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Oct202019 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -OCTOBER 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 Kethavaram caves set to get a facelift News Kethavaram caves are all set to get a facelift for entering the prestigious list of world heritage sites of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) by next year. The caves, located at Kethavaram of Orvakal mandal, are home to rock art which dates to the Palaeolithic age. Paintings of deer, bulls, foxes, rabbits, and humans made by ancient inhabitants of the caves have been a hit among locals for a while now. IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-02 DNA Technology Regulation Bill referred to parliamentary standing committee News The DNA Technology Regulation Bill, which seeks to control the use of DNA technology for establishing the identity of…

Oct182019 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -OCTOBER 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 Global Hunger Index 2019: India ranked lower than Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh News India is ranked 102 of 117 countries in the Global Hunger Index 2019, behind its neighbours Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Global Hunger Index Seventeen countries, including Belarus, Ukraine, Turkey, Cuba and Kuwait, shared the top rank with GHI scores of less than five. In 2018, it was ranked 103 out of 119 countries. In 2000, the country was ranked 83 out of 113 countries. Now, with 117 countries in the fray, it has dropped to 102. It’s GHI score has also decelerated from 38.9 in 2005 to 32 in 2010 and then from 32 to 30.3 between 2010 and 2019. The GHI score is calculated…

Oct162019 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -OCTOBER 15 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 Farmers continue to burn stubble despite ban News Burning stubble, the rice chaff left over after harvesting, is linked to winter air-pollution in Punjab as well as down-wind Delhi. Air-pollution In 2013, the National Green Tribunal issued a directive to Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh asking them to ban such stubble burning. The Centre has spent about ₹600 crore in subsidising farm equipment via village cooperatives to enable farmers to access them and avoid stubble burning. In 2018, Punjab had disbursed about 8,000 farm implements to individual farmers and set up 4,795 custom hiring centres, from where such machinery could be leased. The cost of hiring these machines was about ₹5,000 an acre. The success of these efforts has been…

Oct162019 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -OCTOBER 13 & 14 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 Pre-school children should learn in mother tongue: NCERT curriculum News Children between the ages of three and six years should begin their educational journey in their own mother tongues, learn through play and not be subjected to tests of any kind, says the NCERT's first-ever preschool curriculum. Mother tongues Teaching through a child's mother tongue or home language is internationally recognised as most appropriate in the early years, the NCERT guidelines also acknowledge the challenge of language diversity in India. In case there are more than one language as mother tongue, teachers may allow as many languages as are in the classroom to be used for expression with gradually exposing the child to school language.Children need a…

Oct92019 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -OCTOBER 8 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 Rajnath Singh receives first Rafale jet; first batch to arrive in 2020 News Defence Minister Rajnath Singh formally received the first Rafale fighter jet built for the Indian Air Force (IAF) in France. The first batch of jets will arrive in India only in May 2020. Defence dialogue Defence Minister held the Annual Defence dialogue with his French counterpart Florence Parly, the Defence Ministry said. India is procuring the Rafales for self-defence and as a deterrent. Indian Defence Minister and French President Emmanuel Macron comprehensively discussed key aspects of bilateral defence partnership and resolved to continue strengthening the ties between the two countries. Till May 2020, three batches of IAF pilots along with engineers and technicians will…

Oct72019 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -OCTOBER 5 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 India is home to Asia’s oldest bamboo News With over 49,000 plant species reported as of 2018, India holds about 11.5% of all flora in the world. Now, a new fossil record has shown that India is the birthplace of Asian bamboo, and they were formed about 25 million years ago in the north-eastern part of the country. Ancient fossils An international team of researchers found two fossil compressions or impressions of bamboo culms (stems) and after further study noted them to be new species. They were named Bambusiculmus tirapensis and B. makumensis as they were found in the Tirap mine of Makum Coalfield in Assam. These belonged to the late Oligocene period of about 25 million years ago. They also…