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want to be startin anses hoiag 2 but th Page 1: TN files for contempt against Centre Tamil Nadu government filed contempt proceedings against Union government for "wilful disobedience" in carrying out court orders to resolve Cauvery dispute. .In its petition, the State said the Centre had failed to frame a scheme within the time y hav ph imit set by the court. (Six-week deadline which ended on March 29). reve he Afte the Verdict, the Centre is caught in a bind as TN & Karnataka sharply differ on the laye SC's direction to frame a scheme to oversee water allocation. TN's Stand; 'Scheme' in court order can only be the 'Cauvery SC has left the composition of the ape an Karnataka's Stand: hink h cause fferent two bo Mgt. Board' & 'Regulation Committee' Scheme' to the centre's discretion. pux Scheme envisaged is a 'dispute resolution body' and not a mgt. bod Centre's failure to notify scheme amounts to rk and tt stay 'wilful disobedience" Constituting CMB will go against federal principles. SC had ruled out extension of time limit. leksa that

want to be startin anses hoiag 2 but th . Tamil Nadu accused the Centre of refusing to act to "protect the interests of the farmers and the larger interests of the State" The contempt petition wants the Centre to frame a scheme by providing for the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) & the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee as het y hav er the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal's order of 2007. reve The contempt petition has been filed at a time when the Centre has also moved the court for a three-month extension of time to implement the verdict. Centre's opinion: hink h causeb ferent If any scheme is framed now, the States may go to court again. Clarification is needed. to avoid further litigation Election are being held in Karnataka, and notifying a scheme would cause "public outrage" and "law and order problems," The court should clarify if scheme can be at variance with the Tribunal's recommendation for the mgt. of the Board. a pu rk and t stay leksa is ch that

want to be startin anses hoiag 2 but th Page 1: TN files for contempt against Centre (contd. . First, The Centre wants to know whether a CMB can have a mixture of administrative and technical expertise rather than the purely technical body envisaged by the tribunal y hav ndly,the Centre asked whether it could accord the CMB functions different from reve those recommended by the tribunal laye . Finally, the Centre asked the SC for its opinion on the framing of the scheme under* Section 6A of the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act of 1956, considering the divergent views expressed between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka Tamil Nadu wants the CMB as per the 2007 tribunal order, while Karnataka wants a two-laver scheme, one headed by a committee led by the Union Water Resources Secretary. hink h causeb ferent a pu OLIse r and t stay leksa ch that

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want to be startin anses hoiag 2 but th Page 14 Science & Tech: Microbes help in making hvdrocarbons . Scientists at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, have succeeded in engineering the metabolic pathway of Escherichia coli in such way that it would synthesise hydrocarbons of carbon chain het y hav length 15 and 17, which are the fundamental components of diesel. reve A total of three gene additions and eight gene deletions were carried out to increase the laye hydrocarbon production rate and concentration. Cosmetic industries hink h causeb ferent This pathwav engineering also led to higher production of fatty alcohol, which has et t a role in cosmetic industries. a pu OLIse The report says that this is the highest production levels achieved so far by any rk and t stay microbial source is ch

want to be startin anses hoiag 2 but th Page 14 Science & Tech: Bronze Age Egvptians' strategv holds a message for our civilisation Tel Aviv University researchers reveal how 3,000 years ago Egyptians managed a y hav drought lasting over a hundred years. ph reg Egyptians and Hittites laye More than 3,000 years ago the queen of the Hittites (now Turkey), sent a clay tablet to . Previously, the two kingdoms had been at war. Later a severe drought carved a path of Egyptians had anticipated a crisis of food shortage and had planned ahead of Hittites. In a pui Bronze Age Egyptians foresaw and planned for a drought that would last from the Egyptian pharaoh, indicating a food crisis. destruction, killing crops, cattle and people. an attempt to stabilise their borders, they used to send grain to their former enemies. around 1250 B.C. to 1100 B.C..while their ancient counterparts appeared to be or u et t r and t stay less well prepared. leksa is ch arded that

want to be startin anses hoiag 2 but th Page 14 Science & Tech: Masquerade in nature Beetles have evolved a unique strategy to blend out of sight to avoid being seen by predators. They resemble the feeding marks (holes or scrapes), they make on leaves y hav hA leaf beetle systematically eats out small bits of the leaf it rests on, creating numerou:s ne s oles or scrapes on it. reve laye These marks are as big and of a similar colour as the beetle itself, often making a predator mistake a dark beetle for a hole in the leaf A maiority of the 119 beetles were found to be masqueraders. . Masquerading beetles are small (about 4 mm long) and mostly feed on leaves exposed hink h causeb ferent directly to the sun a pu OLIse They are uniformly dark- or light-coloured and their shells lack warning colours or rk and t stay contrasting patterns. Beetle body colour is linked to the colour of their feeding marks: beetles that make dark leksa feeding marks are dark in colour and those that make light-coloured marks, pale. is ch arded that

want to be startin anses hoiag 2 but th News: Dilution of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act cannot be allowed . Taking strong exception to a recent judgement of the SC that imposed several restrictions on filing of cases and arrest of persons under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the National Coalition for Strengthening the Act has urged the Union y hav ph he p laye overnment to take swift measures to overturn this "dilution of the Act," reve . The Union government, failed to present a water-tight case to the two-judge bench of the Supreme Court, which partially led to this judgement. . Sources suggest that the implementation of the original 1989 Act was a failure. After a lot of struggle, amendments were made in 2015, which included some strong causeb ferent provisions. However, even that has not been implemented properly . Analysts believe that the Union Govt. must include the Act in the 9th Schedule of a pu OLIse r and t stay the Constitution so that it gets protection under Article 31-B This will protect the Act from iudicial scrutiny that may dilute it leksa ch arded that