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Gulf in strategic precepts

Since early 2010: both nations are talking about joint infrastructure projects, but not a single project has taken off yet.
The framework of Indo-Japanese defence ties has grown considerably.
the joint declaration on security cooperation,
the action plan to advance such cooperation,
a defence equipment transfer agreement,
a classified military information security protection agreement,
the ongoing logistical support cooperation talks
Yet, 10 years later, the two sides have failed to realise the sale of a single defence article .

Plunged the country into a political crisis
Parliament suspended till November 16.
Fast-deteriorating relationship was an open secret
Ranil challenged Rajapaksa-Sirisena combine to take a floor test.
All this has come at a time of economic fragility, with a plummeting rupee, soaring unemployment and rising living costs.
The best forum to test political clout in a democracy is the legislature.

Types of faith: faith in a person, a system, a government; faith in systems of thought like liberalism and secularism.
It is related to promise & sustained very often by hope.
Faith is thus always more than mere believing. It is about expectations, promises, hope and the future.
Faith in god might mean any of the following: that god exists, that god will fulfil our expectations, that we can trust god to take care of us, and so on.
God and time
Almost without exception, all religious mystics have had moments when they have undergone a major crisis about their belief.
All faith has some notion of trust and surrender but true faith in god has often been equated with complete surrender.
When humans decide to act to protect their gods, they are only manifesting their lack of trust in god as well as their belief that they have to act to protect the divine.

Delhi Special Police Establishment Act: two-year fixed tenure.
High powered committee consisting of the Chief Justice of India, the Prime Minister, and the Leader of the Opposition (or a member of the largest Opposition party in the Lok Sabha) can take a call on transfer.
This was introduced in 2013 by the Act constituting the Lokpal.
Till then CVC was running the show •
Government controls
CBI’s administration
Selection of officers on deputation

Problem: CBI has to probe governmental corruption.
Here lies Conflict of Interest
Conferring autonomy on CBI is a must.
CBI has failed consistently: in the 2G cases, preventing Vijay Mallya’s flight, and in taking other bank fraud cases to their logical conclusion
Making CBI accountable to a bipartisan committee of Parliament
Making CBI accountable to a special governing body consisting of the PM, home minister, CJI and leader of opposition.
Eradicate: Current deputation system
CBI must cultivate its own cadre of officers.
The office of CBI director should come with its own prestige and his post-retirement reemployment in any government supported organisation should be banned (his compensation and pension should be suitably generous to compensate for this).
Perhaps full records of closed cases should also be made accessible under RTI, after the lapse of five or 10 years.

Trump not to attend Republic Day event
Patel healed Partition wounds: PM
Merger of all princely states with the Dominion of India and healing the wounds of Partition.
The Prime Minister will inaugurate Sardar Patel’s 182-metre-tall “Statue of Unity” on the banks of the Narmada in Gujarat on October 31.
The height is twice that of the Statue of Liberty.

Describing the significance of “Infantry Day” celebrated on Saturday, Mr. Modi said it was the very day when the Indian forces landed in Kashmir and saved the Valley from the clutches of “aggression”. He said it was Sardar Patel who had insisted on immediately sending the troops to Kashmir.
‘Extend Vishakha norms to religious institutions’
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a PIL petition to extend the Vishakha guidelines against sexual harassment in workplace to ashrams, madrasas and Catholic institutions.
The Vishakha guidelines introduced by the apex court in 1997 were evolved into a parliamentary law called the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act of 2013.
Elite China security team arriving
Day One: Modi, Abe hold informal talks
Moths are key pollinators in Himalayan ecosystem
Moths are widely considered as pests, but a recent study by scientists of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has revealed that these group of insects are pollinators to a number of flowering plants in the Himalayan ecosystem.
Siberian visitors freeze Assam-Meghalaya border dispute