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Mar142018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MARCH 14 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 Pune tops quality of governance list News Pune, Kolkata, Thiruvananthapuram and Bhubaneswar have the best quality of governance among Indian cities in 2017, a study has found. Beyond News The fifth edition of the Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems (ASICS) by Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy spans 23 Indian cities and factors in answers to 89 questions. The cities were scored based on the quality of laws, policies, institutions and institutional processes that together help govern them. ASICS groups questions into four categories: urban planning & design; urban capacities & resources; transparency, accountability & participation; and empowered & legitimate political representation. Pune scored 5.1 out of 10 (all questions are scored on a scale of…

Mar132018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MARCH 13 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 Artefacts of ‘pre-Iron Age’ found in Odisha News: Archaeological Survey of India, which has been excavating a mound at Jalalpur village of Odisha’s Cuttack district, has now come across stone and bone tools believed to be of early Iron Age. Beyond News: The discovery includes faunal remains, carbonised grains and stone and bone tools of early iron age to prehistoric period. Yellow and dark grey colour soil noticed during the excavation signifies the rural settlement flourished in different eras. Circular wall, semi-circular wall, crescent shape wall and mud platforms of different size and shape have been discovered. Recently, teeth of three types of sharks, stone tools were unearthed from the site. Among the…

Mar122018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MARCH 12 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 WHO steps up fight against tobacco News The World Health Organization has launched new guidelines on the role that tobacco product regulations can play in reducing tobacco demand, saving lives and raising revenues for health services to treat tobacco-related diseases. Guidelines Most countries hesitate to implement policies, due in part to the highly technical nature of such policy interventions and the difficulties in translating science into regulation. Failure to regulate represents a missed opportunity as tobacco product regulation, in the context of comprehensive control, is a valuable tool that complements other tried and tested tobacco control interventions, such as raising taxes, and ensuring smoke-free environments. The new guidelines provide practical, stepwise approaches to…

Mar112018 by albindiaNo Comments

FEBRUARY 2018- Hindu & PIB Monthly magazine

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Mar102018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MARCH 10 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 Coral sediments in oceans could dissolve by next century News As oceans get more acidic, sediments that constitute coral reefs could begin dissolving by the end of this century, suggests a study. Beyond News Coral reefs are formed by not just the calcium carbonate skeletons that tiny animals called coral ‘polyps’ create, but also carbonate sediments which accumulate on them over thousands of years. Ocean acidification lowering of sea water’s pH when it absorbs the excess, human-caused carbon dioxide from the atmosphere prevents polyps from building their stony skeletons. In several reef systems, acidification also dissolves corals’ carbonate sediments. Predictions Based on this, the team also predicted changes in coral systems by incorporating…

Mar92018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MARCH 9 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 SC Constitution Bench holds passive euthanasia, living wills permissible News In a historic decision, the Supreme Court declared passive euthanasia and the right of persons, including the terminally ill, to give advance directives to refuse medical treatment permissible. Beyond News A Constitution Bench upheld that the fundamental right to life and dignity includes right to refuse treatment and die with dignity. The fundamental right to a "meaningful existence" includes a person's choice to die without suffering, it held. The court said it was time to dispense with such shared suffering and sense of guilt and face the reality. Doctors who attended on the terminally ill were under pressure and dithered in letting the…