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Feb82019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-FEBRUARY 6 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 oceans can increase frequency of extreme rain storms News Rapid climate change, that is causing warming of the tropical oceans, could lead to a substantial increase in the frequency of extreme rain storms by the end of the century, say scientists from NASA. Findings The study found that extreme storms those producing at least 3 millimetres of rain per hour over a 25-km area formed when the sea surface temperature was higher than about 28 degrees Celsius. They also found that 21% more storms form for every 1 degree Celsius that ocean surface temperatures rise. Currently accepted climate models project that with a steady increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere ,…

Feb82019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-FEBRUARY 5 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 ‘Two-thirds of Himalayan ice cap may melt’ News Two-thirds of Himalayan glaciers, the world’s “Third Pole”, could melt by 2100 if global emissions are not reduced, scientists warned in a major new study issued. Findings And even if the “most ambitious” Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warmingto 1.5° C is achieved, one-third of the glaciers would go, according to the Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment. Glaciers in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya (HKH) region are a critical water source for some 250 million people in the mountains as well as to 1.65 billion others in the river valleys below. The glaciers feed 10 of the world’s most important river systems, including the Ganges, Indus, Yellow, Mekong…

Jan202019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-JANUARY 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 Chilika Lake possesses 20% of India’s seagrass News Chilika Lake is claimed to have 20% of India’s seagrass distribution, which plays a vital role in oxygen production and absorption of carbon dioxide and acts as a purifier in aquatic ecology. Beyond News Seagrass distribution has been estimated over an area of 152 sq. km, an increase from 135 sq km in the last year. Increase in seagrass has been reported against its declining trend throughout the world and now Chilika has 20% of India’s seagrass. The seagrass area increases only when the water is clean. Seagrass will rejuvenate fishing ground by providing nursery habitat to important fish species. Some of the indicators that…

Jan162019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-JANUARY 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 Antarctica ice melting increased by 280% in last 16 years News Yearly loss of ice from Antarctica has increased by an alarming rate of 280% between 2001 and 2017, according to a study which showed that accelerated melting caused global sea levels to rise more than half an inch in the last four decades. Findings The researchers, were able to discern that between 1979 and 1990, Antarctica shed an average of 40 gigatonnes of ice mass annually. From 2009 to 2017, about 252 gigatonnes per year were lost. The pace of melting rose dramatically over the four-decade period. From 1979 to 2001, it was an average of 48 gigatonnes annually per decade. The rate jumped…

Jan122019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-JANUARY 10 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 ‘Visually impaired not able to use banknotes’ News The Delhi High Court sought responses from the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on a plea seeking to lay down standards for design of banknotes and coins and make all forms of physical currency and digital means of transactions accessible to the visually impaired. Beyond News A Bench sought response of the Centre and the central bank on the plea filed by an organisation working for empowerment of visually impaired persons. The plea also sought a direction to the government to stop circulation and withdraw, in a phased manner, the inaccessible physical currency. The members of the NGO, Blind Graduates Forum of…

Jan42019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-JANUARY 4 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 China develops its own ‘Mother of All Bombs’: report News China has developed a massive bomb, said to be the country’s answer to the US-built ‘Mother of All Bombs’, the most powerful non-nuclear weapon. Beyond News China’s defence industry giant NORINCO for the first time showcased the aerial bomb, the country’s largest non-nuclear bomb. It is dubbed as the Chinese version of the “Mother of All Bombs” due to its huge destruction potential that is claimed to be only second to nuclear weapons. The bomb was airdropped by an H-6K bomber and caused a gigantic explosion, showed a promotional video released by China North Industries Group Corporation Limited (NORINCO) . This is the first time the…