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HINDU NOTES-MARCH 3 and 4 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 Achieving Paris climate target could add billions in fisheries revenue News Achieving the Paris Agreement global warming target could protect millions of tonnes in worldwide fisheries catch, as well as billions of dollars of annual revenues. Findings The study, compared the ecosystem and economic impacts of the Paris Agreement warming scenario of 1.5 degrees Celsius to the current “business as usual” 3.5 degrees Celsius warming scenario. The researchers concluded that achieving the Paris Agreement would result in benefits for 75% of maritime countries, with the largest gains being made in developing countries. Achieving the Agreement’s target could increase global fishers’ revenues by USD 4.6 billion annually, seafood workers’ income by USD 3.7 billion,…

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HINDU NOTES-MARCH 2 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 Drought situation ‘grim’ as 156 taluks in Karnataka face water crisis News The government has described the drought situation in the State as “grim and devastating” as 156 of the total 176 taluks have been reeling under severe water crisis owing to deficient rainfall during kharif and rabi seasons in 2018–19, worsening the condition of farmers. Beyond News It is estimated that loss owing to natural calamities, including floods/landslips and drought during both kharif and rabi seasons is ₹32,335 crore. The Centre so far has released ₹949.49 crore as against the NDRF norm of ₹4,460 crore, according to the Minister. The State had suffered agricultural crop loss on about 19.46 lakh hectares of land while…

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HINDU NOTES-MARCH 1 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 Gender gap in wages, unemployment News Gender equality still remains a distant dream in economic participation in Despite achieving parity in the field of education, Kerala faces the ignominy of having the highest female unemployment rate in the country. While the overall unemployment rate in Kerala stood at 6.7%, a wide gender gap of 14.1% for women and 2.9% for men existed, according to the Gender Statistics 2017-18 which was released by the Department of Economics and Statistics (DES). Findings The national average in both unemployment rate for women and men stood at 2.2%. The scenario existed despite the State maintaining higher economic growth rate than many other States and ensuring relatively high literacy…

Mar12019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-FEBRUARY 28 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 Nearly 50% of India currently facing drought: IIT Gandhinagar scientists News Nearly 50% of the country is currently facing drought with at least 16% falling in the “exceptional” or “extreme” category, according scientists managing India’s real time drought prediction system. Findings This ongoing drought will pose a lot of challenges in water availability this summer. The real-time monitoring system collects weather and precipitation data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), which is then used to simulate soil moisture and other factors that contribute to drought. The results of the simulations, prepared by the Water and Climate Lab at IIT Gandhinagar, are available on the website of the IMD. About 47% of the country is facing…

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HINDU NOTES-FEBRUARY 27 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 India gets support from Australia, France News India received support for its air strike on a Jaish camp in Pakistan from several countries, including Australia and France. Beyond News France recognises India’s legitimacy to ensure its security against cross-border terrorism and asks Pakistan to put an end to operations of terrorist groups established on its territory. The British government called on India and Pakistan to pursue diplomatic solutions. U.K. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt held telephone conversations with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. The Foreign Secretary highlighted the U.K.’s concern about the threat to regional stability from terrorism. Organisation of Islamic Cooperation condemned “the Indian incursion and…

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HINDU NOTES-FEBRUARY 26 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 Warming imperils clouds that deter ‘hothouse’ conditions News Marine clouds that protect us from hothouse Earth conditions by reflecting sunlight back into space could break up and vanish if CO2 in the atmosphere triples, researchers warned. Findings Results show that there are dangerous climate change thresholds of which we were unaware. So-called stratocumulus clouds cover about 20% of subtropical oceans, mostly near western seaboards such as the coasts of California, Mexico and Peru. When they disappear, Earth warms dramatically, by about eight degrees Celsius in addition to the global warming that comes from enhanced greenhouse concentrations alone. A temperature increase of that magnitude would melt polar ice and lift sea levels tens of…