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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -SEPTEMBER 22 and 23 2019 NOTES[UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-02 IASTODAY CAPSULES are available free -date wise => CLICK HERE Why has India banned e-cigarettes? News Union Cabinet approved the promulgation of the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (production, manufacture, import, export, transport, sale, distribution, storage and advertisement) Ordinance, 2019 with immediate effect. As a result, anyone violating it will be imprisoned for up to one year or fined up to ₹1,00,000 or both for the first offence. Storage of electronic-cigarettes shall also be punishable. Besides health concerns, the government is concerned that e-cigarettes can “seriously undermine and derail the government’s efforts to reduce the prevalence of tobacco use”. What are e-cigarettes and how do they work? Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) or non-combustible tobacco products are known by many names vapes, e-hookahs, electronic cigarettes and e-pipes. E-cigarettes may be…

Sep222019 by adminNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -SEPTEMBER 20 2019 NOTES[UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-01 IASTODAY CAPSULES are available free -date wise => CLICK HERE Keezhadi excavations: Sangam era older than previously thought, finds study News In a major turning point in the cultural historiography of the ancient Sangam Age, the Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department (TNAD) has stated that the cultural deposits unearthed during excavations at Keeladi in Sivaganga district could be safely dated to a period between 6th century BCE and 1st century CE. Keeladi artefacts This is the first time the date has been officially announced by the TNAD. The new findings, place Keeladi artefacts about 300 years earlier than previously believed 3rd century BCE. One of the six samples collected at the depth of 353 cm and sent for carbon dating test in the U.S. “goes back to 580 BCE.” The…

Sep222019 by adminNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -SEPTEMBER 19 2019 NOTES[UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-01 IASTODAY CAPSULES are available free -date wise => CLICK HERE NDRF set to induct women personnel News The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is all set to induct women personnel in its new battalions within the next one year. NDRF The NDRF is a specialised force that was raised in 2006 for specific tasks of relief and rescue during natural and man-made disasters or threatening situations. Induct women personnel The Union Government had, in 2018, made a proposal to attach women contingents to NDRF battalions in the country. The NDRF will have four new battalions in addition to the 12, and they will be based in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and the National Capital Region. The new battalions each having around 1,150 personnel will be…

Sep192019 by adminNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -SEPTEMBER 18 2019 NOTES[UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-01 IASTODAY CAPSULES are available free -date wise => CLICK HERE Rajnath Singh gives the nod for writing the history of India’s borders News: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has given approval for initiating the work of writing the history of the country’s borders. Beyond News: It is proposed that the work will cover various aspects of borders, including tracing its making; making & unmaking and shifting of borders; role of security forces; role of borderland people encompassing their ethnicity, culture and socio-economic aspects of their lives The project is expected to be completed within two years. It is a first-of-its-kind project to make the people aware of the national borders and people living in the border regions, the Ministry added. India has long contentious borders with China and…

Sep182019 by adminNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -SEPTEMBER 17 2019 NOTES[UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-01 IASTODAY CAPSULES are available free -date wise => CLICK HERE Data: Just 26% of Indians speak Hindi as mother tongue News: Only about 26% of Indians speak Hindi as mother tongue under the broader Hindi language grouping (according to Census 2011). Beyond News: A language is an umbrella term which contains many mother tongues. 43% of Indians speak the Hindi language, which includes many mother tongues such as Bhojpuri, Rajasthani & Hindi. Close to 40% of the Hindi language speakers speak mother tongues other than Hindi. Despite being spoken by a large number of people, Bhojpuri and Rajasthani are not listed as scheduled languages, while Bodo and Nepali which are spoken by relatively fewer people are in the Eighth Schedule. The share of Hindi language speakers is…

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -SEPTEMBER 15 & 16 2019 NOTES[UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-01 IASTODAY CAPSULES are available free -date wise => CLICK HERE Climate change can reduce banana yield in India, study finds Findings: Global warming in the last about 60 years had helped increase banana yield at annual rate of 0.024 tonnes per hectare translating to an average increase of 1.37 tonnes per hectare in 27 countries since the 1960s. But with continued warming, the yield gains could slow down or even reverse in some countries leading to a drop in yields — 0.59-0.19 tonnes per hectare — by 2050, a study published in Nature Climate Change More to know: India, which is the world’s largest producer and consumer of banana, along with nine other countries such as Brazil will see a reduction in the yield, the University of Exeter…