAPSULES are available free -date wise => CLICK HERE Explained: Tibet passes law to make ‘ethnic unity’ mandatory. What does it mean? News The People’s Congress of Tibet passed a law that makes ethnic unity in the region mandatory, reflecting the significant role that the autonomous Himalayan region plays in its economic and social development. These regulations will come into effect from May 1 and are meant to “strengthen ethnic unity”. Strengthen ethnic unity The law makes it clear that Tibet has been an inalienable part of China since ancient times and that it is the common responsibility of the people of all ethnic groups to safeguard national reunification and take a clear stand against separatism. There are more than 40 ethnic minorities in the region,…
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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -JANUARY 14 2020 NOTES [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -JANUARY 14 2020 NOTES [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-01 IASTODAY CAPSULES are available free -date wise => CLICK HERE Women to be encouraged not to wear ‘ghoonghat’ to cast vote in Rajasthan News Rural women will be encouraged to not wear “ghoonghat” when they go to cast their vote during the Panchayat elections being held in Rajasthan this month, an official said. Awareness campaign The idea is a part of an awareness campaign that has been introduced by the Women and Child Development Department after Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s call for eradicating the custom of “ghoonghat” or veil. Various activities with the involvement of district administration officials, grassroots workers, public representatives, social workers have been planned under the campaign. Various activities are being held to motivate women to not wear “ghoonghat”. Rural women are also being…
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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -JANUARY 12 & 13 2020 NOTES [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -JANUARY 12 & 13 2020 NOTES [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-01 IASTODAY CAPSULES are available free -date wise => CLICK HERE Explained: How warm was 2019, and why? News 2019 was declared as the second warmest yearever by the European weather agency’s Copernicus climate change programme. Only 2016 has been measured to be warmer. Warmest year  The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had said 2019 was the seventh warmest year on record for India. With Australia witnessing perhaps the worst spate of forest fires in its history, attributable to global warming, 2020 has started with a series of grim news on the climate change front. Findings of the climate report on India The IMD, in its climate report for 2019, said India had warmed by 0.61°C in the last 100 years. The IMD maintains weather records since 1901. During last year, the…
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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -JANUARY 11 2020 NOTES [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -JANUARY 11 2020 NOTES [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-01 IASTODAY CAPSULES are available free -date wise => CLICK HERE Fact check: A Giant fish is declared extinct — how do scientists conclude that? News One of the largest freshwater fish has been declared extinct in a study. Beyond News: The Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius) was an iconic species, measuring up to 7 m in length, dating back from 200 million years ago, and therefore swimming the rivers when dinosaurs ruled the Earth. Its ancestral home was the Yangtze River. Chinese researchers made this conclusion based on the Red List criteria of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Red List-categories The Red List has several categories for extinction, or for how endangered a species is. “Extinct in the wild” means a species survives only in…
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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -JANUARY 10 2020 NOTES [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -JANUARY 10 2020 NOTES [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-01 IASTODAY CAPSULES are available free -date wise => CLICK HERE Delhi sees maximum cases of crime against women, again: NCRB News The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data for 2018 ranks Delhi as the metropolitan city with the highest number of crimes against women, yet again. Beyond News: In 2018, 13,640 cases were registered on complaints made by women in the city. Not only is the number of crimes the highest in capital, pending cases are also high and outnumber the number of cases in 2018. Over 18,198 cases have been pending since 2017. These include rape, harassment, stalking, acid attack, cruelty by husband or relatives etc. In Mumbai, the number of pending cases is 7,663. Most number of crimes against women in Delhi is because of…
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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -JANUARY 9 2020 NOTES [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -JANUARY 9 2020 NOTES [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-01 IASTODAY CAPSULES are available free -date wise => CLICK HERE Nepal’s Seke ‘near-extinct’: The 6 degrees of endangerment of a language News Recently, The New York Times reported that the “near-extinct” Nepalese language Seke has just 700 speakers around the world. Of these, 100 are in New York, and roughly half of these 100 stay in one building in the city. Most of the Seke-speaking community in New York stays in the Ditmas Park area of Brooklyn, or in Queens. The last year, 2019, was the International Year of Indigenous Languages, mandated by the United Nations (UN). The Language According to the Endangered Language Alliance (ELA), Seke is one of the over 100 indigenous languages of Nepal and is mainly spoken in the five villages of Chuksang, Chaile, Gyakar,…
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