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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -NOVEMBER 20 2019 NOTES [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-01 IASTODAY CAPSULES are available free -date wise => CLICK HERE Women allowed to work in night shifts in all factories in Karnataka News The Karnataka government issued a notification allowing women to work in night shifts (7 p.m. to 6 a.m.) in all factories registered under the Factories Act. Work in night shifts The State government has in the notification cited the Madras High Court judgement striking down Section 66(1)(b) of the Factories Act, 1948, which prohibited employment of women to work in night shifts, and certain conditions laid down by it. Currently, women are allowed to work night shifts only in the IT and IT-enabled service sectors. With this move, women will be allowed to work during nights in other sectors including manufacturing. IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES…

Nov192019 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -NOVEMBER 19 2019 NOTES [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-01 IASTODAY CAPSULES are available free -date wise => CLICK HERE Sea level along Indian coast rose by 8.5 cm in last 50 years: Environment Minister News Sea level along the Indian coast has risen by 8.5 cm in the last five decades, Union Minister Babul Supriyo said in the Rajya Sabha. Rising Sea level The rate of increase of sea level due to climate change cannot be attributed with certainty. On an average, the sea level along the Indian coast is considered to be rising at about 1.70 mm/year meaning thereby that during the past 50 years, the sea level along the Indian coasts has risen by 8.5 cm. Further, satellite altimetry and model simulations showed that the North Indian Ocean (NIO) also exhibits decadal variability. During the last…

Nov192019 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -NOVEMBER 17 & 18 2019 NOTES [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-01 IASTODAY CAPSULES are available free -date wise => CLICK HERE Arctic Ocean may be ice-free for part of year by 2044, finds study News Human-caused climate change is on track to make the Arctic Ocean functionally ice-free for part of each year starting sometime between 2044 and 2067, according to a study. Human-caused climate change Researchers noted that as long as humans have been on Earth, the planet has had a large cap of sea ice at the Arctic Circle that expands each winter and contracts each summer. Satellite observations show that since 1979, the amount of sea ice in the Arctic in September — the month when there is the least sea ice, before water starts freezing again — has declined by 13% per decade. The…

Nov142019 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -NOVEMBER 13 2019 NOTES [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-01 IASTODAY CAPSULES are available free -date wise => CLICK HERE Manual scavenging fatalities highest in Tamil Nadu, says survey News As many as 206 manual scavengers died while cleaning sewers and septic tanks between 1993 and July 2019 in Tamil Nadu, according to a government survey conducted in 170 districts in 18 States. Highest deaths The deaths in Tamil Nadu were the highest among all States. Two percent of victims’ families were not compensated, whereas all victims’ families in Punjab, Gujarat and Telangana received compensation. Despite a 2013 law prohibiting employment of manual scavengers, the survey identified 54,130 people engaged in this job across India as of July 2019. 'Climate strike' named Collins' word of the year 2019 News 'Climate strike', a form of protest popularised by…

Nov92019 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -NOVEMBER 8 2019 NOTES [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-01 IASTODAY CAPSULES are available free -date wise => CLICK HERE Amazon rainforest drying out due to human activity, shows NASA study News: The Amazon rainforest is drying out due to rising human activity, leaving the already endangered ecosystem more vulnerable to fires and drought. This was revealed by a NASA study based on data collected over 20 years. Beyond News: They observed that in the last two decades, there has been a significant increase in dryness in the atmosphere as well as in the atmospheric demand for water above the rainforest. In comparing this trend to data from models that estimate climate variability over thousands of years, we determined that the change in atmospheric aridity is well beyond what would be expected from natural climate variability. Increasing…

Nov82019 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -NOVEMBER 7 2019 NOTES [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-02 IASTODAY CAPSULES are available free -date wise => CLICK HERE India, Russia to form aftersales support groups News India and Russia agreed to form specific working groups for after sales support of key defence platforms and intensify efforts to finalise a cooperation programme for 2021-2030. Defence platforms This was agreed between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Russian counterpart General Sergei Shoigu at the 19th India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military and Military Technical Cooperation meeting. Defence Minister is on a three-day visit to Russia. The Ministers directed the respective teams to work closely for early conclusion of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Agreement on Reciprocal Logistics Support. In September, the two countries had signed an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) for mutual cooperation in joint manufacturing of spares, components, aggregates and other…