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HINDU NOTES-MARCH 9 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 India ‘reviewing’ Pakistan request for opening an air route News India is "reviewing" Pakistan's request to open an air route from Mumbai to Karachi and northwards for flights towards Europe. Beyond News It has been more than ten days since Pakistan shut its airspace for civilian flights following military tensions. It is reliably learnt that following international pressure Pakistan also sought permission to open another east-bound route from Karachi, to enter India near Ahmedabad, via Muscat (for flights towards South East Asia and beyond). India, however, rejected this proposal as there was no reciprocal permission for traffic exiting the country in the opposite direction. Pakistan says it attempted to open one eastbound and…

Mar52019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MARCH 3 and 4 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 Achieving Paris climate target could add billions in fisheries revenue News Achieving the Paris Agreement global warming target could protect millions of tonnes in worldwide fisheries catch, as well as billions of dollars of annual revenues. Findings The study, compared the ecosystem and economic impacts of the Paris Agreement warming scenario of 1.5 degrees Celsius to the current “business as usual” 3.5 degrees Celsius warming scenario. The researchers concluded that achieving the Paris Agreement would result in benefits for 75% of maritime countries, with the largest gains being made in developing countries. Achieving the Agreement’s target could increase global fishers’ revenues by USD 4.6 billion annually, seafood workers’ income by USD 3.7 billion,…

Mar52019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MARCH 2 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 Drought situation ‘grim’ as 156 taluks in Karnataka face water crisis News The government has described the drought situation in the State as “grim and devastating” as 156 of the total 176 taluks have been reeling under severe water crisis owing to deficient rainfall during kharif and rabi seasons in 2018–19, worsening the condition of farmers. Beyond News It is estimated that loss owing to natural calamities, including floods/landslips and drought during both kharif and rabi seasons is ₹32,335 crore. The Centre so far has released ₹949.49 crore as against the NDRF norm of ₹4,460 crore, according to the Minister. The State had suffered agricultural crop loss on about 19.46 lakh hectares of land while…

Feb272019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-FEBRUARY 26 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 Warming imperils clouds that deter ‘hothouse’ conditions News Marine clouds that protect us from hothouse Earth conditions by reflecting sunlight back into space could break up and vanish if CO2 in the atmosphere triples, researchers warned. Findings Results show that there are dangerous climate change thresholds of which we were unaware. So-called stratocumulus clouds cover about 20% of subtropical oceans, mostly near western seaboards such as the coasts of California, Mexico and Peru. When they disappear, Earth warms dramatically, by about eight degrees Celsius in addition to the global warming that comes from enhanced greenhouse concentrations alone. A temperature increase of that magnitude would melt polar ice and lift sea levels tens of…

Feb222019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-FEBRUARY 21 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 India not to allow its share of water from Indus network of rivers to flow into Pakistan News India will not allow its share of water from the Indus network of rivers to flow into Pakistan, Minister for Road Transport and Water Resources said. Beyond News Minister reiterated India’s position that has been under consideration, saying the water from the “eastern rivers” that fell in the Indian share would be diverted to Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir. As per the Indus Waters Treaty, signed between India and Pakistan in 1960, India has full rights to utilise the waters of the Ravi, the Beas and the Satluj rivers, while the waters of the Indus,…

Feb202019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-FEBRUARY 19 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 Aussie mammal the first ‘climate change extinction’ News Australia officially declared a Great Barrier Reef rodent extinct, making it the first mammal believed to have been killed off by human-induced climate change. Beyond News The rat-like Bramble Cay melomys whose only known habitat was a small sandy island in far northern Australia has not been spotted in a decade. Researchers determined a key factor in its disappearance was “almost certainly” repeated ocean inundation of the cay a low-lying island on a coral reef over the last decade, which had resulted in dramatic habitat loss. Australia’s environment ministry said it had officially transferred the animal to the “extinct” list. The researchers completed a wide-ranging survey…