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The HINDU editorial notes for UPSC February 24,2020   1) Keep up the pressure , Holding Pakistan accountable for Terrorism                     The 39 member FATF group involving India in its latest plenary has extended Pakistan's deadline to June 2020 to complete the 27 point action plan on terrorism . Currently positioned in grey list , Pakistan faces difficulties in accessing funds from international economic institution such as IMF,WB If adequate measures are not done to tighten security & to funding loopholes which designated terror groups like (Taliban ,LeT ) exploit ,then Pakistan can be put in blacklist  At present Iran and North Korea are in blacklist category Pic credits: Wire                           FATF has also called on Pakistan to begin prosecution against terrorist and sanction entities found violating UNSC  rules for designated terrorist organizations. Pakistan has been evading the process of blacklisting due to FATF consensus framewor

The HINDU editorial notes for UPSC September 27,2019   1) Subject to people's will: On Karnataka by-polls pic source: nammakpsc.com Earlier this year ,Karnataka assembly speaker disqualified some MLAs on ground of defection and banned them from contesting election until the life of the current assembly.  The Election commission has agreed to defer by-election to 15 of 17 assembly seats in karnataka until Supreme court decides the fate of the defectors. The Tenth schedule (Anti defection law) has a lot of gray areas,it provides  the speaker complete  authority to decide on defection ,but if decision were found to be in malafide intent ,then the aggrieved MLAs can approach the court.Using this clause ,the MLAs petitioned in supreme court against the speaker's decision. Instead of the courts or speakers deciding the fate of defectors,let them contest again and let people of  their constituency decide their fate.          To read complete source arti

The HINDU editorial notes for UPSC September 26,2019 1) The Real Deal,On India-U.S. trade deal Despite all the bonhomie between US president and Indian PM Modi ,both sides failed to arrive at a limited trade deal. The most concerning issue was the Indian tariff of 20% on ICT products which US wants to be reduced.India put those tariff  in order to check influx of Chinese electronic goods. pic source: deccanherald America has also asked India to open up its diary , agriculture products and medical devices market.They are politically and economically crucial sectors for India.Trump's desperation to show a trade deal victory before an election year is looming over the trade negotiations Trump's tariff tactics to succumb China didn't work ,He should not repeat the same with India.  Trump must remember that a trade deal is not one side bullying another side to succumb to its interests ,both the parties have to believe in a policy of give and take for a

The HINDU editorial notes for UPSC September 25,2019 1) Climate for action: On UN Climate Action Summit                   pic source: loksatta.com  Prime Minister Modi, in his address to UN Climate action summit asked all the countries" to walk the talk" on climate change control measures. PM Modi also announced that India will enhance its renewable energy  capacity from 175 GW to 450 GW by 2022 to meet its NDC(Nationally Determined Contribution) India despite being third largest polluter in absolute terms, is still not a major polluter on per capita emission standards as well as on historic emissions thanks to environment  friendly behavior of most of its citizens. Thus India taking strident steps towards renewable and e-Vehicles is a welcome move But there are some conflicting signals by Indian Government as well,namely policy announcements such opening of 100% FDI in coal plants,future reliance on coal plants etc Besides the NAPCC(National Action Plan

The HINDU editorial notes September 23,2019   1) The Nationalist hindrance to Climate actions                        pic credits: foreignpolicy.com On September 20 , global climate strike led by youngsters took place across many parts of the world Recent events like heat waves in Europe  and unprecedented floods across many parts of world have awakened many people to the realities of climate change But still the political and economic discourse has not changed much., rising tide of Nationalist politics across the world has made matters worse by prioritizing short term national interests over global emergencies In such a political scenario ,the UN secretary general has convened a Global climate action summit Summit aims to achieve two things:- Countries are urged to enhance pledges for action made as part of the Paris agreement on lower emissions. Even after repeated requests by the scientific community as well as youth movements ,the major economies of the worl