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HINDU NOTES-APRIL 18 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 unveils colourful Fifth Dynasty tomb News In a major archaeological discovery, Egypt unveiled the tomb of a Fifth Dynasty official adorned with colourful reliefs and well preserved inscriptions. Beyond News The tomb, near Saqqara, a vast necropolis south of Cairo, belongs to a senior official named Khuwy who is believed to have been a nobleman during the Fifth Dynasty, which ruled over Egypt about 4300 years ago. The L-shaped Khuwy tomb starts with a small corridor heading downwards into an antechamber and from there a larger chamber with painted reliefs depicting the tomb owner seated at an offerings table. It is mostly made of white limestone bricks. Ornate paintings boast a special…

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HINDU NOTES-APRIL 17 2019 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE 9 groynes to check erosion in Ennore News Fishing hamlets along the Ennore Expressway that face a stormy sea and flooding every year may be spared this year. The long-pending project to construct nine groynes to prevent erosion along the coastline is expected to be completed by May-end. Beyond News Residents of coastal areas in north Chennai have been living in fear of the strong waves that hit the localities sometimes past the sea wall built in some portions. The second phase of the project to build groynes, which are a collection of boulders laid perpendicular to the shoreline, was started last year. Some of the groynes are being built in ‘T’ shape…

Apr172019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-APRIL 16 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 ‘India short of 6 lakh doctors, 2 million nurses: U.S. study News India has a shortage of an estimated 600,000 doctors and 2 million nurses, say scientists who found that the lack of staff who are properly trained in administering antibiotics is preventing patients from accessing live-saving drugs. Even when antibiotics are available, patients are often unable to afford them. High out-of-pocket medical costs to the patient are compounded by limited government spending for health services, according to the report by the U.S.-based Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP). Findings In India, 65% of health expenditure is out-of-pocket, and such expenditures push some 57 million people into poverty each year. The…

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HINDU NOTES-APRIL 14 and 15 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 What drives tiger dispersal News Tigers in India traverse long distances to find mates and new territories. But the movement depends on roughness of the terrain and human disturbance in the area. The terrain affects tiger dispersal differently in the Western Ghats and central India, two strongholds of wild tiger populations in the country, finds a new study. Findings The central Indian landscape is highly fragmented with high densities of people, while the Western Ghats has lesser human disturbance and is home to the world's largest contiguous tiger population. A study in 2017 by a team,revealed that roughness of terrain and human footprint drove tiger gene flow in central India: tigers moved across…

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HINDU NOTES-APRIL 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 Jallianwala Bagh shameful act in British-Indian history: British envoy News British High Commissioner to India Dominic Asquith termed the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, a hundred years ago, “a shameful act in British-Indian history.” Beyond News Asquith was in Amritsar to pay tribute at the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial to mark the centenary of the tragedy. On the 100th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre - when a peaceful gathering was fired upon by British Indian Army soldiers in Amritsar in 1919 - Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said here that an "appropriate expression of apology" was needed for closure. Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 India, ASEAN vow to step up ties in…

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HINDU NOTES-APRIL 12 2019 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Give info to ECI on each donor, each electoral bond in sealed covers: SC orders political parties News Refusing the government's advice to steer clear of the electoral bonds scheme of political funding, the Supreme Court passed interim directions, directing political parties to provide full information on each and every political donor and contributions made through electoral bonds in sealed cover to the Election Commission of India (ECI). Beyond News The court ordered the political parties to start providing forthwith the Election Commission of India (ECI) with details of each donor, every electoral bond through which contribution was received and the amount received on each bond till date. The parties have been given time…