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May232018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MAY 23 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 Graffiti taking its toll on prehistoric rock paintings. News Like many important monuments across India, the prehistoric rock paintings in Telangana’s Jayashankar Bhupalpally district are prey to confessions of undying love and names etched for posterity. Beyond News Increasing defacement, including instances of scraped graffiti and smeared oil paints, are a cause for grave concern at the millennia-old rock paintings of Pandavulagutta, which trace the evolution of human knowledge. Pandavulagutta is home to painted rock shelters dating to 10000 BC-8000 BC, an 8th century inscription of the Rashtrakuta period, and painted frescoes from the 12th century Kakatiya empire. The pre-historic rock paintings resemble those at Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh, with flora, fauna and…

May192018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MAY 19 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 Urbanisation on the rise in India News About 34% of India's population now lives in urban areas, the N. World Urbanization Prospects 2018 reporthas said. Beyond News This is an increase of about three percentage points since the 2011 Census. One way to look at the growth in urbanisation is by studying the size of urban agglomeration, which denotes contiguous territories with an urban population density. The number of megasized urban clusters (above 50 lakh population) has remained almost constant over the years. However, the number of smaller urban clusters has been increasing rapidly. The chart shows the number of urban agglomeration clusters of varying population over the years. Hindu Notes from General Studies-02…

May172018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MAY 17 2018 [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 US accuses India of non-adherence to parental child abduction protocols News The United States accused India of not adhering to any protocol with respect to international parental child abduction, claiming 90 per cent of requests for the return of “abducted children” remained unresolved for over a year. Beyond News International Parental Child Abduction (IPCA) generally refers to the “wrongful removal” or “wrongful retention” to another country of a child by the child’s parent or guardian. The State Department in its latest Annual Report on IPCA described India as a “non-compliant country,” a tag the country carries since 2014 when the first report came out. The 2017 annual report cites countries such as Argentina,…

May112018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MAY 10 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 ‘Climate change may lead to rise in temperature’ News The average global surface temperature will increase between 1.5 degree Celsius and 4.5 degree Celsius by the end of this century due to climate change, according to a government report, said Siddhanta Das, Director General of Forests and Special Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate Change. Beyond News He said India had declared a voluntary goal of reducing the emission intensity by 33 % to 35 % over the 2005 levels by 2030. Das explained that there were plans to raise trees outside the forests and in catchment area of rivers. Director General, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), expressed…

Apr242018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-APRIL 24 2018 [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 will file dispute with WTO if U.S. rejects exemption on steel, aluminium tariffs News India would lodge a trade dispute against the United States at the World Trade Organisation if Washington does not grant it exemptions from higher tariffs on steel and aluminium, three government officials involved in trade talks told Reuters. Beyond News India recently requested exemptions, arguing that its exports of these products to the United States did not create a security concern for a country with whom it has a strategic partnership that goes beyond trade. Three senior officials said New Delhi would file a case citing discrimination with the WTO as a first course of action if the U.S. did not…

Apr222018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-APRIL 21 2018 [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 Union Cabinet approves Ordinance for death penalty for rape of girls under 12 years News The Union Cabinet approved promulgation of an Ordinance to provide death penalty for rapists of girls below 12 years. Beyond News The Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance provides for stringent punishment of a jail term of minimum 20 years or life imprisonment or death for rape of a girl under 12 years. In the case of a gang rape of a girl below 12 years, there will be a punishment of life in jail or a death sentence. For the crime of a rape of a girl under 16 years, minimum punishment has been increased from 10 years to…