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HINDU NOTES-APRIL 17 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 9 groynes to check erosion in Ennore News Fishing hamlets along the Ennore Expressway that face a stormy sea and flooding every year may be spared this year. The long-pending project to construct nine groynes to prevent erosion along the coastline is expected to be completed by May-end. Beyond News Residents of coastal areas in north Chennai have been living in fear of the strong waves that hit the localities sometimes past the sea wall built in some portions. The second phase of the project to build groynes, which are a collection of boulders laid perpendicular to the shoreline, was started last year. Some of the groynes are being built in ‘T’ shape…

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HINDU NOTES-APRIL 16 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 ‘India short of 6 lakh doctors, 2 million nurses: U.S. study News India has a shortage of an estimated 600,000 doctors and 2 million nurses, say scientists who found that the lack of staff who are properly trained in administering antibiotics is preventing patients from accessing live-saving drugs. Even when antibiotics are available, patients are often unable to afford them. High out-of-pocket medical costs to the patient are compounded by limited government spending for health services, according to the report by the U.S.-based Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP). Findings In India, 65% of health expenditure is out-of-pocket, and such expenditures push some 57 million people into poverty each year. The…

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HINDU NOTES-APRIL 14 and 15 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 What drives tiger dispersal News Tigers in India traverse long distances to find mates and new territories. But the movement depends on roughness of the terrain and human disturbance in the area. The terrain affects tiger dispersal differently in the Western Ghats and central India, two strongholds of wild tiger populations in the country, finds a new study. Findings The central Indian landscape is highly fragmented with high densities of people, while the Western Ghats has lesser human disturbance and is home to the world's largest contiguous tiger population. A study in 2017 by a team,revealed that roughness of terrain and human footprint drove tiger gene flow in central India: tigers moved across…

Apr142019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-APRIL 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 Jallianwala Bagh shameful act in British-Indian history: British envoy News British High Commissioner to India Dominic Asquith termed the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, a hundred years ago, “a shameful act in British-Indian history.” Beyond News Asquith was in Amritsar to pay tribute at the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial to mark the centenary of the tragedy. On the 100th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre - when a peaceful gathering was fired upon by British Indian Army soldiers in Amritsar in 1919 - Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said here that an "appropriate expression of apology" was needed for closure. Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 India, ASEAN vow to step up ties in…

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HINDU NOTES-MARCH 21 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 World’s oldest astrolabe identified News Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest astrolabe an ancient device used for navigating at sea which was part of Portuguese explorers Vasco da Gama’s second voyage to India in the fourteenth century. The Guinness World Records independently certified the astrolabe excavated from the wreck site of a Portuguese Armada Ship as the oldest in the world. They also certified a ship’s bell dated 1498 recovered from the same wreck site also as the oldest in the world. Beyond News The Sodre astrolabe is believed to have been made between 1496 and 1501 and is unique in comparison to all other mariner’s astrolabes. Mariner’s Astrolabes were used for navigating…

Mar172019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MARCH 14 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 India could save trillions in healthcare costs if Paris climate goals are met: Global Environmental Outlook News India could save at least $3 trillion (₹210 trillion approx.) in healthcare costs if it implemented policy initiatives consistent with ensuring that the globe didn’t heat up beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius by the turn of the century, says the sixth edition of the Global Environmental Outlook (GEO), prepared by the United Nations Environment Programme. Findings Damage to the planet is so dire that people’s health will be increasingly threatened unless urgent action is taken.Unless environmental protections were drastically scaled up, cities and regions in Asia, the Middle East and Africa could see millions of premature deaths…