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Feb272019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-FEBRUARY 26 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 Warming imperils clouds that deter ‘hothouse’ conditions News Marine clouds that protect us from hothouse Earth conditions by reflecting sunlight back into space could break up and vanish if CO2 in the atmosphere triples, researchers warned. Findings Results show that there are dangerous climate change thresholds of which we were unaware. So-called stratocumulus clouds cover about 20% of subtropical oceans, mostly near western seaboards such as the coasts of California, Mexico and Peru. When they disappear, Earth warms dramatically, by about eight degrees Celsius in addition to the global warming that comes from enhanced greenhouse concentrations alone. A temperature increase of that magnitude would melt polar ice and lift sea levels tens of…

Feb272019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-FEBRUARY 24 and 25 2019 [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-built houses handed over to Sri Lanka estate workers News As many as 155 houses, build as part of India’s ongoing housing project in Sri Lanka, were handed over to estate workers in Hatton, located in the Central Province. The effort is part of India’s pledge to help construct 63,000 houses in Sri Lanka including 46,000 homes built in the war-hit north and east with a grant of $350 million, the largest Indian grant assistance project in any country abroad. Beyond News The houses have come up at a cost of about LKR 10 lakh each (roughly ₹4 lakh). Of the 14,000 houses coming up in the hill country with Indian aid, 1,000 have been…

Feb212019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-FEBRUARY 20 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 Climate change threatens 2 of Ecuador s 7 glaciers News Ecuador could lose two of its seven glaciers over the next few years, a phenomenon that worries experts because it would alter the paramo ecosystem and its effect on the nation’s water supply and humidity, media reported. Findings The most imminent threat concerns the glaciers of Carihuairazo, in Chimborazo province, and the southern Iliniza, between those of Pichincha and Cotopaxi. Ecuador has seven glaciers: Antisana, Cotopaxi, Chimborazo, Cayambe, the Ilinizas (north and south), El Altar and Carihuairazo, all located on volcanic craters affected by the greenhouse effect. In the case of Carihuairazo, 96 per cent of the glacier surface has melted, which means…

Feb192019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-FEBRUARY 17 & 18 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 The Himalayan glaciers are melting away News The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, an intergovernmental organisation focussed on environmental and social change in Hindu Kush Himalaya, findings of a report. It warned that one-third of the glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region could disappear by the end of the century even if the world limits the temperature rise to 1.5 degrees C. And if greenhouse gas emissions continue at their current levels, the region could lose as much as two-thirds of its ice. Findings Seventy per cent of the earth’s surface is water. Of the remaining 30%, 20% is land and 10% is ice. Most of the ice is in the…

Feb172019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-FEBRUARY 15 2019 [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 revokes Most Favoured Nation status granted to Pakistan News India announced that it had decided to withdraw the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) statusgranted to Pakistan and would also take all possible steps to isolate the country at the international level after car bomb attack in which at least 37 CRPF men were killed in the Kashmir Valley. Beyond News Minister Arun Jaitley said outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence that the Ministry of External Affairs would announce the diplomatic steps to be taken against Pakistan. A notification would be issued by the Commerce Ministry withdrawing the MFN status. The government would call for an all-party meeting after Home Minister Rajnath Singh returned from…

Feb152019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-FEBRUARY 14 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 Climate change could wipe out Bengal tigers News Sundarbans, the iconic Bengal tiger’s last coastal stronghold and the world’s biggest mangrove forest, could be destroyed by climate change and rising sea levels over the next 50 years, scientists say. Spanning more than 10,000 sq km, the Sundarbans region of Bangladesh and India is the biggest mangrove forest on Earth, and also the most critical area for the endangered Bengal tiger. Findings Fewer than 4,000 Bengal tigers are alive today. That’s a really low number for the world’s biggest cat, which used to be far more abundant but today is mainly confined to small areas of India and Bangladesh. Most terrifying is that analyses…