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May122019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MAY 11 2019 [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 Cyclone Fani’s fury creates four new mouths in Odisha’s Chilika Lake News The extremely severe cyclone, Fani, has created four new mouths in Chilika Lake, Asia’s largest brackish water lake, connecting to Bay of Bengal, officials said. Beyond News Chilika Development Authority (CDA) officials have started studying the impact of saline ingression into the lake. While three new mouths have come up between the two functional mouths near Sanpatna and Arakhakuda, a smaller mouth has been noticed on the northern side. In the meantime, a lot of sea water is entering Chilika Lake. They are now monitoring its salinity level at different stations. If sea water ingression goes up, fish migration will increase…

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HINDU NOTES-MAY 10 2019 [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 Iceland turns CO2 to rock for cleaner air News In the heart of Iceland’s volcano country, 21st century alchemists are transforming carbon dioxide into rock for eternity, cleaning the air of harmful emissions that cause global warming. Beyond News The technology mimics, in accelerated format, a natural process that can take thousands of years, injecting CO2 into porous basalt rock where it mineralises, capturing it forever. In Iceland, a country of geysers, glaciers and volcanoes, at least half of the energy produced comes from geothermal sources. The plant pumps up the water underneath the volcano to run six turbines providing electricity and heat to the capital, Reykjavik, about 30 km away. The CO2…

May112019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MAY 9 2019 [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 Shakti, the new weapon in police arsenal! News ‘Shakti’ seems to be the new weapon in the Andhra Pradesh policedepartment’s arsenal, which will be wielded effectively to protect women from harassment and victimisation. Beyond News With ‘women protection’ getting due importance from the government and it being also considered by various quarters of society as a priority area of policing, the policy makers got down to developing novel initiatives on this front. Going a step ahead, the police department is looking beyond protection to focus on prevention of such crimes. The task used to be called earlier by different names like ‘SHE’ and ‘Mahila Rakshak’ teams involving different players. The previous models were supported…

May92019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MAY 8 2019 [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 Bengal tigers may not survive climate change News Tigers are among nearly 5,00,000 land species whose survival is in question because of threats to their natural habitats, according to a report by the United Nations. Findings The Sundarbans, 4,000 square miles of marshy land in Bangladesh and India, hosts the world’s largest mangrove forest and a rich ecosystem supporting several hundred animal species, including the endangered Bengal tiger. But 70% of the land is just a few feet above sea level, and grave changes are in store for the region, researchers reported. Changes wrought by a warming planet will be “enough to decimate” the few hundred or so Bengal tigers remaining there. Other…

May82019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MAY 7 2019 [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 Indo-French naval exercise enters next phase News The 17th edition of Varuna, an Indo-French naval exercise, currently on off Goa coast, is the largest joint exercise undertaken by the two Navies and represents the strengthened maritime co-operation between India and France. Beyond News The harbour and sea phases of the exercise aimed at honing skills for naval operations across the broad spectrum, with an increased focus on tactical scenarios. The second sea phase is scheduled to be held in Djibouti, located on the Horn of Africa. It will be the largest ever conducted Varuna exercise with 11 of India and Frances’s most modern units, including two aircraft and two submarines. Over 100 U.S.…

May72019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MAY 5 and 6 2019 [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 Egypt uncovers Old Kingdom cemetery News Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry unveiled a 4,500-year-old burial ground near the Giza pyramids containing colourful wooden coffins and limestone statues dating back to the Old Kingdom. Beyond News The site on the southeastern side of Giza plateau contains tombs and burial shafts from various periods, but the oldest is a limestone family tomb from the fifth dynasty (around 2,500 B.C.). There are inscriptions on the walls, intricately painted wooden sarcophagi and sculptures of animals and humans. The Ministry said the tomb was that of two people: Behnui-Ka, who had seven titles, including the Priest and the Judge, and Nwi, also known as Chief of the Great State and…