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HINDU NOTES-OCT 25 2017 [UPSC Current affairs DAILY CAPSULE]

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HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Rs. 5.35 lakh crore for new road project News: The Centre on Tuesday announced a Rs. 5.35 lakh crore road construction package, called BharatMala Pariyojana, in a bid to spur the economy as private investment remains moribund. Beyond News: This follows the Cabinet nod to build 34,800 km of roads nationwide, including in border and coastal areas. The BharatMala project will include economic corridors (9,000 km), inter-corridor and feeder route (6,000 km), national corridors efficiency improvement (5,000 km), border roads and international connectivity (2,000 km), coastal roads and port connectivity (2,000 km) and green-field expressways (800 km). Further, the remaining road projects of 10,000 km under the National Highways Development Project will form a part of…

Oct242017 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-OCT 24 2017 [UPSC Current affairs DAILY CAPSULE]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Today's Hindu Editorial analysis is provided separately | CLICK HERE Why make a show of patriotism: SC judge News: Justice Chandrachud ,part of a three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra criticized November order while hearing a petition filed by the Kodungallur Film Society in Kerala to recall the November order. Beyond News: The Supreme Court’s controversial order mandating moviegoers to stand up when the national anthem is featured in cinema halls before every show found criticism from within the highest judiciary itself. The court left it to the government to bring out any notification, if necessary, to make or not make the playing of the anthem mandatory in cinema halls. Background: It was a Bench led by Justice Misra, before he became Chief…

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EDITORIAL ANALYSIS-HINDU OCTOBER 24 2017

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General Studies-01 Today's Hindu notes are provided separately | CLICK HERE General Studies-02 {Op-Ed}The gown and the Bench Key aspect: An overview of the transformation in collegium system. Background: Political interference in the selection of judges in the third and fourth decades of independent India resulted in the collegium system where judges select judges. In 2014: The opaque system and unsatisfactory selection, transfer, and elevation of judges to the Supreme Court caused disquiet and led to the passing of the Constitution (99th Amendment) Act, 2014 and the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act, 2014, which sought to give politicians and civil society a final say in the appointment of judges to the highest courts. In 2015: A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court declared these unconstitutional on the ground that the…

Oct232017 by albindiaNo Comments

EDITORIAL ANALYSIS-HINDU OCTOBER 23 2017

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General Studies-01 Today's Hindu notes are provided separately | CLICK HERE {Op-Ed}It’s time to make deep emission cuts Key aspect: Global warming, Issues & solutions. In 2016, the earth’s temperature was 1.3°C warmer than in pre-industrial times — as warm as in the Eemian interglacial period some 125,000 years ago , when sea levels were 6-9 metres higher than they are today. More dishearteningly, even if countries take the action they promised at the Paris climate change conference in 2015, the world would be about 3°C warmer by 2100, well above the 2°C temperature guardrail to avoid dangerous climate change. Negative emissions Closer examination reveals that many of the integrated assessment models used to study future scenarios and emissions assume that the world would somehow make use of significant amounts…

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HINDU NOTES-OCT 23 2017 [UPSC Current affairs DAILY CAPSULE]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Today's Hindu Editorial analysis is provided separately | CLICK HERE Cattle smuggling goes on along Indo-Bangla border News: Two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have been killed, allegedly by cattle smugglers along the India-Bangladesh border, over the past two months. Beyond News: The two deaths are an indication that cattle smuggling along the international border is a major challenge for security personnel guarding the border. BSF’s SBF(South Bengal Frontier ), which extends from West Bengal’s Sunderbans to Malda is considered most porous and vulnerable to cross border smuggling. India-Bangla Border: Of the 918-km border, only a third is fenced and large parts of about 360 km is riverine, where rivers flowing between the two countries serve as the international border. India shares a 4,096-km border with Bangladesh…

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HINDU NOTES-OCT 21 2017 [UPSC Current affairs DAILY CAPSULE]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-01 Delhi pollution bursts at the seams News: Air quality plummeted to ‘severe’, the worst rating on the air quality index (AQI), according to the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) updated report of Friday. Beyond News: Despite a ban on the sale of crackers, the evening after Deepavali saw the Delhi record its sharpest dip in air quality this year. The AQI registered 402 on the scale — the uppermost being 500 — according to data from 14 monitoring stations in Delhi. Severe smog: The severe smog, which built up in the days leading to Deepavali last year, triggered a directive by the Supreme Court to implement a comprehensive pollution management plan. A consequence of this plan was that, over the last week, the Badarpur Thermal…