Summary of The Hindu 10 JULY 2023 Current Affairs — — —

THE HINDU 10-07-2023

National

ð  Objections overruled, forest Bill goes to house unchanged.

Forest (Convention) Act 1980 Amendment, will put in parliament his Monsoon serious starting 1980.

Parliamentary committee has overruled objection regarding this. It has also overruled that the amendment has diluted the previous Act.

Some major changes in this amendment are :-

(1)  In geographically sensitive areas within 100 km of international borders of line of control, no forest clearance required to construct highways, hydel power projects or soon.

(2)  No central protection for vast tracts f so-called “deemed forest”  (forests no officially rewarded as forests) and permitting the activities such as tourism, compromising their integrity.

In 1996 in Judgement of Godavardan case extended protection of wide tracts of forest, even if they were not recoded as forest. This Amendment dilutes this.

ð  Repolling in 600 booths in west Bengal today.

The death toll in the violence that marred west Bengal panchyat election rose to 18 on Sunday.

Repolling will be held on  Monday. In 600 booths where voting was suspended as violence broke out. 175 of there booths are in Murshidabad, the coorst offected district in violence.

Governor C.V. Anada Bose, who visited a number of violence hit areas left for Delhi. He is expected to meet home minister About 66.28% of the hoters exercised their franchised.

Coach Bchar, Uttar Dinjapur and Murshidabad were worst affected district by violence.

ð  Report highlights inspect of pandemic on education.

Union Department of education has released Performance Grading Index districts (PGI-D) on Sunday.

Here too like (PGI-state, PGI-s) it has been categorised in 10 classes.

Permitting the activities such as tourism, compromising their integrity.

In 1996 in Judgement of Godavadran case extended protection of wide tracts of forest, even if they were not recorded as forest. This Amendment dilutes this.

ð  Repolling in 600 booths in west Bengal today.

The death toll in the violence that marred west Bengal panchayat election rose to 18 on Sunday.

Repolling will be held on Monday in 600 booths where voting was suspended as violence broke out. 175 of there booths are in Murshidabad, the coorst affected district in violence.

Governor C.V. Anada Bose, who visited a number of violence hit areas PGI-D data is expected to help states to find gaps in school education and fill that.

ð  16 killed as heavy rain triggers land slips floods in North India.

Delhi records 153 mm rainfall, highest in a single day in July since 1982.

Himachal Pradesh claimed 6 lives, with roads and other infrastructure damaged.

Bodies of 2 soldiers who were washed away in Punchh retrieved.

ð  Sri Lanka Navy arrests 15 fisherman of Rameshwaran.

ð  SC collegium reconsiders transfer of Judge to M.P. HC, shifts him to Telangana.

Collegium had proposed that

·         PGI-D released is released for year 2020-21, 2021-22.

·         No district came under DAKSH and UTKARSH in 2020-21, 2021-22.

·         121 districts were graded Ati Uttam in 2020-21, that failed to 51 in 2021-22.

·         The reason is expected to be the pandemic.

·         Most district fall under Ati-uttam, Uttam, Prachesta-1, Prachesta-2 and 3.

ð  Vellen says her bejing visit helps put US-china relations on “surer footing” U.S. Treasary secretary janet yellen said on Sunday that her top Chinese officials have helped to put ties on “surer footings”. She said that despite “significant differences” between two countries, her talks had been direct substantive and productive”.

ð  BBC suspends staff member after explicit images

The BBC on Sunday said that is suspend a male member of a staff following allegation that one of the presenter paid a teenager thousands of pound for sexually explicit photos .

Sun newspaper in a news report had claimed that young person is mother claimed of getting 35,000 45,000 for images for 3 years.

The young person’s age is 17 years.

ð  UK cultural minister said it “deeply concerning” BBC director General assured cultural ministry of “Investigating swifty and sensitively”.

ð  BRICS summit will be ‘in-person’ despite putin warrant : Ramphosa. South African President Cyrill Ramposa claimed that the Sunday BRICS summit, that president Putin has been invited will be held in person despite arrest warrant on the Russia leader. As a member of ICC, South Africa would be expected to arrest Putin if he sets foot in the country.

ð  New Zealand PM Hipkin signs ‘Ambitious’ trade deal with EU. Free trade Agreement (FTA) signed between can lift exchanges 30% wihin a decade.

Editorial-1

Dangerously fanciful

The Gujrat High court defamation sound in like a horrific crime.

What the editorial talks about?

ð  It talks about recent Judgement by Gujrat high court over Rahul Gandhi’s defamation case.

ð  About  Gujrat High Court Judgement

Gujrat High court held session’s court Judgement in which Rahul Gandhi was given no relief in the Defamation case where he is convicted of criminal defamation and had been awarded 2 years Jail.

The court observed the offence as grave and the comment affecting a large community than just PM Modi.

ð  What is editorial’s view

Editorial rebuks Court’s observation that the statement hurt large public sentiment.

It also is against of court’s direction based on that country needs purity in politics. The court had cited that 10 similar cases were going against Rahul Gandhi and one of which is filed by Y.D. savarkar’s grand son.

During 2019, general election campaigns Rahul Gandhi had remarked that “why all thieves have ‘Modi’ in their surname?”

BJP MLA reached court citing it was demeaning a large section of Modi community.

Editorial-2

Blurred lines

The U.S. decision to send custer munitions to Ukraine blurs moral lines.

ð  What the editorial is all about?

US Govt has decided to send cluster munitions to Ukraine. The editorial talks about this decision’s impact an war and moral turpitude related to it.

ð  About cluster munitions?

There bombs are designed to explode an impact, but many of it remains “divd” which can explode later. And there “dud” do heavy airlian damages.

Convention on cluster munitions says not to are it during war times as it causes large civilion causalities.

ð  Probable reason’s behind USA’s decisions Ukraine’s counter ofensiver against Russia started few weeks ago. Ukraine and its western allies were expecting that they will make swift move and recocuply areas under Russia control easily.

But it could not occur because of Russia’s strong defence. Ukraine only gained few areas of south eastern region even that an heavy cost. It was under this desperation that USA decided to bring cluster munitions

ð  Consequences

USA is doing nothing less than Russian war crimes and the morality ground seems to disappear.