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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -OCTOBER 16 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 Malnutrition behind 69% deaths among children below 5 in India: UNICEF report News Malnutrition caused 69% of deaths of children below the age of five in India, according to a UNICEF report released. Malnutrition The State of the World’s Children 2019, UNICEF said that every second child in that age group is affected by some form of malnutrition. This includes stunting (35%), wasting (17%) and overweight (%). Only 42% of children (in the age group of 6 to 23 months) are fed at adequate frequency and 21% get adequately diverse diet. Timely complementary feeding is initiated for only 53% of infants aged 6-8 months. Women at a higher risk About Indian women’s health, it said every second…

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -OCTOBER 15 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 Farmers continue to burn stubble despite ban News Burning stubble, the rice chaff left over after harvesting, is linked to winter air-pollution in Punjab as well as down-wind Delhi. Air-pollution In 2013, the National Green Tribunal issued a directive to Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh asking them to ban such stubble burning. The Centre has spent about ₹600 crore in subsidising farm equipment via village cooperatives to enable farmers to access them and avoid stubble burning. In 2018, Punjab had disbursed about 8,000 farm implements to individual farmers and set up 4,795 custom hiring centres, from where such machinery could be leased. The cost of hiring these machines was about ₹5,000 an acre. The success of these efforts has been…

Oct92019 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -OCTOBER 8 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 Rajnath Singh receives first Rafale jet; first batch to arrive in 2020 News Defence Minister Rajnath Singh formally received the first Rafale fighter jet built for the Indian Air Force (IAF) in France. The first batch of jets will arrive in India only in May 2020. Defence dialogue Defence Minister held the Annual Defence dialogue with his French counterpart Florence Parly, the Defence Ministry said. India is procuring the Rafales for self-defence and as a deterrent. Indian Defence Minister and French President Emmanuel Macron comprehensively discussed key aspects of bilateral defence partnership and resolved to continue strengthening the ties between the two countries. Till May 2020, three batches of IAF pilots along with engineers and technicians will…

Oct72019 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -OCTOBER 4 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 Indo-Chinese educational tie-ups need nod from Home, foreign Ministries News Indian educational institutions that plan to collaborate with Chinese counterparts must now get clearance from the Ministries of Home and External Affairs before signing any agreements or undertaking student and faculty exchange programmes. The new guidelines would also apply to existing tie-ups, the University Grants Commission made clear. Clearance In a letter to the vice chancellors of all universities, UGC secretary notified them of a directive from the Human Resource Development Ministry. In addition to other clearances, prior approval of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of External Affairs must be taken by all the academic institutions and universities before signing of MoUs, educational exchange…

Oct42019 by albindiaNo Comments

IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -OCTOBER 3 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 The Indian Grey Hornbill: The fig disperser News The Indian Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros birostris) is a fairly common hornbill species found only in the Indian subcontinent. It is a medium-sized hornbill with a beak to tail length of about 50 cm. Indian Grey Hornbill Unlike a lot of other birds, the male and female look similar, though the females have a smaller casque. These birds are known to be arboreal, i.e. spend most of their time on tall trees, but may descend for food and to collect mud pellets for nesting. They play an essential role in the ecosystem as prime dispersers of seeds. They are cavity nesters, making use of big hollows in trees as nesting sites.…

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -SEPTEMBER 29 and 30 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 Onion export prohibited until further notice News In the light of skyrocketing onion prices, the government has prohibited its export until further notice. Export policy Export policy of onion for the item description at Serial Number 51 & 52 of Chapter 7 of Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) classification of Export & Import Items is amended from free to prohibited till further orders. The retail price of onions have shot up to as much as ₹60 per kgin the metros. At one point, they even touched ₹80 per kg. India terms Imran Khan’s UN General Assembly address ‘hate speech’ News In a strong rebuttal to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s address to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), India…