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Unprecedented(अभूतपूर्व) crisis

 The accountability and independence of the judiciary must not be compromised

 Movers of the motion do not have the numbers to get it passed.
 Impeachment attempt led by the Congress political move to highlight its claim that key
Democratic institutions are in danger under the present regime
 Executive’s attempt to keep it under its thumb that poses the greater danger to judiciary
 Rajya Sabha Chairman will have to weigh(तौलना) on e question before admitting the motion: what will cause greater damage to the institution, pursuing the process or rejecting it outright?

Death penalty is not the answer

 Sunday the President signed an ordinance that introduces the death penalty for those
convicted of raping girls below the age of 12.
 The focus must be on enhancing rape conviction rates and
 Taking steps to rehabilitate and empower survivors
 Failures in addressing increasing sexual violence against women and children.
 Numerous instances of the perpetrators(अपराधिय ों) killing their victims,
 So stringent anti rape laws are perceived not to be deterrents(बािा)
 Brutal rapes in India have not decreased despite enforcement of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013
 What is important to note is that a delay in police investigation amounts to an
obstruction of justice since it allows the perpetrators to destroy crucial evidence
 Huge difficulty rape survivors face in police stations and hospitals
 National Crime Records Bureau data- We have to highlight the issue of a
low conviction rate for rape.

Lost opportunities in London

 The Queen continues to attend CHOGMs held in Europe and was present at the 2015
summit in Maltaand attended the 2018 CHOGM held in London
 CHOGM again failed to make a case for its relevance in the 21st century
 53-nation grouping
 Prime Minister to attend CHOGM in a decade,
 After Manmohan Singh skipped the summits in Australia (2011) and Sri Lanka (2013)
over bilateral differences, and Mr. Modi skipped the summit in Malta (2015)
 Post Brexit London
 Grey on migration – Would it address free movement within the 2.4 billion people
strong group?
 Immigration has long been an issue for the Commonwealth
 Yet labour mobility, a demand of businesses globally and certainly of India’s IT sector
 But its relevance is unlikely to increase unless it adopts a more egalitarian and inclusive
attitude to its next generation of Commonwealth citizens
 1983 – 23–29 November – India- New Delhi- Indira Gandhi

Replanting Indian cotton

 Pink bollworm infestation in Bt cotton in India has turned spotlight on an important question
 World’s first commercial cotton hybrid, Hybrid-4 (H-4), was developed in 1970 by scientist
Chandrakant T. Patel.
 The crop revolutionised cotton farming in India.
 Production in India rose 122 to 290 kg per hectare by 1992-93
 Miniemployment boom in the 1980s, with some 25 million people,
 Mostly women, joining the labour-intensive hybrid industry.
 Result, by 2011, over 95% of cotton in India was under hybrids, from less than 50% before
2002.
 Hybrids are a high-cost, high-reward technology; they need the right irrigation at the right time, as well as large doses of fertilizers and pesticides.
 All this is expensive and beyond the reach of poor farmers.
 Some researchers argue that Bt cotton is unnecessary, at least in some parts of
the country.

Prelims Focus Facts-News Analysis

 Page-1-Modi-Xi summit expected to give a strategic push to ties
 Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a two-day
informal summit from April 27 in Wuhan, to impart firm strategic direction to
BeijingNew Delhi ties

 Page-1- Security forces gun down 16 Naxals in Maharashtra

 Page-1- President’s nod for ordinance
 President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday gave his assent to an ordinance providing
for the death penalty to those convicted of raping girls aged below 12.
 The President also gave his assent to the Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance.

 Page-10- Tibet can be in China: Dalai Lama
 Tibet can remain a part of China, if Beijing guarantees the region’s culture and autonomy, the Dalai Lama
 Modi-Xi meet- His remarks are significant as he avoided mentioning Tibetan independence and
 Explained how cooperation and unity could usher in development and peace

 Page-13- ‘Mega SEZs to spur electronics exports’
 Draft of new policy to be out soon; Centre eyeing free trade pacts to drive exports of small
electronics
 Special economic zone in every State under the proposed electronic policy.
 New policy will focus on making India an export hub,