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Hurricane Nate Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) Hurricane Nate at peak intensity racing towards Louisiana on October 7 Formed October 4, 2017 Dissipated October 11, 2017 (Extratropical after October 9) Highest winds 1-minute sustained: 90 mph (150 km/h) Lowest pressure 981 mbar (hPa); 28.97 inHg Fatalities 45 confirmed (as of October 11) Damage > $2.69 billion (2017 USD) Areas affected Central America, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Yucatán Peninsula, Gulf Coast of the United States (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee), East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Canada Hurricane Nate was an Atlantic hurricane that caused widespread destruction and casualties in Central America. It is also fourteenth named storm and ninth hurricane of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, Nate originated from a broad area of low pressure over the southwestern Caribbean on October 3. The disturbance moved northwest, organizing into a tropical depression the next day and attaining...

Juan Manuel Santos is the sole recipient of Nobel Peace Prize 2016 for bringing the country’s 50 year long civil war to an end. Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (born on 10 August 1951) is the 32nd and current President of Colombia and sole recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. According to Nobel Prize website, The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2016 to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end, a war that has cost the lives of at least 220 000 Colombians and displaced close to six million people. About Columbia Colombia which is officially known as the Republic of Colombia is a transcontinental country largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America. Colombia shares a border to the northwest with Panama, to the east with Venezuela and Brazil, to the south with Ecuador and Peru. It shares its maritim...

North Korea is again in news for conducting its fifth nuclear test on 9th September 2016. The test was conducted at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, which is located 50 km northwest of Kilju City in Kilju County. Image Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AUs10006n8a_ciim.jpg North Korea  Officially known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).  According to lonelyplanet.com, "North Korea is the world's most secretive country" According to official webpage of the DPR of Korea, "The DPRK is the Juche-oriented socialist state which embodies the idea and leadership of Comrade Kim II Sung, the founder of the Republic and the father of socialist Korea." In other words, North Korea is basically a communist state. The term 'Juche' is translated as 'self-reliance', is the official ideology of North Korea.  Kim II-sung (1912-1994) developed the ideology placing emphasis on the individual, the nation ...

The UPSC prelims exam 2016 results were declared on September 16, 2016.  The results were uploaded on the UPSC.GOV.IN website. The prelims exam was conducted on August 07, 2016 in two parts, and the UPSC civil services main exam is scheduled from December 03, 2016. Successful candidates of UPSC prelims exam are required to fill the DAF (Detailed Application Form) on the official website of UPSC from October 07, 2016 to October 20, 2016 till 6:00 PM. The upsc notification stated that the candidates appearing for the main examinations need to download e-admit card two weeks before the commencement of the main examination. The schedule of the examination will also be available during the period of download of e-admit card. According to UPSC, the marks, cut-off marks and answer keys of prelims exam held on August 07, 2016 will be available on the upsc website only after completion of the entire process for the Civil Services Examination 2016. It is expected that the final UPSC c...

Pew Research Center has released a report on "The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050" on April 02, 2015. The report predicted that the future of the world religions will change demographically. The fertility rate, youth population, stabilization programmes and other factors were kept in mind while preparing the report. Some of the salient points about the projections: The Muslims will reach near the populations of Christians in the world in the year 2050. The Hindus will constitute the fourth largest population group in the world, preceded by the Unaffiliated (Nastiks? ).  The share of Jews in the USA population will be outnumbered by the Muslims population. The India will have more Muslim population than the population of Muslims in the Indonesia, and thus have the largest Muslim population than any country in the world.  Countries with Buddhist population will witness a stability in the growth of the population, and thus overall t...

Highlights of The Interim Budget 2014-15 The Union Finance Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram here today presented the Interim Budget 2014-15 that shows an  Estimated Plan Expenditure of Rs. 5,55,322 Crore and  Non-Plan Expenditure of Rs. 12,07,892 Crore Fiscal Deficit to be Pegged at 4.1% and  The Revenue Deficit at 3%  The fiscal deficit (of current financial year) at 4.6% and  The revenue deficit (of current financial year) at 3.3%. The fiscal deficit during 2014-15 will be below the target set by the fiscal consolidation path. Major Economic Initiatives in the Current Financial Year Public Sector Enterprises Achieve a New Record in Capital Expenditure • About 50,000 MW of Thermal and Hydelpower capacity is under construction and 78,000 MW of power capacity has been assured coal supply. • The FDI policy was liberlised. • Approval was granted to establish two semi-conductor wafer fab units. • IT modernization of the Department of Posts w...

What is Vote on Account? The discussion on the Budget begins a few days after its presentation. In a democratic set-up, Government is anxious to give Parliament full opportunity to discuss the budgetary provisions and the various proposals for taxation. Since Parliament is not able to vote the entire budget before the commencement of the new financial year, the necessity to keep enough finance at the disposal of Government in order to allow it to run the administration of the country remains. A special provision is, therefore, made for "Vote on Account" by which Government obtains the Vote of Parliament for a sum sufficient to incur expenditure on various items for a part of the year. What is duration for the Vote-on-Account? Normally, the Vote on Account is taken for two months only. But during election year or when it is anticipated that the main Demands and Appropriation Bill will take longer time than two months, the Vote on Account may be for a period exceeding two...