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3 Ẹ d i t o r i a l C o m m e n t s

4 . P R O F I L E PRASHANT MAVANI MSc. in Management, University of Surrey (UK) Senior Faculty: StudyIQ Download PDF notes of this lecture from my FB Page

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6 A new beginning with Nepal It is a long-standing tradition that Nepali Prime Ministers make Delhi the first foreign port of call after taking over. Only exception was Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda in 2008 who visited China first and found his tenure cut short months later when his coalition collapsed, forcing him to resign and adding a touch of superstition to the tradition had seen relations with India hit a new low

7 Nepal s political transition began nearly three decades ago when it adopted a new constitution in 1990 which ushered in multiparty democracy. Stability eluded Nepal with a spreading Maoist insurgency. claimed 15,000 lives New constitution in 2015 Abolished its 250-year-old monarchy and emerged as a federal republic. 25 Prime Ministers in 27 years

8 2017 Local body elections National Parliament (the House of Representatives and the National Assembly) 7 Provincial Assemblies Mr. Oli s party at all levels: comfortable position Rasuwagadhi on the Nepal-Tibet border: road and rail hub between China and Nepal.

9 2018: equality, mutual trust, respect and benefit. Difficult issues: do not find any mention 1950 Treaty Gurkha regiments 2016 demonetisation exercise: Nepal Rastra Bank Pancheshwar: long-pending hydel projects SAARC Raxaul-Birgunj Integrated Check Posts (ICP) has been completed and was inaugurated last week.

10 The two Prime Ministers also witnessed the ground breaking ceremony of the Motihari-Amlekhgunj cross-border petroleum products pipeline, a project for which the MOU between the two governments was signed in Nepal s installed hydel capacity is less than 700 MW while it sits on a hydel potential of over 80,000 MW Given that over 60% of the Ganga waters come from Nepal s rivers (Sarda, Ghagar, Rapti, Gandak, Bagmati, Kamala, Kosi and Mechi) and 80% of these flows take place in monsoon months, the imperative for effective water management for both irrigation and power generation is evident, and yet this sector has languished for decades.

11 A register by the people India State of Forest Report 2017: marginal increase National Forest Policy, increasing forest cover 2. involving communities in forest management 3. creating plantations for industrial use. State of Forest Report: rise of 0.21% in 2017 from 2015 some areas had become Very Dense Forest

12 Ministry: India lost, or legally diverted, 36,575 hectares of forest area towards 1,419 development projects. Environmentalists: difficult to believe that India s forest cover has become more dense in the last two years simply because this process takes much longer. The Biological Diversity Act, 2002, calls for setting up a Biodiversity Management Committee in each local body. People s Biodiversity Registers (PRBs), with tribals as members or people living in natural areas not classified legally as forest.

13 Complete documentation of biodiversity in the area plants, food sources, wildlife, medicinal sources, etc. They are meant to enable the creation of local biodiversity funds for conservation, and aid in decisionmaking. Bottom-up approach: Todas of Western Ghats A golden chance of setting up a system of efficient natural area monitoring will be lost if PBRs and Biodiversity Management Committees are not integrated into the heart of the draft Forest Policy.

14 Forest Policy (draft): it does not create a mechanism for including those who live around forests. A major concern is that existing forests should not be used for industrial use, as diversion is one of the biggest threats to forests. A move towards decentralisation of forest wealth wealth which is beyond commerce and embraces cultural values and oft-forgotten knowledge will provide transparency as well as an actual and felt recognition of our heritage.

15 A fresh deadline The Centre cannot continue to evade its legal obligation to create a mechanism to implement the Supreme Court s final verdict in the Cauvery dispute. Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre. It clearly fears that framing a scheme may adversely affect its prospects in Karnataka, which goes to the polls next month. In the conflict between duty and electoral considerations, the BJP has chosen the latter. Targeting the IPL is irrational

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18 Fifteen years after Fifteen years ago U.S. President George W. Bush had declared mission accomplished in Iraq. But one and a half decades later, the country is still fighting the ghosts of the destructive war. The U.S. did not have a UN mandate to use force against Iraq. Repeated attempts by the Bush administration to get Security Council approval failed.

19 Saddam administration possessed weapons of mass destruction and that it had ties with al-qaeda. Both claims turned out to be false. It is difficult to see what the U.S. and its allies achieved from a war that killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and displaced millions. It was in this chaos that Abu Musab al-zarqawi found the fertile ground to build his terrorist empire which, after his death and under the leadership of Abu Bakr al-baghdadi, transformed itself into the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

20 Ministry of morality Both BJP and Congress governments have taken turns to guard hemlines and necklines. In the UPA government, a former Minister tried his hand at regulating news to make it appropriate for viewing. The I&B Ministry is a legacy of the British colonial government. Its primary job at the time was to be the eyes and ears of that government, as well as its propaganda chief and content regulator.

21 Important News Brother of U.P. MLA facing gang-rape charges arrested Atul Singh Sengar was held in case of custodial death of victim s father Plea in SC for CBI probe Unnao gang-rape of a minor Subsequent death of her father Internal e-waybills from April 15 intra-state transport Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh on April 15.

22 A plantation worker s silent, deadly foes A new study on the incidence of snake bites in the district has found that plantation workers were most at risk from snake bites, and that the two species responsible for nearly all the venomous bites were the hump-nosed pit-viper (Hypnale hypnale) and Russell s viper (Daboia russelii). New norms for global projects The Central Vigilance Commission has drawn up a new set of guidelines for projects funded by international agencies such as the World Bank, IMF and Asian Development Bank. The new guidelines will put an end to existing practice of government departments and agencies adhering to the guidelines of foreign donors, while ignoring Indian government rules, in concluding contracts for projects funded by them. The new guidelines also draw a distinction between grants-in-aid and loans.

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25 All eyes on ISRO s navigation satellite IRNSS-1I to be launched tomorrow The space port of Sriharikota is set to launch navigation satellite IRNSS-1I on Thursday, its second mission in a fortnight. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said it will be launched at 4.04 a.m. from the coastal Satish Dhawan Space Centre, about 80 km from Chennai. 18 die as van overturns in Maharashtra

26 Answers- 1. Consider the following events 1. Introduction of State Railways 2. Bhutan War 3. Durand Commission 4. Partition of Bengal What is the right chronological sequence A. 2,1,3,4 B. 3,1,4,2 C. 2,1,4,3 D. 4,3,1,2

27 Questions- 1. Trans Arabian Pipeline (TAP) links the oil fields of Persian Gulf to 1. Tel-Aviv, Israel 2. Banais, Syria 3. Saida, Lebanon 4. Kirkuk, Iraq 2. Among the following, which country is reliant on a single export of oil/petroleum? 1. South Africa 2. Zimbabwe 3. Namibia 4. Nigeria

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