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Oct32018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-OCTOBER 2 2018 [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 Scientists puzzled by ‘peculiar’ tsunami News While early warning systems around the world were quick to pick up the earthquake in the Pacific, the tsunami that subsequently ravaged the Indonesian city of Palu, claiming more than 800 lives, seems to have struck in stealth, baffling the scientific community. Beyond News Scientists at the Hyderabad-based Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), which runs the state-of-the-art Indian Tsunami Early Warning System (ITEWS), detected the earthquake on the Pacific Ocean bed at 3.30 p.m. (IST) on September 28, and immediately issued an alert to the Indian Oceanic community, including Indonesia, and international networks. Information gathered by INCOIS showed that within five minutes of the…

Sep302018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-SEPTEMBER 29 2018 [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 Indonesia quake-tsunami death toll jumps to 384 News Nearly 400 people were killed in the earthquake and the tsunami it caused barrelling into the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, officials said. Beyond News Hospitals struggled to cope with hundreds of injured and rescuers scrambled to reach the stricken region. The national disaster agency put the official death toll so far at 384, all of them in the tsunami-struck city of Palu, but warned the figure was likely to rise. The tsunami was triggered by a strong quake that brought down buildings and sent locals fleeing for higher ground as a churning wall of water crashed into Palu, where there were widespread power blackouts. Indonesia is one of…

Sep282018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-SEPTEMBER 28 2018 [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 Powerful earthquake rocks Indonesian island; tsunami warning lifted News A powerful earthquake rocked central Sulawesi in Indonesia and authorities have issued a tsunami warning. The warning was later lifted. Beyond News The US Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.5 quake was centered at a depth of 6 miles (10 kilometres) about 35 miles (56 kilometres) northeast of the town of Donggala. Indonesia’s disaster agency spokesman said a tsunami warning for the island of Sulawesi has been lifted. The same area was hit by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that killed one person, injured 10 and damaged dozens of houses. Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 SC opens Sabarimala temple for women of all ages News The Supreme Court,in a majority…

Sep282018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-SEPTEMBER 27 2018 [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 Wetlands vanishing 3 times faster than forests: report. News Wetlands, among the world’s most valuable and biodiverse ecosystems, are disappearing at an alarming speed amid urbanisation and agriculture shifts, conservationists said, calling for urgent action to halt the erosion. Beyond News The convention, adopted in the Iranian city of Ramsar nearly a half-century ago, issued its first-ever global report on the state of the world’s wetlands. The 88-page report found that around 35% of wetlands which include lakes, rivers, marshes and peatlands, as well as coastal and marine areas like lagoons, mangroves and coral reefs were lost between 1970 and 2015. Today, wetlands cover more than 12 million square km , the report…

Sep232018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-SEPTEMBER 22 2018 [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 A rare confluence of events led to flooding in Kerala, says study News A combination of four factors led to extreme flooding across Kerala in 2018, a study says. Four Factors: The four factors are: above normal seasonal (May-August) rainfall, extreme rainfall events occurring almost across the State during the season, over 90% reservoir storage even before the onset of extreme rainfall events, and finally, the unprecedented extreme rainfall in the catchment area of major reservoirs in the State. Findings The summer monsoon rainfall in Kerala from May to August this year was 2,290 mm, which was 53% above normal. The average rainfall during the summer monsoon period (June-September) is about 1,619 mm. This makes…

Sep212018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-SEPTEMBER 21 2018 [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 Cyclonic storm ‘Daye’ crosses Odisha coast, rains to continue till Saturday News Cyclonic storm ‘Daye’crossed the coast near Gopalpur in Odisha, triggering heavy downpour accompanied by high velocity wind in several parts of the state. Beyond News The cyclonic storm “Daye” over northwest Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestward with a speed of about 23 kmph and crossed south Odisha and adjoining Andhra Pradesh coast close to Gopalpur, Director, Meteorological Centre, said. The cyclonic system then lay centred over south Odisha, about 40 km west-northwest of Gopalpur and about 150 km east-southeast of Bhawanipatna. Under its impact, heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to lash several places. The MeT centre also warned of gale…