New Courses Prelims 500 Series(Current Affairs Series) GS Pre & Mains NCERT CSAT for UPSC Crash CourseSource : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-04-06 KERALA FORESTS HOME TO NEW SPIDER SPECIES Relevant for: Environment | Topic: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Wildlife Related Issues Habrocestum longispinum A group of jumping spiders that mostly occur in Eurasia and Africa, has been spotted for the first time in Ernakulam’s Illithodu forests by arachnologists from Kochi’s Sacred Heart…
Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-04-05 ‘AIR POLLUTION SHORTENED LIFESPAN BY 30 MONTHS’ Relevant for: Environment | Topic: Environmental Pollution – Air, Water, Soil & E-waste The current high level of air pollution has shortened the average lifespan of a South Asian child by two-and-a- half years while globally the reduction stands at 20 months,…
Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-03-25 ANOTHER LOOK AT FISCAL TRANSFERS Relevant for: Indian Polity | Topic: Issues and Challenges Pertaining to the Federal Structure, Dispute Redressal Mechanisms, and the Centre-State Relations Federalism is an old concept. Its origin is mainly political. It is well known that the efficiency of a government depends on, among…
Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-03-22 WHAT IS INDELIBLE INK? Relevant for: Indian Polity | Topic: Elections, Election Commission and the Electoral Reforms in India Incl. Political Parties This refers to the violet-coloured ink in India that is applied on a voter’s forefinger after she exercises her vote. In 1962, the Election Commission in collaboration…
Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-03-21 FOR A HEALTHY PLANET Relevant for: Environment | Topic: Environmental Degradation – GHGs, Ozone Depletion and Climate Change Last week in Nairobi, governments welcomed the Global Environment Outlook 6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People (GEO-6) report. GEO-6 argues that in a business-as-usual scenario, the world will exhaust its energy-related carbon…
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