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Mar292018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MARCH 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 115,000-year-old bone tools unearthed in China News The toolmaking techniques mastered by prehistoric humans in China were more sophisticated than previously thought, suggests an analysis of 115,000-year-old bone tools discovered in the country. Beyond News Marks found on the excavated bone fragments show that our ancestors living in China in the early Late Pleistocene were already familiar with the mechanical properties of bone and knew how to use them to make tools out of carved stone. These artefacts represent the first instance of the use of bone as raw material to modify stone tools found at an East Asian early Late Pleistocene site. Until now, the oldest bone tools discovered in China dated…

Mar282018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MARCH 27 and 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 Nb: Notes of MARCH 27 & 28 are compiled in todays notes. When snow turned orange News Dust from a sandstorm in the Sahara desert is causing snow in eastern Europe to turn orange, transforming the mountainous regions of Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria and Romania into Mars-like landscapes, the media reported . Beyond News The unusual scenes were believed to be created by a mix of sand, dust and pollen particles stirred up and swept across from storms in northern Africa. According to meteorologists, the phenomenon occurs roughly every five years. As the sand gets lifted to the upper levels of the atmosphere, it gets distributed elsewhere. Looking at satellite imagery from NASA, it…

Mar262018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MARCH 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 Damaged reefs turn butterflyfish into flexible eaters News In bleached coral reefs that host less food resources, Lakshadweep’s melon butterflyfish change their diets and eating patterns to adapt to reef damages caused by climate change. Beyond News Climate change induced ocean warming can cause coral bleaching, which stresses coral patches and makes them prone to death. Bleaching is not new in Indian reef systems; the bleaching event of 2010 killed patches of corals in several reefs off the Lakshadweep Islands. This can be catastrophic for exclusive coral-eaters like melon butterflyfish. Live coral cover Scientists from Bengaluru's Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF) and National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) studied live coral cover and butterflyfish…

Mar242018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MARCH 24 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 Glacier melting passes point of no return News The further melting of glaciers worldwide cannot be prevented in the current century - even if all the emissions are curtailed, a study has found. Beyond News In the long run, 500 metres by car with a mid-range vehicle will cost one kilogramme of glacier ice. In the Paris Agreement, 195 member states of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change agreed to limit the rise in global average temperature to significantly below two degrees Celsius. Melting glaciers have a huge influence on the development of sea level rise. Whether the average temperature rises by 2 or only 1.5 degrees Celsius makes no significant…

Mar242018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MARCH 23 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 Why have you not appointed Lokayuktas yet, SC asks 12 States News The Supreme Court directed Chief Secretaries of 11 States to explain the five-year delay in appointment of anti-corruption ombudsman Lokayukta and Uplokayukta. Why its important? Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act comes under the radar of UPSC. Make a note. Beyond News A Bench ,found that several States have not moved a muscle to appoint Lokayuktas despite the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act coming into existence in 2013. The court found that Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, West Bengal and Arunachal Pradesh have not appointed Lokpal, Lokayukta or Uplokayukta. The Chief Secretaries of the aforesaid 11 States shall…

Mar222018 by albindiaNo Comments

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