The Hindu Analysis 16th Nov 2017 in Hindi

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Tsunami- 2004-Death toll more than 230,000

Tripura Model

• Late 1990s and early 2000s, Tripura embarked(शुरू) on a unique path to peace.
• Investment in human development Health, Education, and employment.
• Repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, in 2015
• Growing literacy-  73% to 87% between 2001 and 2011.
• Infant mortality rate (IMR)-1/2
• Employment and labour force
• Per capita State Domestic Product
• Looking ahead- security environment, encouraged women.

What are BOTS??

A bot is a computer programme designed to work automatically. It is mainly used to
 gather information on the
Internet or perform repetitive jobs.
Are they good or bad? Like for every technology, there are two sides to bots as well Apple’s Siri, Google Assistant, Amazon’s Alexa and Microsoft’s Cortana.

An itinerary(यात्रा कार्यक्रम) in search of a strategy

• Donald Trump’s transactional diplomacy during his East Asia tour has only created confusion
• ‘Terrific’(भयानक) China- freedom of navigation, economic practices
• Trump’s desire to be friends with the “short and fat” ruler of North Korea
• U.S. has trade deficits- the U.S. would not tolerate this — putting
  China, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam in the same basket
• China is the biggest trading partner of South Korea, Japan and Vietnam
• Security concerns- Mr. Trump asked them all to join hands with the
• U.S. in stopping North Korea’s nuclear adventurism
• But that apart, he told Japan, Vietnam and South Korea to buy our weapons
• America- First
• Obama administration vs Donald Trump
• Like Mr. Trump, Barack Obama also wanted to open the Asian markets for      American companies- autonomy of these countries, it reflects US disinterest Saudi Arabia.

Money can’t always buy votes

• Sell their votes in exchange for cash, liquor, saris etc
• Using evidence from the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, we have argued
  that theories of large scale vote buying in India are myths (“Death of
  patronage?”,  The Hindu, May 23, 2017).
• It is indeed true that a candidate with greater resources has a higher
  probability of winning elections in India.
• This is true in many other parts of the world, including in the U.S.
• Election Commission (EC) allows only 14 days of official campaigning,
  which ends 48 hours before the scheduled close of polling.
• In our view, cash flows during elections not to buy votes but rather to support a campaign.
• Amplified by weak party organisations, limited campaigning periods and the humongous size of constituencies
• Campaign finance reforms – Smaller constituencies with longer  campaigning      period are more likely to curb the negative influence of money

Prelims Focus Facts-News Analysis

• Page-1-Zimbabwe military seizes power, says Mugabe is safe.
• Army claims it is targeting ‘criminals’ around President; capital remains calm
• Soldiers seized the state broadcaster. Armoured vehicles blocked roads to the
  main government offices, Parliament and the courts in central Harare, while taxis
  ferried commuters to work nearby. The atmosphere in the capital remained calm.
• Indians safe, says Sushma.
• Page-1-Centre to advance BS-VI fuel launch in Delhi to 2018 In a bid to deal with the critical pollution situation in the national capital, the Ministry of Petroleum has brought forward the date for the rollout of BS­VI fuel for Delhi to April 1, 2018 instead of the original deadline of April 1, 2020. 
• BS­VI fuel in Delhi can reduce the particulate emissions from the existing fleet of vehicles.
• Notice to 4 States over biomedical waste disposal.
• NGT restrains them from handing over any biomedical waste to ragpickers
• The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday issued notice to Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana and Punjab governments over improper collection, segregation and disposal of biomedical and solid waste in the States
• Bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar
• Violation of the BioMedical Waste Management Rules, 2016,

 
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• vDrop ‘Pappu’ from poll ad, EC tells BJP
• Rajasthan’s Gujjar quota bid stalled
• SC orders State to maintain status quo till High Court decides case
• OBC category from 21% to 26%
• France wants to work with India in Indo­Pacific
• quadrilateral’ of India, U.S., Japan and Australia
• France is India’s oldest strategic partner, and has conducted India’s
  first international ‘Varuna’ joint naval exercises since 1983.
• Highways to be rated on safety features
• India Road Assessment Programme (IndiaRAP) that will rate highways’ safety levels, and seek to eliminate the most unsafe roads.
• Centre gives effect to GST rate changes.

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