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Jun282018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-JUNE 27 & 28 2018 [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 Neanderthals hunted in bands, speared prey up close: study News Neanderthals were capable of sophisticated, collective hunting strategies, according to an analysis of prehistoric animal remains from Germany that contradicts the enduring image of these early humans as knuckle-dragging brutes. Findings The cut marks or “hunting lesions” on the bones of two 1,20,000-year-old deer provide the earliest “smoking gun” evidence such weapons were used to stalk and kill prey. Microscopic imaging and ballistics experiments reproducing the impact of the blows confirmed that at least one was delivered with a wooden spear at low velocity. Neanderthals lived in Europe from about 300,000 years ago until they died out 30,000 years ago, overtaken by our…

Jun262018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-JUNE 26 2018 [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 Toxic air is causing malnutrition in trees News Besides affecting human health, air pollution is also causing malnutrition in trees by harming a fungi that is important for providing mineral nutrients to tree roots. Findings Mycorrhizal fungi is hosted by the trees in their roots to receive nutrients from the soil. These fungi provide essential nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium from soil in exchange for carbon from the tree. This plant-fungal symbiotic relationship is crucial for the health of the tree. High levels of the nutrition elements like nitrogen and phosphorus in the mycorrhizae changes them to act as pollutants rather than nutrients, the findings showed. The signs of malnutrition can be…

Jun252018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-JUNE 25 2018 [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 cuts export quotas for Maldives News India has lowered the limits on the export of certain essential commodities such as potatoes, onions, and eggs to the Maldives, according to a recent notification, in a move that sparked reports of possible food shortages in the Maldives. Beyond News This move, though ostensibly based on a new method of calculation, comes against the backdrop of a recent heightening of tensions between the two countries. Relations between India and Maldives have soured somewhat in recent times. According to the 1981 agreement between India and Maldives, the Indian government ,having regard to the fact that it has traditionally been supplying certain essential commodities to the Maldives, has agreed…

Jun232018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-JUNE 23 2018 [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 New app cuts waiting time for passport verification News The Ministry of External Affairs will be awarding the Tamil Nadu and the Puducherry police with a Certificate of recognition to “acknowledge its outstanding work” in the implementation of the “mPassport police app”, a digital, tablet computer-based application for police verification of passport applications. Beyond News Tamil Nadu was the first State in the country to implement the app across all police districts. In other States, the application has been implemented only in some major cities. By February 2018, all police districts in Tamil Nadu started using the app for the passport verification process. Police verification is a key step in the passport issuance…

Jun222018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-JUNE 22 2018 [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 Chola period inscriptions found at Erumbeeswarar Temple News Research scholars have found more Chola period inscriptions at the Sri Erumbeeswarar Temple situated on a hillock at Tiruverumbur on the outskirts of the city throwing light on the socio-economic life of the people who had lived there then. Beyond News: Though the temple dates back to 6th century C.E., the present construction belongs to 10th century C. E. and the credit of converting it into a stone temple goes to Chembiyan Vedivelan, a philanthropist who lived in the early Chola period. Earlier studies by the scholars at the temple had led to the discovery of nine inscriptions of Chola, Pandya and Vijayanagar period and…

Jun212018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-JUNE 21 2018 [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 Kerala scraps plantation tax News: Kerala Chief Minister told the State Assembly that the government has decided to scrap plantation tax in view of the crisis in the plantation sector. Beyond News: Kerala is the only State in the country that still persists with the Plantation Tax. The decision to give up the tax was taken based on the recommendations of a committee of secretaries and the Justice Krishnan Nair Commission appointed by the last government to study and report on the crisis in the plantation sector. The Chief Minister said the government has also decided to freeze collection of Agricultural Income Tax (AIT) from the plantation sector. The lines (row homes) in which…