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3 THE HINDU editorial Analysis in Hindi today EDITORIAL The Hindu Editorial Decode in Hindi DATE: 04 JULY 2018 WEDNESDAY UPSC IAS EXAMS YOUTUBE CHANNEL BY KARDAM RAVAL GENERAL STUDIES EXPERT WE BELIEVE IN DELIVERING EXCELLENCE

4 Today s Roadmap THE BILATERAL LIMITS OF HYPE: ON INDIA-U.S. RELATIONS A GOOD BEGINNING: ON THE CAUVERY WATER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY FUN FACT ANALYSIS VOCABULARY

5 FUN FACT Which Indian Naval Ship is participating in the 26th edition of world s largest multilateral naval exercise RIMPAC -2018? [A] INS Satpura [B] INS Sahyadri CORRECT ANSWER BY Jayanta Saikia [C] INS Vikramaditya [D] INS Kamorta As many as 26 countries, including India, would participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) military exercise from 27 June to 2 August, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California, the Pentagon announced on 30 May.Known as the world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC this year involves 47 surface ships, five submarines, 18 national land forces, and more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel. Participating nations and forces will exercise a wide range of capabilities and demonstrate the inherent flexibility of maritime forces, a media release from the US 3rd Fleet Public Affairs said.other countries participating in this year's exercise include Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, South Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, and the United Kingdom.Additional firsts include New Zealand serving as sea combat commander and Chile serving as combined force maritime component commander.this is the first time a non-founding RIMPAC nation (Chile) will hold a component commander leadership position. WHAT IS THE THEME FOR RIMPAC 18 THIS YEAR?

6 The bilateral limits of hype: on India-U.S. relations The postponement of the India-U.S. 2+2 dialogue between the Foreign and Defence Ministers of both countries, that had been scheduled for this week, has to be understood in the context of the similar personality traits of Mr. Trump and Mr. Modi. Hugging Mr. Trump may be a good spectacle for Mr. Modi, but the same may not be true for the former. Mr. Trump has set his eyes on spectacles that suit him. Mr. Trump, still basking in the denuclearisation deal that he s said to have struck with North Korea s Kim Jong-un, is now looking forward to the next big event: a summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. North Korea, Syria, Afghanistan, trade deficit, and all global challenges before America are the faults of his predecessors, he repeatedly tells supporters. Most recently, at the G7 summit in Canada in June, he declared: I blame our past leaders for allowing this to happen (trade deficits) You can go back 50 years, frankly. Such rhetoric may sound familiar to Indians. In Mr. Trump s war on the legacy of all Presidents before him, India is on the wrong side. The remarkable growth in India-U.S. relations since the turn of the century had been nurtured by three U.S. Presidents, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, two Democrats and one Republican who have all been the target of Mr. Trump s ire. India neither promises him the opportunity of a spectacle nor offers the grounds for destructing the legacy of a predecessor. So he told Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to deal with North Korea and Russia, and 2+2 with India could wait. Nobody wakes up in DC daily thinking of India, says a former U.S.

7 Impact on ties Against the backdrop of a programmatic negation of history in both countries, Mr. Trump s bursts of unhinged rhetoric against China and Pakistan lend themselves to easy and convenient interpretations by supporters of improved U.S.-India ties as moments of enlightenment for the U.S., even as turning points. But Mr. Trump cannot undo all the legacy with a magic tweet. U.S. relations with Pakistan and China took shape during the Cold War. Pakistan might be the longest ally of the U.S. after the U.K., first in the fight against communism, and then in the fight against terror that was created in the first fight. China used the Cold War to its own advantage in its ties with the U.S. China today threatens the dominance of the U.S., but the America s security establishment and political elite are obsessed with Russia. India gets caught in that internal American fight too, such as in the case of an American law that now requires the President to impose sanctions on any country that has significant security relations with Russia.

8 War against legacy The enlightenment that Mr. Trump purportedly brought on America s Af-Pak policy also appears to have been short-lived. If one looks at the tough messages from Nikki Haley, U.S. Ambassador to the UN, in New Delhi recently on Pakistan and Iran, it is clear where the political priorities of the Trump administration lies. Here again, Mr. Trump is determined to gut his predecessor s legacy, a key component of which was rapprochement with Iran. The war in Afghanistan is the worst optics for Mr. Trump s showman politics, and his administration s approach has been to sweep it under the carpet. The Pentagon has restricted release of data on the war but a report last month paints a picture of a deteriorating situation. The U.S. s ability to arm-twist Pakistan has been limited anyway, and Mr. Trump s determination to turn the screws on Iran makes it tougher. National Security Adviser John Bolton, who had advocated bombing Iran, believes that a hardline policy against Pakistan is not desirable. All told, Mr. Trump might accept Mr. Modi s invitation to be the chief guest at the 2019 Republic Day parade just ahead of the Lok Sabha campaign, triggering another round of commentary on their body language and chemistry. A series of significant defence purchases and agreements could be concluded in coming months. But India-U.S. relations will be better off without hype and grand theories, often encouraged by the government. Otherwise, every rescheduling of a meeting will be interpreted as the collapse of ties. Similarly, avoiding the hyperbole could help manage India s troubles with Pakistan and China better. The U.S. has overlapping interests with China, and India has overlapping interests with both. The trouble with big-chest, small-heart hyper-nationalism in foreign policy is that it also causes short sightedness. The audacity of hype has its limits.

9 A GOOD BEGINNING: ON THE CAUVERY WATER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY With the Cauvery Authority in place, it is time for the basin States to end all litigation That the first meeting of the Cauvery Water Management Authority took place in a cordial atmosphere augurs well for a sustained phase of constructive cooperation among the States concerned. The CWMA has been formed by the Centre to implement the water-sharing award of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal as modified by the Supreme Court earlier this year. At its meeting on Monday, it asked Karnataka to release tmcft (thousand million cubic feet) of water in July. The quantum is based on the monthly schedule drawn up by the Tribunal, and excludes the surplus realised on the Tamil Nadu side in June. For the Authority to successfully perform its role, it needs the cooperation of the States in gathering data on rainfall, inflows and outflows, cropping patterns and periodic withdrawals from reservoirs.

10 CONTINUE The CWMA is expected to meet once every 10 days during the monsoon months. The south-west monsoon has been active for nearly a month, and is forecast to be normal this year. Therefore, the CWMA may not face any major problem in overseeing the release of water to Tamil Nadu. As long as the inflows into Karnataka s major reservoirs are substantial, it has had no problem releasing its surplus water into the lower riparian areas of the basin. It is only in a distress year that the CWMA will face a significant challenge, as determining the extent of distress, and dividing the shortfall among the States on a pro rata basis can be tricky exercises.

11 CONTINUE Karnataka is planning to challenge in the Supreme Court the Centre s notification constituting the Authority. It will be unfortunate if this dispute gets into another round of litigation. The provisions of the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956, make it clear that it is the Centre s duty to notify a scheme to implement the award of a Tribunal. Parliament has the power to modify the scheme, or leave it as it stands, but Karnataka s claim that the scheme requires parliamentary approval before it is implemented is questionable. Further, the Supreme Court approved the draft scheme only after finding it to be in consonance with the dictum and directions in the Award as modified by this Court and also in conformity with Section 6A of the 1956 Act.

12 CONCLUSION Now that the CWMA has become functional, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry should approach the issue of sharing the waters of the inter- State river in a spirit of cooperation and help the Authority in implementing the verdict. The parties concerned should leave behind the era of litigation. There is now a non-political mechanism available to make sound professional decisions on water availability and sharing of distress, if any, after discussing the issues threadbare. After having been locked in a contentious legal dispute for so long, all parties concerned must embark on a new era of mutually beneficial water-sharing.

13 VOCABULARY 1. YEARN (VERB): (उत कट इच छ ह न ): desire strongly 2. JABBER (VERB): (गपशप करन ): babble 3. UTOPIA (NOUN): (आद शल क): bliss 4. SLING (VERB): (ट गन ): throw 5. VILIFY (VERB): (बदन म करन ): criticize 6. ORCHESTRATE (VERB): (क रमबद ध करन ): organize 7. LOUT (NOUN): (ग व र): boor 8. STEREOTYPED (ADJECTIVE): (म द): banal 9. VEHEMENCE (NOUN): (ज श): intensity 10. TRAVESTY (NOUN): (व य ग य): mockery

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