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HINDU NOTES-JULY 30 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 Pakistan allows special group of pilgrims for Nankana Sahib News As part of the celebrations for the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, Pakistan allowed a special group of Indian pilgrims to enter the country. Beyond News The group will begin the festivities that will ultimately lead to the main festival at the Gurudwara of Kartarpur Sahib where both India and Pakistan are building infrastructure for a peace corridor. The group of 500 pilgrims was granted visa as a special provision over the usual number of visas issued under the 1974 India-Pakistan Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines of 1974. The statement reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to celebrate the life of Guru Nanak coinciding with the anniversary…

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HINDU NOTES-JULY 28 and 29 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 Medical Commission Bill passed News The Lok Sabha passed the National Medical Commission Bill, 2019 (NMC) with Union Health Minister assuring the House that the Bill, which seeks to repeal the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, will go down in history as the most revolutionary step taken to improve medical education in India. A motion for consideration of the Bill was passed by 260-48 votes after a division of votes was sought and the Bill was then passed by a voice vote. Rajya Sabha clears changes to Insolvency Code News The Rajya Sabha passed an amended version of the three-year-old Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). Beyond News The amendments seek to end ambiguity and streamline…

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HINDU NOTES-JULY 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 Recently there has been a drop in the size of the sharks and their numbers. News India is one of the world's largest shark fishing nations and Maharashtra and Gujarat together contribute more than 50% of the harvest. But recently there has been a drop in the size of the sharks and their numbers. This has affected the fisheries sector and traders. Findings A study done in 2014 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) had pointed out that a quarter of all the sharks, rays and other cartilaginous fish have a high risk of extinction. Another recent study published last year by researchers from over 15 countries added that about 50% of…

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HINDU NOTES-JULY 24 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 Large-scale burning of grasslands detrimental to invertebrates: study News A recent study on “prescribed burning” of large tracts of grassland for the conservation of threatened ungulates in the Eravikulam National Park (ENP), a biodiversity hotspot in the Western Ghats, reveals that such burning is detrimental to endemic invertebrates, including grasshoppers. Findings Grasshoppers are sensitive to grasslands management and an indicator of grasslands quality, health and restoration success. As grasshoppers represent a major faunal component of grasslands, effects of fire on them can be easily studied in grassland habitats. The endemic and wingless creatures are sensitive to environmental change and exhibit a high extinction risk. Hence, their response to fire management is of high…

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HINDU NOTES-JULY 23 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 Crypto currency panel for ban on private digital currencies, jail time of up to 10 years News The committee set up to look into the legality of cryptocurrencies and blockchain has submitted its report to the Finance Ministry and recommended that private cryptocurrencies be banned completely in India. Beyond News It has also drafted a law, the ‘Banning of Cryptocurrency & Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2019’, which mandates a fine and imprisonment of up to 10 years for offences. The committee, said the government should keep an open mind on the potential issuance of cryptocurrencies by the Reserve Bank of India. The government had constituted an Inter-Ministerial Committee on November 2,…

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HINDU NOTES-JULY 21 and 22 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 5% of TANTEA land in the Nilgiris to be transferred to forest dept. News A total of 276 hectares of land belonging to the Tamil Nadu Tea Plantation Corporation (TANTEA) in Gudalur and Pandalur taluks are to be handed over to the forest department in a bid to reduce human-animal interactions in the landscape. Beyond News The lands which are to be handed over to the forest department constitute only around 5% of the lands which are under the control of TANTEA. These lands are primarily located around the government tea estates, where tea cannot be grown due to the landscape as well as due to the presence of animals. The handing over…