The Hindu Newspaper Analysis 17 December 2022

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The Hindu Newspaper Analysis 16 December 2022

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• Kashi Tamil Sangamam celebrates many aspects of the historical and civilisational connection between India’s North and South.
• The broader objective is to bring the two knowledge and cultural traditions (of the North and South) closer, create an understanding of our shared heritage and deepen the people-to-people bond between the regions.
• It is being organized by the Ministry of Education in collaboration with other ministries like Culture, Textiles, Railways, Tourism, Food Processing, Information & Broadcasting etc. and the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
• The endeavour is in sync with National Education Policy (NEP), 2020’s emphasis on integrating the wealth of Indian Knowledge Systems with modern systems of knowledge.
• IIT Madras and Banaras Hindu University (BHU) are the two implementing agencies for the programme.

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• At a time when climate vagaries are posing a serious threat to farming in the country, a Kerala-based organisation named Thanal has embarked on a unique conservation experiment, planting 300 climate-resilient varieties of traditional rice on 1.5 acre of land at its agroecology centre in Panavally in the Wayanad district.
• The initiative aims to sensitise people to the significance of conserving traditional crops that have the ability to withstand harsh climatic conditions.
• Though many traditional rice varieties, especially black rice varieties, are already rich in minerals like zinc, iron and other nutrients, the government is now trying to supply fortified rice by artificially adding minerals and nutrients to hybrid rice varieties.

• All nations must come together against groups targeting civilians
• External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s listing of four hurdles to better counterterrorism cooperation, i.e., state support for financing terror; multilateral mechanisms that are opaque and agenda driven; double standards and politicisation of countering terrorism according to where terror groups belong, and the “next frontier” (the use of emerging technologies such as drones and virtual currency by terrorists), needs attention.
• In their haste to exit Afghanistan in 2021, for example, the UNSC’s permanent members, the U.S. and the U.K. struck the biggest blow to the sanctions regime by holding talks with the Taliban, easing their path to power in Kabul and letting their handlers in Pakistan off the hook.
• Finally, instead of uniting to accept India’s proposal, of 1996, of a Comprehensive Convention on International Terror to institute global practices on countering terror, the P-5 countries are hopelessly polarised, and irrevocably so, over Russia’s war in Ukraine.

• Terming the exercise to link Aadhaar with election photo identity card (EPIC) as ‘voluntary,’ Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday told the Lok Sabha that people who don’t link their Aadhaar with EPIC will not be struck off from the voters’ list.
• In response to another question on whether the government would consider banning opinion polls after the announcement of election schedule, the Law Minister replied in the negative.

• Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud on Friday said the Supreme Court exists to hear every cry for personal liberty and fundamental rights. The main purpose of the court is the “exercise of its jurisdiction as a protector of the fundamental right to life and personal liberty inhering in every citizen,” the CJI said in a judgment.
• “The history indicates that it is in the seemingly small and routine matters involving grievances of citizens that issues of moment, both in jurisprudential and constitutional terms, emerge…. The right to personal liberty is a precious and inalienable right recognised by the Constitution. In attending to such grievances, the Supreme Court performs a plain constitutional duty, obligation and function,” the judgment said.

• India is projected to add the largest percentage increase in coal use in the coming year globally ahead of China and the European Union, a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday.
• India is expected to increase use by 7% over the previous year, or about 70 million tonnes (Mt), followed by the European Union (+6%/+29 Mt) and China (+0.4%/+18 Mt).
• While coal-fired power generation in China and India is rising to keep pace with stronger demand, several European countries have been temporarily switching to coal due to record high prices for natural gas, low hydropower generation, and maintenance-related closures at nuclear plants, according to ‘Coal 2022’, the IEA’s annual report on coal trends.

Five Nectar Elements (Panchamrit):

• India has presented the following five nectar elements (Panchamrit) of India’s climate action:
• Reach 500 GW Non-fossil energy capacity by 2030.
• 50 per cent of its energy requirements from renewable energy by 2030.
• Reduction of total projected carbon emissions by one billion tonnes from now to 2030.
• Reduction of the carbon intensity of the economy by 45 per cent by 2030, over 2005 levels.
• Achieving the target of net zero emissions by 2070.

International Energy Agency

• It is an autonomous Intergovernmental Organisation established in 1974 in Paris, France.
• It mainly focuses on its energy policies which include economic development, energy security and environmental protection. These policies are also known as the 3 E’s of IEA.
• In March 2017, India became an associate member of IEA.

Major Reports:

• World Energy Outlook Report.
• World Energy Investment Report.
• World Energy Statistics.
• World Energy Balances.
• Energy Technology Perspectives.
• India Energy Outlook Report.

• Japan’s government approved a major defence policy overhaul on Friday, including a significant spending hike, as it warned China poses the “greatest strategic challenge ever” to its security.
• In its largest defence shake-up in decades, Japan vowed to increase security spending to 2% of GDP by 2027, reshape its military command, and acquire new missiles that can strike far-flung enemy launch sites.
• They describe Beijing as “the greatest strategic challenge ever to securing the peace and stability of Japan”, as well as a “serious concern” for Japan and the international community.

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