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Feb262018 by adminNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-FEBRUARY 26 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 7.5-magnitude earthquake rattles remote Papua New Guinea News A powerful earthquake rattled forest villages and a large gold mine in central Papua New Guinea , and the government sent officers to the region to assess unverified reports of fatalities and check the extent of the damage. Beyond News The magnitude 7.5 quake hit about 89 kilometers (55 miles) southwest of Porgera, the site of a large gold mine that employs more than 2,500 residents. The area also is home to a number of oil and gas operations and coffee plantations. Oil Search Managing Director Peter Botten said the company was closing down some production operations in the region as a precaution. The quake hit…

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HINDU NOTES-February 15 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 China slams Modi’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh News: China has slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh, saying it was not helpful in creating “enabling conditions” for boundary talks and improvement of Beijing-New Delhi ties. Beyond News Xinhua news agency quoted foreign ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang as saying that China was “firmly opposed” to Mr. Modi’s visit to the “disputed area.” The Chinese government has never recognised the so-called Arunachal Pradesh and is firmly opposed to the Indian leader's visit to the disputed area. Mr. Geng said that China and India had reached “important consensus” on properly managing disputes, and the two sides were working to resolve the territorial disputes through…

Feb62018 by adminNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-February 6 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 ‘When 2 adults marry, none should interfere’ News: Two adults are free to marry and “no third party” has a right to harass or cause harm to them, said Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, speaking against honour killings . Beyond News: When two people get into wedlock, no one should interfere. Neither parents, society, khap or panchayat... no one at all, said Justice Misra, leading a three-judge Bench that upheld the fundamental right of two people who wish to marry and live peacefully. A senior counsel, who represented the khap panchayat, objected to the panchayats being portrayed as “inciters” of honour killings. The counsel said such panchayats were age-old traditions and they…

Jan262018 by adminNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-January 25 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 New Delhi brims with ‘Look East’ vibes News: Symbolism and ceremony will mark the 25th year commemorative summit of the ASEAN-India dialogue partnership, but officials say security issues in the Indo-Pacific will be the focus of discussions among the 10 leaders of the Association of South East Asian Nations and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Beyond News: “Maritime Cooperation & Security”, the theme during the Leaders’ Retreat, will find “prominent mention” in the joint statements. The leaders will be hosted at the Rashtrapati Bhavan for lunch, followed by the traditional “Retreat” where leaders will meet informally for two hours. On Friday, they will officiate as joint chief guests at the Republic Day parade. Three…

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HINDU NOTES-January 17 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 Megalithic era sarcophagus unearthed at Viyur News A rare sarcophagus (stone coffin), said to be 2,000-year old from the Iron Age–Megalithic era, was discovered from a rock-cut cave at Viyur village of Kollam, near Koyilandy, in Kozhikode district in Kerala. Beyond News The coffin containing bone fragments was found during an excavation. So far, such a rare finding has been discovered only from two sites in Kerala. The bone fragments could be of either a man or a woman. They will be sent for carbon dating using accelerator mass spectrometry at the Beta Analytical Laboratory in California. Excavation at the site commenced after a hemispherical rock-cut chamber was discovered in a compound while flattening…

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HINDU NOTES-January 13 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 Four SC judges air differences with CJI Misra News In an unprecedented act, four senior judges of the Supreme Court held a press conference and publicly accused Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra of selectively assigning cases to judges of his choice without any rational basis. Beyond News Transcending judicial protocol that sitting judges should not interact with the media, Justices Jasti Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B. Lokur and Kurian Joseph the senior-most judges after the CJI accused Justice Misra of assigning cases of “far-reaching consequences to the nation” to junior hand-picked judges against the time-tested convention, practice and tradition of the court. In a letter addressed to the CJI and circulated at…