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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -DECEMBER 24 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 India needs fiscal-consolidation path to cut debt: IMF News India needs to consolidate its finances by curbing expenditure and boosting taxes to trim its debt, the International Monetary Fund said. To cut debt The IMF, which estimates India’s economy will expand 6.1% in the year through March, is set to reduce the prediction amid continuing weakness signaled by a decrease in rural consumption and lower business sentiment. The central bank recently cut its full-year GDP expansion forecast to 5% from 6.1%, after quarterly growth slowed to a six-year low. Highlights Government debt rose to a three-year high of 68.1% of GDP in fiscal 2019, the IMF said. Its directors recommend India adopts measures to reduce this to…

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -DECEMBER 22 & 23 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 Amazon rainforest is reaching a dangerous tipping point News The Amazon basin is the world’s largest repository of biodiversity and produces about 20 per cent of the world’s flow of freshwater into the oceans. Threats from deforestation and burning In the recent few years, the rainforest has been under threat from deforestation and burning. Earlier this year, fires in the Amazon that were visible from space made headlines. According to Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE), forest fires in the Brazilian part of the rainforests have doubled since 2013. It estimates an increase of over 84 per cent since last year. Until August this year, over 72,000 fires were recorded. June to December is considered to…

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -DECEMBER 20 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 India had most deaths caused by pollution in 2017: new report News In 2017, pollution was responsible for 15% of all deaths globally, and 275 million Disability-Adjusted Life Years. India saw the most pollution deaths about 2.3 million a new report has found. Deaths caused by pollution The 2019 Pollution and Health Metrics: Global, Regional and Country Analysis report from the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP) updates findings on Pollution and Health, and provides a ranking of pollution deaths on global, regional and country levels. The report uses the most recent Global Burden of Disease data from the Institute of Health Metrics Evaluation. The top 10 countries with the most pollution deaths include both the…

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -DECEMBER 15 & 16 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 Ahmedabad: 9 ration shop owners arrested for theft of Aadhaar details News The Cyber Crime Cell of Ahmedabad, busted a gang involved in impersonation of fingerprints and theft of Aadhaar data, to print fake ration bills and procure food grains at subsidised rates from government ration shops for black marketing. Theft of Aadhaar data According to police, three persons from Ahmedabad were arrested last week in the same case, for allegedly cloning fingerprints of ration card owners by stealing their Aadhaar data. After the cloning, fake invoices of ration card owners were printed to procure food ration at subsidised rates from ration shops. Police revealed that the three accused were in touch with at least 40 ration shops in the state,…

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -DECEMBER 12 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 Delhi: Soon, child care rooms in all offices News Delhi Development Authority (DDA) modified the building bylaws, making it compulsory for all office spaces in the city both private and government buildings to have a child care room. The agency has also made it compulsory for all new buildings to have points for charging electric vehicles. Child care room The land owning agency also approved a proposal to include provisions for charging electric vehicles at all new parking lots. Based on the occupancy pattern and the total parking provisions in the premises of various building types, charging infrastructure must be provided for electric vehicles. The DDA has also made changes in rules to allow stockists and wholesale…

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IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULE -DECEMBER 10 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 India ranks 129 in UNDP Human Development Index report News India climbed one spot to take the 129th rank among 189 countries on the 2019 report on Human Development Index (HDI) released by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). India was at the 130th place on this index in last year’s report. Human Development Index India’s HDI value has marginally increased from 0.643 in 2017 to 0.647 in 2018, shows the report, titled ‘Beyond Income, Beyond Averages, Beyond Today: Inequalities in Human Development in the 21st Century’. Globally, Norway, with a HDI value of 0.954, is at the first rank while Burundi (0.423) is at the bottom. As far as India’s neighbouring countries are concerned, China ranked 85…