April 2017 - Daily Summary and Analysis of The Hindu

DAILY SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS OF THE HINDU In Englislh Presented b Deepanshu Singh CSE & IFoS mains, Public Speaker NTSE topper and debating champion. Avid traveller, fitness, music and fashion cognoscenti. 1st April2o rll 2017 Edit 100k Folowers 15 Following

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PRACTICE QUESTION Which country has become the new member of South Asia Sub-regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) program? a) Afghanistan b) Nepal c) Iran d) Myanmar The Post your answers below! (without googling)

YESTERDAY'S PRACTICE QUESTION Who recently unveiled the Integrated Automatic Aviation Meteorological System (IAAMS) a) Indian Navy b) IMD c) IITM d) Airport Authority of India Answer->a Indian Navy Answer-> a. Indian Navy

FRONT PAGE SC: Ban on liquor sale covers hotels, bars too .SC :National and State Highways liquor-free zones restricted to liquor shops, bar-attached prohibition on the sale of liquor within a distance of 500 metres hotels, wine and beer parlours dotting highways prevent drunk driving, one of the major killers plaguing Indian roads Constitution preserves and protects the right to life its duty to protect public health and safety overrides the interests of liquor traders . Notify HIV-hit children as disadvantaged group: SC children living with/affected by HIV as a disadvantaged group' deserving additional rights to help them gain free and compulsory education It's a fundamental right under the Constitution State governments to consider issuing a notification under the Right to Education law . .Section 2 (d) of The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act of 2009 .State governments- a child belongs to a disadvantaged group (caste, social, cultural, linguistic, geographical, gender, etc) education compulsory for children between six and 14 years of age. around 20.9 lakh people were living with HIV in 2011 Children less than 15 years of age account for seven percent (1.45 lakh) . .

NATIONAL Can't ban MPs from other professions: SO . It thus giving rise to a situation of conflict of interest between their constitutional duties as legislator and lawyer . The restriction imposed on public servants and judges against engaging in other professions should apply to . With 543 Lok Sabha MPs representing more than 1.3 billion people, a Member of Parliament on an average . Similarly, a Rajya Sabha MP is the voice of his State in Parliament and, as such, has a very important role in our Many legislators who doubled up as advocates were even retainers of big corporate bodies' entities meant to vouchsafe the private interests of their clients lawmakers represents more than 2.25 million people federal political system The primary role of an MP is as a legislator Thus, MPs must attend Parliament every day and dedicate themselves full-time for the welfare of people SC verdict Found no merit in a petition to ban legislators from practising other professions, especially law There are doctors who became IAS officials and engineers who are diplomats .

NATIONAL Contractors to pay for bad roads Road contractors - Rs. 1 lakh per accidental death caused due to faulty road design and poor maintenance of the roads according to the proposed Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill,2016 settlement of insurance claims to family of a road accident victim within four months of the accident . . . (As of now, it takes 4 or 5 yrs) .insurance claim amount has been reduced to Rs. 5 lakh from Rs. 10 lakh ' proposes Aadhaar- based verification for grant of online services, including learner's license Beijing to seek land for agro project . to set up "an agricultural demonstration centre - West Bengal Centre will house a model farm to showcase best agricultural practices with modern machinery India and Israel have one such demonstration project, in Noida a profit-making centre .

NATIONAL SpaceX rocket makes history Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, better known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk, with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars.[9] SpaceX has developed the Falcon launch vehicle family and the Dragon spacecraft family, which deliver payloads into Earth orbit. Gujarat to tighten cow slaughter law .crackdown on illegal slaughter houses .imprisonment up to life, but not less than 10 years slaughter of cows, calves, bulls and bullocks .Gujarat Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill - transportation of cow or beef and beef products a cognizable and non-bailable offence Bans transportation of animals from one place to another at night Rs. 5 lakh but shall not be less than Rs. 1 lakh - guilty of cow slaughter . .

NATIONAL Dalai Lama's Arunachal visit will spoil ties: China deep damage" to Sino-Indian ties Dalai visit China and India are two major developing countries to maintain relations . India to stick to its political pledges and not to hurt China-India relations . claims over Tawang where Tawang Monastery India's largest monastery second largest monastery in the world after the Potala Palace in Lhasa Industries grossly pollute Ganga . survey by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Nearly 30%of the so-called Grossly Polluting Industries (GPI), along the Ganga, were not complying with norms GPIs: Industries that discharge more than 1,00,000 litres of waste water and/or hazardous chemicals Tanneries comprise the bulk of polluting industries and 80% of the polluting industries are located in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand

NATIONAL India's first International research centre for Foot, Mouth disease of cattle inaugurated in Odisha India's first International research centre for Foot and Mouth disease of cattle and buffalos inaugurated at Argul (Bhubaneswar), Odisha. joint collaboration of UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) conduct research on viral disease of cattle and buffaloes for safe handling and storage of live Foot and Mouth disease virus India is suffering a loss of Rs. 23,000 annually: Foot and Mouth disease of cattle and buffalos .El Salvador has made history after becoming the first country in the world to ban metal mining.