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May232019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MAY 21 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 Western Ghats yields a new species of Amaranthus News A team of researchers have reported a new edible plant species belonging to the genus Amaranthus from the southern Western Ghats of Findings It was in February 2014 that the team came across the new species Amaranthus saradhiana on the outskirts of the Kulathupuzha forest range in Kollam district. Critical studies on the collected specimens revealed that the species is related to the widespread Amaranthus spinosus but differs in many characteristics. The researchers, carried out detailed taxonomic studies over the next five years to come up with the finding that the specimen is a new species. It is the first time that an Amaranthus species has been…

May152019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MAY 12 and 13 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 Number of people below the poverty line to increase in city News The number of people below the poverty line in the Chennai city is likely to increase, as more than 28 lakh residents of notified and non-notified slums are expected to be included in the BPL list. Findings Officials have compiled a list of 7.12 lakh BPL families, of the 17.88 lakh families in the city. The data already points to 40% people under the poverty line in the city. The percentage of BPL families is high in zones such as Tondiarpet, Royaouram and Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar, with 45% under the poverty line. But southern zones such as Adyar have just 30% families…

May122019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MAY 11 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 Cyclone Fani’s fury creates four new mouths in Odisha’s Chilika Lake News The extremely severe cyclone, Fani, has created four new mouths in Chilika Lake, Asia’s largest brackish water lake, connecting to Bay of Bengal, officials said. Beyond News Chilika Development Authority (CDA) officials have started studying the impact of saline ingression into the lake. While three new mouths have come up between the two functional mouths near Sanpatna and Arakhakuda, a smaller mouth has been noticed on the northern side. In the meantime, a lot of sea water is entering Chilika Lake. They are now monitoring its salinity level at different stations. If sea water ingression goes up, fish migration will increase…

May112019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MAY 10 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 Iceland turns CO2 to rock for cleaner air News In the heart of Iceland’s volcano country, 21st century alchemists are transforming carbon dioxide into rock for eternity, cleaning the air of harmful emissions that cause global warming. Beyond News The technology mimics, in accelerated format, a natural process that can take thousands of years, injecting CO2 into porous basalt rock where it mineralises, capturing it forever. In Iceland, a country of geysers, glaciers and volcanoes, at least half of the energy produced comes from geothermal sources. The plant pumps up the water underneath the volcano to run six turbines providing electricity and heat to the capital, Reykjavik, about 30 km away. The CO2…

May112019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MAY 9 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 Shakti, the new weapon in police arsenal! News ‘Shakti’ seems to be the new weapon in the Andhra Pradesh policedepartment’s arsenal, which will be wielded effectively to protect women from harassment and victimisation. Beyond News With ‘women protection’ getting due importance from the government and it being also considered by various quarters of society as a priority area of policing, the policy makers got down to developing novel initiatives on this front. Going a step ahead, the police department is looking beyond protection to focus on prevention of such crimes. The task used to be called earlier by different names like ‘SHE’ and ‘Mahila Rakshak’ teams involving different players. The previous models were supported…

May72019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MAY 5 and 6 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 Egypt uncovers Old Kingdom cemetery News Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry unveiled a 4,500-year-old burial ground near the Giza pyramids containing colourful wooden coffins and limestone statues dating back to the Old Kingdom. Beyond News The site on the southeastern side of Giza plateau contains tombs and burial shafts from various periods, but the oldest is a limestone family tomb from the fifth dynasty (around 2,500 B.C.). There are inscriptions on the walls, intricately painted wooden sarcophagi and sculptures of animals and humans. The Ministry said the tomb was that of two people: Behnui-Ka, who had seven titles, including the Priest and the Judge, and Nwi, also known as Chief of the Great State and…