No ask, no get. No try, no win. Robin Sharma

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6 *India and Pakistan are not just foreign countries for each other, they are practically alien, with little to engage on in various spheres. *The intellectual and emotional partition of the two countries is even more stark today, exactly two years since Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Lahore to attend his then counterpart, Nawaz Sharif s grand-daughter s wedding. *Indian and Pakistani societies have learnt to look away from each other culturally. *The process of this partition, which began in the 1950s, when poets and historians began to construct separate histories, is now complete, as Pakistani students learn a language more Arabic than Urdu, of a polity that begins in 1947, and about an ancient history that relates to foreign invaders from the country s west more than the shared history with its east.

7 *On the Indian side, contemporary cultural linkages have been severed, with Abida Parveen and Ghulam Ali no longer able to perform in India, Pakistani actors barred from work in Indian films, and a television network stopping the very popular telecast of Pakistani soap operas. *Sporting events are fewer, and there is little healthy rivalry when Indian and Pakistani teams do meet: instead a defeat becomes a national disgrace, while a victory is celebrated as a quasi-military conquest. *Visas are still granted for pilgrimages on both sides, but for all other travel they are tightly controlled and granted as exceptions to the rule. Seldom have two countries which share language, idiom, music and religion been this closed to each other, including in times of war.

*Effectively, India is willing to double its trade costs and spend billions of dollars extra in order block out Pakistan, and

8 *Bilateral trade, which had developed a low but steady normal, could be reduced even further now: as Indian development of Chabahar port in Iran circumvents Pakistan by sea, and an air cargo corridor to Afghanistan replaces land cargo entirely. *Effectively, India is willing to double its trade costs and spend billions of dollars extra in order block out Pakistan, and Pakistan is willing to risk its trade route to Afghanistan and Central Asia, but won t allow Indian trade to Afghanistan come through Wagah.

9 *After the 2003 ceasefire had been implemented, villagers on either side of the LoC had returned to their homes and rebuilt schools along the area. *From 12 ceasefire violations (CFVs) on both sides combined and one civilian casualty in 2006, 2016 saw 51 dead in about 900 CFVs. *The data for this year has surpassed those numbers, which includes four Indian Army soldiers killed this weekend. *The discourse on terrorism is even more divided. *The Lashkar-e-Taiba s operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi is out on bail, while 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed, out of custody last month, plans to stand for elections in 2018.

10 *India has long opposed third-party interventions, but the lack of dialogue with Pakistan is imposing just that, with every dispute between the two countries now being taken up at global forums: the United Nations, Financial Action Task Force, International Court of Justice, and World Bank for the Indus Waters Treaty. *Second, with the U.S. drawing India into its Afghanistan policy, and China s stakes in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, the subcontinent is becoming an area of contestation by players bigger than both India and Pakistan. *Even in Afghanistan, their interests are being increasingly defined by the coalitional arcs being drawn: with the U.S., India, and Afghanistan ranged on one side; and Russia, China, Iran, Pakistan and the Taliban on the other.

11 *India s decision to stay out of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) meet in Pakistan has also complicated its standing as a regional leader. *While alternative arrangements such as The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal (BBIN) initiative and the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) represent some parts of the region, they cannot replace the whole, and the region becomes easier to fragment, as China has managed to do by making inroads into Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. *Finally, re-engagement will inevitably follow disengagement at some point, and the growing distance between the people of both countries will be much more difficult for their governments to bridge in the future. *Even without bilateral talks, the two sides can explore simple engagements on the environment, medical tourism, energy pipelines and electric grids in the interim. In a world where connectivity is the new currency, and multiple alignments are replacing polar geopolitics, it is hard to justify the disconnected space that New Delhi and Islamabad are hurtling into.

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13 *On December 11, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued an advisory to television channels banning all advertisements of condoms which could be indecent/inappropriate for viewing by children between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. *By allowing indecent condom advertisements to be disseminated between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., the government has empowered parents to decide what their children can and cannot watch, while ensuring that adults are not deprived of content which they are entitled to view. *The government has not banned all condom advertisements, but only those which are indecent. *But how does one decide whether something could possibly be indecent, inappropriate, sexually explicit or titillating?

14 * I know it when I see it. and one man s vulgarity is another s lyric. *The Ministry has also made the fatal mistake of bracketing all children into the same conceptual category. *Pornography is freely available on the Internet. *Though offended by indecency and innuendo, the government must not forget that condoms can help prevent unplanned pregnancies and restrict the spread of sexually transmitted (sometimes life-threatening) diseases.

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16 *For the first time in Test cricket, a match was disrupted because of air pollution. *No government can eliminate air pollution within the span of a single term in office. *Rather than blaming only the government/s, the business, the media, and the middle and upper classes are equally to blame. Explaining urban air pollution *Urban air pollution refers largely to the mixture of gases and small particles in the lowest hundred or so metres, a result of human activity associated with vehicles, road dust, domestic cooking and heating, power plants and other industries nearby, diesel generator sets, and the open burning of waste.

*Polluting gases are mostly colourless and odourless and include carbon monoxide, oxides of sulphur and nitrogen, ozone, and volatile organic

18 *In Delhi, in recent weeks PM 2.5 was 22 times the World Health Organisation (WHO) standard. Other cities are slightly better, but still worse than the standard. *Polluting gases are mostly colourless and odourless and include carbon monoxide, oxides of sulphur and nitrogen, ozone, and volatile organic compounds. *Monitoring air pollution requires well-calibrated and spatially wellrepresented networks of measurement equipment, which do not exist in most parts of India. *We already know that the number of polluters will rise with population and economic growth.

19 *Emissions intensity can be divided into technological and nontechnological elements. *It is vital, therefore, to pay attention to non-technological aspects such as urban planning, to reduce driving, and to increase cycling, walking, and use of public transport. *It would be criminal to ignore the plight of millions who are likely to have severely compromised lives because of excessive air pollution. Using the best available technologies for various sources is absolutely essential.

20 *But, it is just as important to take back urban space for use by people, not their machines. *This would mean a great reimagining and rethinking of urban space with expanded walking, non-motorised cycling, waterways, and footpaths. *Many cities in Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas have shown how this can be done, and several Indian mayors and bureaucrats are already familiar with these models. *It is not ethically appropriate to delay the resolution of deadly air pollution in cities for an entire generation that would suffer greatly in the interim. If there are sustainable modes that are worth pursuing, why not have more living laboratories of such social experiments around land use and transport?

21 5-time MLA Jairam Thakur to be Himachal Pradesh CM *.

22 Fast-track alimony payment: Centre *Expressing concern over delay in disbursing money awarded as maintenance to women by courts, the Centre has asked the High Courts to set up a mechanism to fast-track the process. *Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has written to the Chief Justices of all High Courts flagging the issue of procedural delays first pointed out by Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi. *Acting on the Law Minister s letter, several High Courts have set up committees now to monitor the process of disbursal of maintenance to women.

23 Kashmiri separatists cry foul *Separatists in Kashmir on Sunday accused New Delhi of trying to intimidate them into holding talks with its envoy, and condemned the move of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to summon the son of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani for the fourth time in the foreign funding case. *They alleged that New Delhi was using the NIA and the Enforcement Directorate time and again to humiliate leaders and their family members. *Mr. Sharma has visited the State several times and held talks with various sections in the Valley and Jammu. *The Hurriyat leadership has stayed away from dialogue.

24 Dhinakaran wins Jaya s seat in setback to AIADMK, DMK

New sanctions are an act of war *The latest UN sanctions against North Korea are an act of war and tantamount to a complete economic blockade against it, North Korea s Foreign Ministry said on

25 New sanctions are an act of war *The latest UN sanctions against North Korea are an act of war and tantamount to a complete economic blockade against it, North Korea s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, threatening to punish those who supported the measure. *The UN Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Friday for its recent intercontinental ballistic missile test, seeking to limit its access to refined petroleum products and crude oil and its earnings from workers abroad.

26 All-electric plan for 2030 not viable: Merc *Mercedes-Benz has urged the government not to rush with the allelectric vehicles push and thus foreclose better technological options for the future. *It called for adopting a less ambitious plan of promoting e-cars, arguing that a nationwide electrification of the auto industry was not commercially and technologically viable. Mercedes-Benz India MD and CEO Roland Folger said, By 2040, the whole world will be driving home hydrogen cars. *To me, the plan to go electric nationwide looks like a rushed with idea.

27 New spider species named after Bob Marley *Scientists have discovered a water-adapted species of spiders and named it after Jamaican reggae legend Bob Marley. *Researchers associated their emergence with Marley s song * High Tide or Low Tide. PTI

28 Answers 1. Arrange the invaders of ancient India as per chronology A. Greeks, Sakas, Kushans B. Greeks, Kushans, Sakas C. Sakas, Greeks, Kushans D. Sakas, Kushans, Greeks 2. Tiaga means? A. Tall trees B. Coniferous trees C. Unexploited forests D. Evergreen trees 3. Maldives

29 Questions 1. Partition of Bengal came into effect on A. 15 Aug 1905 B. 15 Sep 1905 C. 16 Oct 1905 D. 15 Nov What is incorrect about Buland Darwaja? A. Built by Akbar in 1602 B. Built in Fatehpur Sikri C. Built to commemorate Akbar s victory on Mewar and Gujarat D. All are correct

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