The Hindu Newspaper Analysis 4 April 2023

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The Hindu Newspaper Analysis 3 April 2023

 The Hindu Editorial Today

• It is time, starting with the biggest economies of the G-20, to agree on valuing nature, including by pricing carbon effluents.  India can take the lead, as president of the G-20 this year, in  carbon pricing, which will open unexpected avenues of
• Among the three ways of pricing, India could find a carbon tax appealing as it can directly discourage fossil fuels, while raising  revenues which can be invested in cleaner sources of energy or used  to protect vulnerable consumers.
• India could start with the IMF figure of $25 a ton.The main obstacle is the argument by industrial firms about losing their competitive  advantage to exporters from countries with a lower carbon price. It  would stand to reason, therefore, for all high, middle and low-income  countries to set the same rate within each bracket.

• The seemingly innocuous act of consuming salt can have dangerous repercussions when taken in excess. Excessive  sodium intake contributes to the rise of hypertension, heart  disease, and stroke.
• An average Indian’s sodium consumption is more than double the physiological need and dramatically exceeds the World Health  Organization’s (WHO) recommended daily intake of <5 g of salt for
• The WHO recently published the ‘Global Report on Sodium Intake Reduction,’ which sheds light on the progress of its 194 member  states towards reducing population sodium intake by 30% by 2025.
• First, empirical evidence highlights the strong correlation between reduced sodium intake and decreased blood pressure.
• Second, elevated BP is a critical risk factor for cardiovascular disease, the foremost cause of mortality worldwide.
• Third, the staggering economic impact of cardiovascular disease on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is estimated at $3.7 trillion between 2011 and 2025 due to premature mortality and
• The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has implemented the ‘Eat Right India’ movement, which strives to transform the nation’s food system to ensure secure, healthy, and sustainable nutrition for all citizens. In line with this goal, the FSSAI  launched a social media campaign called ‘Aaj Se Thoda Kam.’

About PM SVANidhi:

• The Prime Minister Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban  Affairs in June 2020.
• The main objective of the scheme is to provide affordable Working Capital loans to street vendors to restart their  livelihoods that have been adversely affected due to the Covid-  19 lockdown.
• Vendors can get collateral-free working capital loans up to ₹10,000, which are repayable in monthly installments in term of one year.
• An enhanced loan of up to ₹20,000 and ₹50,000 on the second and third times respectively, on repayment of earlier loans.
• On timely/ early repayment of the loan, an interest subsidy at the rate of 7% per annum will be credited to the bank accounts of beneficiaries through Direct Benefit Transfer quarterly.

About Exercise Cope India:

• It is a bilateral joint exercise between Indian Air Force (IAF) and the United States Air Force (USAF).
• Cope India began in 2004 as a fighter training exercise.
• The exercise has evolved to incorporate subject matter expert exchanges, air mobility training, airdrop training and large-force  exercises, in addition to fighter-training exercises.
• The exercise will further enhance operational capability and interoperability between the two air forces..
• The last edition of the exercise was held in 2019.

• The national public health agency of the United States, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has expressed concern that  a drug-resistant bacteria strain allegedly linked to eye-drops  from India could gain a foothold in U.S. healthcare settings.
• The alarm was raised even as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) said that the manufacturer of the  EzriCare eye-drops — Global Pharma Healthcare — is recalling  50,000 tubes from the U.S. market following reports of
• The eye-drops were manufactured by the Chennai-based Global Pharma Healthcare and distributed in the U.S. market by the  EzriCare and Delsam Pharma, the U.S. FDA said.

• Oil prices surged on Monday, posting the biggest daily rise in nearly a year, after a surprise announcement by OPEC+ to cut  more production jolted markets.
• Brent crude was trading at $84.22 a barrel by 0900 GMT, up $4.33, or 5.4%, after touching the highest in a month at $86.44 earlier  in the session.
• The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and their allies including Russia shook markets by announcing further  production cuts of about 1.16 million barrels per day (bpd) on
• OPEC Plus was created in 2016 when OPEC countries decided to ally with other oil-producing countries outside the group to cut  down the global output of oil.
• It refers to a group of 23 oil-producing countries that includes 13 members of OPEC (Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Algeria,  Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Libya, Nigeria, the Republic of the  Congo, and Venezuela) and 10 other oil-producing countries (Russia,  Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brunei, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Oman,  South Sudan and Sudan).
• Saudi Arabia is the largest oil producer among OPEC members.
• Russia, which produces more oil than even Saudi Arabia, plays a crucial role, along with OPEC, in influencing global crude oil prices.

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