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HINDU NOTES-MARCH 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 Climate change forces Arctic animals to shift feeding habits News Seals and whales in the Arctic are shifting their feeding patterns as climate change alters their habitats, and the way they do so may determine whether they survive, a new study has found. Findings Researchers harnessed datasets spanning two decades to examine how two species of Arctic wildlife beluga whales, also known as white whales, and ringed seals are adapting to their changing habitat. The research focused on the area around Svalbard northwest of Norway which is experiencing rapid impacts from climate change and particularly a large collapse in sea-ice conditions in 2006 that has continued to the present day. Both white whales…

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HINDU NOTES-MARCH 9 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 India ‘reviewing’ Pakistan request for opening an air route News India is "reviewing" Pakistan's request to open an air route from Mumbai to Karachi and northwards for flights towards Europe. Beyond News It has been more than ten days since Pakistan shut its airspace for civilian flights following military tensions. It is reliably learnt that following international pressure Pakistan also sought permission to open another east-bound route from Karachi, to enter India near Ahmedabad, via Muscat (for flights towards South East Asia and beyond). India, however, rejected this proposal as there was no reciprocal permission for traffic exiting the country in the opposite direction. Pakistan says it attempted to open one eastbound and…

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HINDU NOTES-MARCH 8 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 Ocean heatwaves devastate wildlife News Invisible to people but deadly to marine life, ocean heatwaves have damaged ecosystems across the globe and are poised to become even more destructive, according to the first study to measure worldwide impacts with a single yardstick. Findings The number of marine heatwave days has increased by more than 50 percent since the mid-20th century. Globally, marine heatwaves are becoming more frequent and prolonged, and record-breaking events have been observed in most ocean basins in the past decade. Above the ocean watermark, on Earth's surface, 18 of the last 19 years have been the warmest on record, leading to more severe storms, droughts, heatwaves and flooding. Compared to…

Mar92019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MARCH 7 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 Women rights activists release list of demands News Women rights activists released a manifesto and appealed to political parties to endorse it as well as ensure that at least 33% of party tickets are given to women during the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Beyond News Their 44-point list of demands include free sanitary napkins, free treatment for survivors of sexual assault and acid attack, criminalisation of marital rape, land deed in the joint names of wife and husband. The activists also urged the Election Commission to bring electoral reforms to encourage participation of women in politics. They have made at least four representations to the EC in the past five years. They also…

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HINDU NOTES-MARCH 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 Warming imperils stratocumulus clouds News Marine clouds that protect us from hothouse Earth conditions by reflecting sunlight back into space could break up and vanish if CO2 in the atmosphere triples, researchers warned. Findings So-called stratocumulus clouds cover about 20 percent of subtropical oceans, mostly near western seaboards such as the coasts of California, Mexico and Peru. When they disappear, Earth warms dramatically, by about eight degrees Celsius in addition to the global warming that comes from enhanced greenhouse concentrations alone. A temperature increase of that magnitude would melt polar ice and lift sea levels tens of metres. The last time the planet was that hot, some 50 million years ago during the…

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HINDU NOTES-MARCH 3 and 4 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 Achieving Paris climate target could add billions in fisheries revenue News Achieving the Paris Agreement global warming target could protect millions of tonnes in worldwide fisheries catch, as well as billions of dollars of annual revenues. Findings The study, compared the ecosystem and economic impacts of the Paris Agreement warming scenario of 1.5 degrees Celsius to the current “business as usual” 3.5 degrees Celsius warming scenario. The researchers concluded that achieving the Paris Agreement would result in benefits for 75% of maritime countries, with the largest gains being made in developing countries. Achieving the Agreement’s target could increase global fishers’ revenues by USD 4.6 billion annually, seafood workers’ income by USD 3.7 billion,…