HINDU NOTES-SEPTEMBER 21 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-SEPTEMBER 21 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 Cyclonic storm ‘Daye’ crosses Odisha coast, rains to continue till Saturday News Cyclonic storm ‘Daye’crossed the coast near Gopalpur in Odisha, triggering heavy downpour accompanied by high velocity wind in several parts of the state. Beyond News The cyclonic storm “Daye” over northwest Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestward with a speed of about 23 kmph and crossed south Odisha and adjoining Andhra Pradesh coast close to Gopalpur, Director, Meteorological Centre, said. The cyclonic system then lay centred over south Odisha, about 40 km west-northwest of Gopalpur and about 150 km east-southeast of Bhawanipatna. Under its impact, heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to lash several places. The MeT centre also warned of gale…
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HINDU NOTES-SEPTEMBER 20 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-SEPTEMBER 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 Cabinet clears ₹3,466 crore dam improvement project News The government has approved a 65% hike, and extended by two years, a project to improve the stability and working of dams in 11 States. Beyond News The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister, approved the Dam Rehabilitation Improvement Project (DRIP) project. Out of the ₹3,466 crore cleared, ₹2,628 crore would be funded by the World Bank and ₹747 crore by the States and Implementing Agencies (IAs), and the balance ₹91 crore by the Central Water Commission (CWC). Originally, the total cost of DRIP was ₹2,100 crore with the States expected to fund ₹1,968 crore and the Centre ₹132 crore. Initially,…
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HINDU NOTES-SEPTEMBER 18 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-SEPTEMBER 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 Why do some species go extinct? News: 99 % of all species that existed on Earth are extinct. Many of them were wiped out in the five known major mass extinction events. Findings: Scientists believe we are currently in the throes of the sixth mass extinction, called the Holocene extinction. (The Holocene is the current geological epoch, which began 11,500 years ago at the close of the last Ice Age). While earlier extinction events were driven by natural causes, such as climate change, volcanic eruption, and asteroid strike, the Holocene is the first extinction event to be triggered by the activities of a species – the humans. Scientists have identified some tipping points…
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HINDU NOTES-SEPTEMBER 16 and 17 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-SEPTEMBER 16 and 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 Archaeologists discover ancient sphinx in Egypt News Egypt says archaeologists have discovered a statue of a lion’s body and a human head in the southern city of Aswan. Beyond News The Antiquities Ministry says the sphinx made of sandstone was found in the Temple of Kom Ombo during work to protect the site from groundwater. Secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities says the statue probably dates back to the Ptolemaic time. The Ptolemaic Dynasty ruled Egypt for some 300 years from around 320 B.C. to about 30 B.C. NASA puts laser satellite in space to track ice loss News NASA’s most advanced space laser satellite blasted off on a mission to track ice…
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HINDU NOTES-SEPTEMBER 15 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-SEPTEMBER 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 Rain triggers landslides in Sikkim, Darjeeling News Incessant rain for the past few days has triggered multiple landslides in Sikkim and Darjeeling, snapping road connectivity at several places, officials said. Beyond News The landslides have occurred at Dzongu, Mangan, Lachen and Mangshilla in North District and at two places near Sevoke, around 22 kms from Siliguri city. The Border Roads Organisation has arranged for small cars to pass through the two areas but large vehicles have been barred. Mangan, which houses the headquarters of North Sikkim district, has been cut off from Gangtok due to a landslide at Ambithang. The road link between Mangan and Chungthang has also been snapped after a bridge…
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HINDU NOTES-SEPTEMBER 9 and 10 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

HINDU NOTES-SEPTEMBER 9 and 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   Wind, solar farms could bring rains to Sahara Desert. News A massive wind and solar installation in the Sahara Desert would increase precipitation and vegetation in the world’s largest hot desert. Findings The study is among the first to model the climate effects of wind and solar installations while taking into account how vegetation responds to changes in heat and precipitation. The wind and solar farms simulated in the study would cover more than nine million square kilometers and generate, on average, about three terawatts and 79 terawatts of electrical power, respectively. In 2017, the global energy demand was only 18 terawatts, so this is obviously much more energy than is currently needed worldwide.…
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