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Nov282018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-NOVEMBER 27 2018 [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 Global climate finance flows increased: UN Climate Change News The global climate finance flows have increased with a bulk of it continuing to go towards efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Findings A relatively small proportion of the finance goes towards efforts to enable the most vulnerable to adapt. On a comparable basis, the global climate finance flows increased by 17% in 2015-16 from 2013-14 levels. One central conclusion is that the growth in global climate finance seen in 2015 was largely driven by high levels of new private investment in renewable energy, the largest segment of the global total. The fall in renewable energy investment in 2016 was offset by an 8%…

Nov262018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-NOVEMBER 24 2018 [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 Oceans are heating much faster: study News: The world’s oceans have absorbed more heat than previously thought over the last quarter of a century, scientists said, leaving the earth more sensitive still to the effects of climate change. Findings: Oceans cover more than two thirds of the planet’s surface and play a vital role in sustaining life on the earth. According to scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),the world’s oceans have absorbed 90% of the temperature rise caused by man-made carbon emissions. But new research used a novel method of measuring ocean temperature. It found that for each of the last 25 years, oceans may have absorbed heat energy equivalent…

Nov232018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-NOVEMBER 22 2018 [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 An endangered tribe News The Sentinelese, a negrito tribe who live on the North Sentinel Island of the Andamans, have not faced incursions and remain hostile to outsiders. Importance Based on carbon dating of kitchen middens by the Anthropological Survey of India, Sentinelese presence was confirmed in the islands to 2,000 years ago. Genome studies indicate that the Andaman tribes could have been on the islands even 30,000 years ago. The Govt. of India issued the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Protection of Aboriginal Tribes) Regulation, 1956 to declare the traditional areas occupied by the tribes as reserves, and prohibited entry of all persons except those with authorisation. Photographing or filming the tribe members…

Nov222018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-NOVEMBER 21 2018 [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 offers many roads, says President Kovind News India and Vietnam “share a vision for the Indo-Pacific” and will launch their first “Bilateral Maritime Security Dialogue”, announced President Ramnath Kovind during a visit to Hanoi, as he took a broad swipe at China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” in an address to the National Assembly. Beyond News President said Vietnam and India concurred on the “South China Sea” as a “critical component” of the Indo-Pacific, which is the area of another flashpoint with Beijing, that has a territorial dispute with Hanoi over the Spratly Islands in the SCS. President met with Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong, during the first leg of his two-nation tour to Vietnam and…

Nov212018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-NOVEMBER 20 2018 [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 Literacy levels in rural India suffer due to migration, finds UNESCO study News Literacy levels in rural households of India dip with seasonal migration, the UNESCO global education monitoring report 2019 has observed, bringing out the educational challenges thrown up by migration. Findings In India, 10.7 million children aged 6 to 14 lived in rural households with a seasonal migrant in 2013. About 28% of youth aged 15 to 19 in these households were illiterate or had not completed primary school, compared to 18% of the cohort overall. About 80% of seasonal migrant children in seven cities lacked access to education near work sites, and 40% are likely to end up in work rather than…

Nov212018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-NOVEMBER 18 and 19 2018 [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 ‘Corruption no longer among top 3 hurdles to doing business in India’ News The perception among U.K. businesses that corruption is a major barrier in doing business in India has halved, according to the latest edition of the U.K. India Business Council’s Ease of Doing Business report compared with what it was in 2015. Findings Since the first report was launched, there has been a considerable year-on-year fall in the number of companies that viewed ‘corruption’ as a major barrier from 34% in 2016 to 25% in 2017, halving since 2015, where it stood at 51%. This decline shows a major improvement, indicating that the current government’s efforts to mitigate corruption appear to…