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May152019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MAY 14 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 Odisha fishermen in a fix News The traditional fishermen of Odisha are in a fix as they have lost their boats and nets in cyclone Fani and face the diminished scope of professional employment in other coastal States during the summer months. Beyond News A large number of the cyclone-devastated fishermen may be forced to become menial migrant labourers during the next two months. The Phailin cyclone of 2013 that had its landfall near Gopalpur in Ganjam district had led to large scale migration of fishermen looking for work outside the State. But Phailin occurred in October, when the scope of employment in the marine fishery sector was high in other coastal States.…

May152019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MAY 12 and 13 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 Number of people below the poverty line to increase in city News The number of people below the poverty line in the Chennai city is likely to increase, as more than 28 lakh residents of notified and non-notified slums are expected to be included in the BPL list. Findings Officials have compiled a list of 7.12 lakh BPL families, of the 17.88 lakh families in the city. The data already points to 40% people under the poverty line in the city. The percentage of BPL families is high in zones such as Tondiarpet, Royaouram and Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar, with 45% under the poverty line. But southern zones such as Adyar have just 30% families…

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…

May112019 by albindiaNo Comments

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…