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HINDU NOTES-JUNE 9 and 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 Chellanam reels under sea erosion as rain intensifies News The coastal village of Chellanam in Kerala continued to reel under severe sea erosion for the third day with heavy rains pounding the coast and water from the sea flowing into the compounds of nearly 50 houses. Beyond News The rough sea and high waves have been threatening the coast, where people have been demanding shore protection measures for several years now. The seawater that rushed in dislocated some of the sandbags that were erected as temporary measures to protect the shores before the rains. Sandbags were being placed in the most affected areas and that about 70% of the works were completed. Hindu…

Jun62019 by adminNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-JUNE 5 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 Yamuna — up-close and personal News Yamuna once the lifeline of Delhi, along whose banks the Mughals built the Red Fort and the city of Shahjahanabad (Old Delhi) is one of the “most polluted rivers in the world” and is getting more polluted, say experts. Beyond News Despite different plans to clean the river, found that deadlines for multiple works to curb pollution have not been met. Also, enforcement of many rules for the same remains only on paper. A report, which is yet to be made public, submitted to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) by a Monitoring Committee (MC) appointed by it, states that the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has not met…

May292019 by adminNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MAY 26 and 27 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 India among countries where women face most violence by partner News Global estimates published by the World Health Organization (WHO) indicate that about 1 in 3 (35%) women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime. Findings Worldwide as many as 38% of murders of women are committed by a male intimate partner. What make this worse for countries like India is the fact that intimate partner violence is the highest at 37.7% in the WHO South-East Asia region. As per figures released by WHO, the violence ranges from 23.2% in high-income countries and 24.6% in the WHO Western Pacific region to 37% in…

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HINDU NOTES-MAY 25 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 Women’s representation in Lok Sabha rises to a record at 14.4% News At 78 elected women MPs, the 17th Lok Sabha will have the highest number of women representatives ever. They will account for 14.39% of the entire strength of the Lower House, which was at 12.5% with a total 65 women MPs in the previous Lok Sabha. Beyond News With 40 women MPs, BJP has sent the largest number of elected women representatives to Lok Sabha because of the sheer size of its victory. It is followed by Trinamool Congress (9), Congress (6), BJD (5) and YSRCP (4), as per data compiled by Association for Democratic Reforms, which analysed 539 out of the total…

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HINDU NOTES-MAY 22 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 Coral bleaching observed near Mandapam, Keezhakkarai, Palk Bay News The National Centre for Coastal Research, an institute under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, in India, has a field research station in the Gulf of Mannar region, and researchers have found an alarming pattern of bleaching in the reefs in Mandapam, Keezhakkarai and Palk Bay. Findings They have found that sea surface temperature ranged from 28.7°C to 31°C in the August 2018-February 2019 period and there was no bleaching seen then. However, when the temperatures rose to between 32°C and 36°C between March 2019 and May 2019, researchers observed a pattern of bleaching in corals, which was different at different layers within the sea.…

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HINDU NOTES-MAY 21 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 Western Ghats yields a new species of Amaranthus News A team of researchers have reported a new edible plant species belonging to the genus Amaranthus from the southern Western Ghats of Findings It was in February 2014 that the team came across the new species Amaranthus saradhiana on the outskirts of the Kulathupuzha forest range in Kollam district. Critical studies on the collected specimens revealed that the species is related to the widespread Amaranthus spinosus but differs in many characteristics. The researchers, carried out detailed taxonomic studies over the next five years to come up with the finding that the specimen is a new species. It is the first time that an Amaranthus species has been…