Feb202017 by albindiaNo Comments
Current affairs IAS UPSC-February 20 2017

Current affairs IAS UPSC-February 20 2017

Current affairs, General Studies, Read Hindu, The Hindu Notes
Current affairs Notes for IAS UPSC February 20 2017 General Studies-01 Journey of the modern man A new museum in Kolkata tells the tale of how modern humans in the Indian subcontinent evolved from ancestors who arrived about 12.3 million years ago from Africa, during the Pleistocene era. Set up by the Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI), the museum traces the history of human evolution in this part of the world through displays of tools, replicas of artefacts and models. The story begins with the arrival of Ramapithecus, the oldest fossil primate found in the Siwalik Hills, about 12.3 million years ago. This first hominid and the gradual evolution later is depicted through a series of replicas of facial and skull variations. The original artefacts in the newly opened museum…
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Feb192017 by albindiaNo Comments
Current affairs IAS UPSC-February 19 2017

Current affairs IAS UPSC-February 19 2017

Current affairs, The Hindu Notes
Current affairs Notes for IAS UPSC February 19 2017 General Studies-02 Air india divestment For the civil aviation there were two body air india and india airlines which have been merged into one single body of air india Due to lots of cess and subsidy this body always have underperforming level of the economy So in UPA government idea of the divestment put on the table but face some critics and vetoed by then finance minister If air india will be privatized than government debt can be solved NPA can be minimize Government revenue generation. Competitive environment to air india to perform better. Better service to customer. Basic amenities in government school Education should be creative activity and honest like value to be awarded but what scenario going is success…
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Feb182017 by albindiaNo Comments
Current affairs IAS UPSC-February 18 2017

Current affairs IAS UPSC-February 18 2017

Current affairs, The Hindu Notes
Current affairs Notes for IAS UPSC February 18 2017 General Studies-02 Medical diplomacy New and emerging concept of the diplomacy in world but informally existed in india long ago Medical diplomacy refer to help in health sector by that country will have good relation Indian medical staff worked most in the area of the gulf crisis. In iran, Iraq, Tajikistan, Afghanistan etc. This strategic and oil rich country having poor infrastructure. In which india can find emerging potential Gulf country reserve now on stake and risk to invest there but central Asian country like Tajikistan and Afghanistan and iran providing new opportunity Terror attack in sehwan The horrifiic suicide attack at a Sui shrine in Sehwan in Pakistan’s Sindh province that killed at least 80 people, underscores fears about the…
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Feb182017 by albindiaNo Comments

What is TAMRA?

Current affairs, Prelims UPSC, The Hindu Notes
Transparency, Auction Monitoring and Resource Augmentation Portal and Mobile applications are recently in news & is important for PRELIMS 2017 UPSC,Its associated with India’s Coal and Mining sector. 1. TAMRA Portal and Mobile Application to ensure transparent award of Statutory Clearances for Mining Operations 2. Transparency, Auction Monitoring and Resource Augmentation (TAMRA) is a Portal and Mobile Application, developed by the Ministry of Mines 3. It was simultaneously launched across 12 mineral rich States Salient features: 1. It has an objective to enhance transparency and accountability, as a part of the Ease of Doing Business in the Mining sector 2. TAMRA is a step to speed up mining activity in India and facilitate all the stakeholders to track the status of the statutory clearances associated with mining blocks for getting…
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Feb172017 by albindiaNo Comments

ISRO PSLV-C37

Current affairs, General Studies, The Hindu Notes
Context: 1. The Indian Space Research Organisation boosted its reputation further when it successfully launched a record 104 satellites in one mission from Sriharikota on Wednesday 2. All launches were made by its workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket Satellites: 1. An earth observation Cartosat-2 series satellite and two other Nano satellites were the only Indian satellites launched 2. The remaining were from the United States, Israel, the UAE, the Netherlands, Kazakhstan and Switzerland 3. Of the 101 foreign satellites launched, 96 were from the U.S. and one each from the other five countries Setting the record: 1. Till now Russia held the record of launching 37 satellites in a single mission, in 2014 2. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the U.S. launched 29 satellites in one go…
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Feb172017 by albindiaNo Comments
Current affairs IAS UPSC-February 17 2017

Current affairs IAS UPSC-February 17 2017

Current affairs, General Studies, The Hindu Notes
Current affairs Notes for IAS UPSC February 17 2017 General Studies -01 Triple talaq issue Triple talaq is Islamic practice of divorce in which male partner can divorce his wife by just uttering talaq trice…. Court had intervened in this case at time of shah bano case but islam union opposing it on the name of religious protection to minority Many Islamic country also banned it like iran, Saudi Arabia and Koran have no this kind of description at all This issue later on become political point to drive women vote bank but now judiciary will bring this issue to constitutional bench There are many benches in supreme court for the nature of the cases like division bench, constitutional benches Constitutional bench including chief justice can interpret constitution while in…
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