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HINDU NOTES-December 5 2017 [UPSC Current affairs]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 21st century India cannot shun leprosy patients: SC News The Supreme Court declared in an order that,twenty-first century society cannot justify shunning persons affected by leprosy or keeping them hidden in homes and away from the mainstream Beyond News The court asked the Centre to respond in eight weeks to a call to repeal 119 Central and State laws in practice since the 1950s that discriminate against leprosy patientsdespite the fact that modern medicine completely cures the disease. A bench,acting on a PIL filed by Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, found that these statutory laws continue to recognise superstitions that leprosy is “infectious and has something to do with genetics”. There are 119 laws that discriminate against persons affected by leprosy in broadly the following…

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HINDU NOTES-December 4 2017 [UPSC Current affairs]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 First phase of Chabahar port opened News Indian, Afghan and Iranian officials held a trilateral meeting to discuss implementing the trade and transit agreement announced in May 2016. Beyond News Chabahar port is seen as a feeder port to the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) to Russia as well as land route to Central Asia. It is also seen as a rival to the Chinese-built Gwadar port off Pakistan, about 80 km away, which is a critical link in China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. It also provide alternative access to landlocked Afghanistan to regional and global markets. India has committed $500 million to building two berths at Chabahar to process trade and develop an economic zone around them, as…

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HINDU NOTES-December 2 2017 [UPSC 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 Egg fossils crack open secrets of ancient flying reptiles News Palaeontologists have uncovered more than 200 fossilised eggs belonging to the flying reptiles that soared during the age of dinosaurs. Why it’s important? The discovery, published in the journal Science, is the largest collection of pterosaur eggs found so far. The find could help advance our understanding about the early lives of the extinct winged creatures, including their relationships with their parents. Pterosaurs Pterosaurs were the first creatures — after insects — to evolve powered flight, meaning they flapped their wings to stay aloft instead of simply jumping and gliding. Pterosaurs terrorised the skies for more than 160 million years until they went extinct…

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HINDU NOTES-December 1 2017 [UPSC 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 Draft law proposes ban on instant triple talaq, three-year jail term News The Union government has told State governments to urgently revert to the provisions of a draft law to deal with instant triple talaq or Talaq-e-Biddatthat provides for a maximum jail term of three years. Beyond News It was planned to introduce the proposed bill in the coming winter session of Parliament that starts on December 15. Once the proposed Muslim Woman Protection of Rights on Marriage bill is approved by Parliament, the law will adjudicate all cases of instant triple talaq across the country, except Jammu and Kashmir. Provisions: As per provisions of the draft bill,a husband who resorts to instant triple talaq can…

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HINDU NOTES-November 30 2017 [UPSC 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 Indus civilisation flourished without a flowing river: study News Contrary to current belief, it was the departure of a large river — not its arrival — that triggered the growth of Indus urban centres that developed in what is now northwest India and Pakistan some 5,300 years ago, says a new study. Beyond News The researchers said the time gap between the river shifting course and the Indus civilisation settlements appearing rules out the existence of a Himalayan-fed river that nourished Indus civilisation urban settlements along the river channel. They used a method called optically stimulated luminescence dating to determine when the river last flowed. Historical notes: The Indus civilisation developed at about…

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HINDU NOTES-November 29 2017 [UPSC 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 Chabahar port ready, next stage for India News Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will inaugurate the first phase of the Chabahar port development project , with senior Afghan and Indian Ministers travelling for the event. Beyond News Iran’s parliament recently ratified the trilateral trade agreement signed by Prime Minister Narenda Modi, President Rouhani and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani in May 2016. The inauguration of the port on will effectively pave the way for India to carry forward the next phase of construction and development of two berths for its use, particularly for trade with Afghanistan. India has already completed the Zaranj-Delaram highway in Afghanistan, which would facilitate the trade to Kabul and eventually beyond…