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HINDU NOTES-MAY 29 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 Teenage marriages down by 51% in India since 2000: report News The number of girls in India in the age group of 15-19 years who are currently married is down 51% since 2000 and 63% since 1990, and the country’s average performance across a set of indicators related to child health, education, labour, marriage and violence has improved, a new report has said. Findings According to the Global Childhood Report released by UK-based NGO Save the Children, India, with its score on Childhood Index up 137 points, from 632 to 769, has also cut teen births by 63% since 2000 and 75% since 1990. The index score reflects the average level of performance across a set of…

May292019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MAY 28 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 Sri Lanka, Japan, India sign deal to develop East Container Terminal at Colombo Port News Sri Lanka, Japan and India signed an agreement to jointly develop the East Container Terminal at the Colombo Port. Beyond News The signing of the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) is significant, given that India and Sri Lanka were negotiating a potential partnership on the project, although with little success. New Delhi’s interest in partnering the project is well known. Over 70% of the transhipment business at the strategically located East Container Terminal is linked to India, according to official sources. However, India’s possible role in developing the terminal had become a major flashpoint within the government. President Maithripala…

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HINDU NOTES-MAY 26 and 27 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 among countries where women face most violence by partner News Global estimates published by the World Health Organization (WHO) indicate that about 1 in 3 (35%) women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime. Findings Worldwide as many as 38% of murders of women are committed by a male intimate partner. What make this worse for countries like India is the fact that intimate partner violence is the highest at 37.7% in the WHO South-East Asia region. As per figures released by WHO, the violence ranges from 23.2% in high-income countries and 24.6% in the WHO Western Pacific region to 37% in…

May292019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MAY 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 Four more deaths on traffic-jammed Everest News A traffic jam of climbers in the Everest “death zone” was blamed for two of four new deaths reported, heightening concerns that the drive for profits is trumping safety on the world's highest peak. Beyond News Nepalhas issued a record 381 permits costing $11,000 each for the current spring climbing season, bringing in much-needed money for the Himalayan country. But a small window of suitable weather before the short season ends has in recent days triggered bottlenecks of hundreds of climbers wanting to achieve for many although perhaps not for purists the ultimate in mountaineering. The four latest deaths, taking the toll from a deadly week…

May242019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MAY 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 BJP makes huge gains; Congress marginally improves tally News Heading towards a grand finale, the BJP, is poised to return to become the second political party in the Indian history to come back to power, even stronger this time. Beyond news: The Bharatiya Janata Party garnered 37.4% of the votes in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The NDA as a whole, received nearly 45% of the vote. This is the highest vote share received by the party nation-wide in any Lok Sabha election since the party was (re)formed in 1980. U.S., Japan, S.Korea, Australia hold first naval drills in Western Pacific News S. Navy ships conducted joint drills with warships from allies Japan,…

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HINDU NOTES-MAY 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 Western Ghats yields a new species of Amaranthus News A team of researchers have reported a new edible plant species belonging to the genus Amaranthus from the southern Western Ghats of Findings It was in February 2014 that the team came across the new species Amaranthus saradhiana on the outskirts of the Kulathupuzha forest range in Kollam district. Critical studies on the collected specimens revealed that the species is related to the widespread Amaranthus spinosus but differs in many characteristics. The researchers, carried out detailed taxonomic studies over the next five years to come up with the finding that the specimen is a new species. It is the first time that an Amaranthus species has been…