daily news diary 04.06.2020 daily news diary 18.07

DAILY NEWS DIARY 04.06.2020 DAILY NEWS DIARY 18.07.2020

www.sosinclasses.com +91 99899 66744 [email protected] www.sosinclasses.com +91 99899 66744 [email protected]

+91-99899 66744 / 90000 66690

H.NO. 1-10-196 (New No. 177), Street no. 1, Ashok Nagar X roads, Hyderabad, Telangana 500020.

NEWS TIME All the news you need and more…

DAILY NEWS DIARY of

02.06.2020

For Prelims & Mains

Pag

e 2

+91-99899 66744 / 90000 66690

H.NO. 1-10-196 (New No. 177), Street no. 1, Ashok Nagar X roads, Hyderabad, Telangana 500020.

NEWS TIME All the news you need and more…

DAILY NEWS DIARY of

18.07.2020

For Prelims & Mains

http://www.sosinclasses.com/

mailto:[email protected]




Dear Student,

Warm Greetings.

DnD aims to provide every day news analysis in

sync with the UPSC pattern.

It is targeted at UPSC – Prelims & Mains.

Daily articles are provided in the form of

Question and Answers

To have a bank of mains questions.

And interesting to read.

Providing precise information that can

be carried straight to the exam, rather

than over dumping.

Enjoy reading.

THE HINDU - TH

INDIAN EXPRESS - IE

BUSINESS LINE - BL

ECONOMIC TIMES – ET

TIMES OF INDIA - TOI

INDEX

Essay Paper

Editorial

1. State of the disaster relief program’s- relief fund scheme appropriation and distribution in the country .….…………….....03

GS2

International relations

1. UN blacklist and give an account of its recent entry...............04

GS 3

Economic Development 1. State wise investments trajectory status in the Indian

States………………………………….................................................05

Snippets

GS 2

International Relations 1. UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on “Multilateralism

after COVID-19………………………………….……………………………………05

Pag

e 1

Pag

e 2






Essay Paper

Editorial

Q – Explain the state of the disaster relief program’s- relief fund

scheme appropriation and distribution in the country, in the light

of a recent example?

INTRO = Two months ago, Cyclone Amphan ripped through

Eastern India and Bangladesh. West Bengal bore the brunt of the

storm. Winds blowing at 130 km per hour destroyed nearly 30 lakh

houses and damaged crops in 17 lakh hectares of land. At least 95

people lost their lives. Ten days later, the West Bengal

government announced a relief package of Rs 6,250 crore.

But in less than two weeks, the state government’s relief efforts were riddled with allegations of corruption and it had to face protests – that there were irregularities in preparing lists of beneficiaries, misappropriation of relief material, and nepotism and political favouritism at panchayat-level institutions in the disbursal of funds.

Helping people pick up the pieces after a natural disaster requires

government intervention on multiple fronts — organising food,

potable water and medical aid, rebuilding houses flattened by the

cyclone, restoring livelihoods. With its human and financial

resources already taxed by the coronavirus pandemic, West

Bengal had its task out. Where –

1) Bogus names have appeared in the lists of beneficiaries. 2) People whose houses have withstood the ravages of the storm

have received compensation, apparently because they had links with the politically powerful.

3) The alleged participation of members of the political parties shows how deep the rot runs in West Bengal’s local-level bodies (Panchayat level fund distribution and etc).

A number of studies, including reports of the Intergovernmental

Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), have pointed out that the

frequency of severe cyclonic storms — like Amphan — will increase

in the Indian Ocean because of global warming. These studies have

talked about building the resilience of people in the areas threatened

by these events by securing their livelihoods.

EX - The farmers in the state’s betel-vine belt, for instance, have not

received the promised compensation for their damaged crops.

Instead, those with political connections, including many who do not

cultivate betel, have siphoned off money.

Way Forward -

Such corruption is worrying given that building climate resilience will require robust institutions at the grass roots level. Those guilty in the Amphan relief scam must be brought to book.

GS 2

International Relations Q – What is the UN blacklist and give an account of its recent entry?

BACKGROUND = Blacklisting by the Security Council entails that all

states are required to freeze without delay the funds and other

financial assets or economic resources of designated individuals and

entities.

And recently, The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terror group’s

leader Noor Wali Mehsud has been designated as a global terrorist by

the UN for participating in the financing, planning and perpetrating

acts on behalf of and in support of entities associated with al-Qaeda.

The UN Security Council’s 1267 ISIL and Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee added Mehsud, 42, to the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda Sanctions List.

Pag

e 3

Pag

e 4




https://indianexpress.com/article/what-is/cyclone-amphan-6410113/

https://indianexpress.com/about/coronavirus/

https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/pandemic-explained-who-novel-coronavirus-covid19-what-is-a-pandemic-6309727/



The TTP was blacklisted by the UN on July 29, 2011 for its

association with al-Qaeda. Under Noor Wali’s leadership, TTP has claimed responsibility for

numerous deadly terrorist attacks across Pakistan, including an attack targeting Pakistani security forces in North Waziristan in July 2019 and a bomb attack against Pakistani soldiers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in August 2019.

The group had claimed responsibility for an attempted bombing in Times Square on May 1, 2010, and in April 2010, it had launched a multi-pronged assault against the United States Consulate in Peshawar, killing at least six Pakistanis and wounding 20 others.

The TTP is responsible for many deadly terrorist attacks in Pakistan. The U.S. domestically designated Noor Wali as a terrorist in September 2019.

GS 3

Economic Development Q – Give an account of the state wise investments trajectory

status in the Indian States?

BACKGROUND = Tamil Nadu has emerged as the country’s top investment destination in the first quarter of this financial year, even as overall fresh investment announcements in India slumped to the lowest in five years amidst a period marred by the extended pandemic-induced lockdown.

The southern State accounted for 18.63% of the ₹97,859 crore of investments envisaged to execute 1,241 projects in the country in the first quarter, reckoned the latest ‘Projex Survey’ released by Projects Today, an independent firm that tracks investment projects in the country.

Tamil Nadu –

The Tamil Nadu government had signed 17 MoUs (memorandums of understanding)

While private sector investments on the whole collapsed to just 39.1% of total investments in the quarter, a ratio last seen in the first quarter of 2013-14, Tamil Nadu attracted large players like Daimler India Commercial Vehicles for a 2,277 crore project at Oragadam and the largest power project in the quarter — a 750 MW gas-based plant with an outlay of 3,000 crore.

Two private sector projects worth ₹2,900 crore in the State for producing wind mill equipment and semiconductor chips accounted for a bulk of the 16 machinery sector investment proposals worth ₹3,678 crore across the country.

Pag

e 5

Pag

e 6






The State is also host to three of the five data centres envisaged to come up in the country at a total investment of ₹7,400 crore Maharashtra –

Maharashtra had signed 12 MoUs with firms from Singapore, South Korea and the U.S. through a virtual summit.

two data centres are proposed in Maharashtra, which was second to Tamil Nadu with fresh investments worth 11,228.8 crore. However, the nationwide lockdown has led to suspension of

work on investment projects worth around 21.12 lakh crore due

to critical factors such as shortage of labour, funds and

equipment.

Other States –

While States like Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra held investors

meet and signed MoUs, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and

Karnataka reworked labour laws, started building land banks and

sent feelers to foreign companies for investing in their States

Way Forward –

1) India has all the potential to be the contract manufacturer of the world in several sectors, and has the required labour force.

2) However, slow-moving official machinery, archaic land and labour laws are some of the things preventing foreign companies from bringing in their technology and capital to India.

3) It is high time we address these issues at the earliest at the Central and State governments’ level.

Snippets

GS 2

International Relations UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on “Multilateralism

after COVID-19: What kind of UN do we need at the 75th

anniversary?”

The United Nations was originally born from the furies of the Second World War. Today, the fury of the pandemic provides the context for its rebirth and reform. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the multilateral system needed to more representative, and India believed that “the path to achieve sustainable peace and prosperity” was through multilateralism.”

Key Points - India had extended assistance to more than 150 countries, and helped set up a SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) COVID-19 emergency fund in the South Asian neighbourhood.

Economic measures to manage the impact of the pandemic, include a government package of $300 billion to “bring the economy back on track, build modern infrastructure and put in place a technology-driven system”. In the fight against COVID, India’s grassroots health system is helping India ensure one of the best recovery rates in the world.

Pag

e 8

Pag

e 7






How about this today!?

According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), which of the following reasons is/are the cause why Assam suffers from flood woes every monsoon?

1. Brittle River Embankments 2. Poor Infrastructure and Town planning 3. Cyclones and the state’s topographical location 4. Inefficient administrative strategies a. 3 alone b. 1 alone c. 1,2,3 d. 1,2,3,4

Hey from yesterday….

According to the currently controversial Kerala Animals and Bird Sacrifices Prohibition Act of 1968. Which of the following sentences stand CORRECT? A. Section 28 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, does

not make killing of animals for religious purposes an offence.

B. If the sacrifice is not for propitiating any deity but for personal consumption even in the precincts of temple, it is not forbidden. This arbitrary classification is violative of Article 14 of the Constitution.

C. The 1968 State law bans killing of animals and birds for religious sacrifices but not for personal consumption.

a. A alone b. C alone c. A, B d. B, C

Answer: d

Note: Section 28 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1960 does

not make killing of animals for religious purposes an offence.

However the 1968 State law bans killing of animals and birds for

religious sacrifices but not for personal consumption.

And the Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to examine the constitutional validity of the Kerala Animals and Bird Sacrifices Prohibition Act of 1968 that prohibits sacrifice of animals and birds in

temples to ‘please’ the deity but allows personal consumption.

UPSC - CSE

COMPREHENSIVE & FOUNDATION COURSE

(ONLINE & OFFLINE)

COURSE INCLUDES:

• NCERT

• Daily Tests & Writing Practice

• Optionals (ANTROPOLOGY / GEOGRAPHY)

• Nine Months Course

• Mentoring with Individual Focus

• SAVVY Sessions

• IAO Certification of Quality

OPTIONALS NEW ONLINE COURSES

From: 29.07.2020

ANTHROPOLOGY by SOSIN

From: 15/07/2020

• GS Foundation

• Prelims & Main • CSAT

Pag

e 9

Pag

e 1

0




daily news diary 04.06.2020 daily news diary 18.07

Documents