Daily Hindu Editorials

#SaveLitteLives: Today while going through the articles of BETTER INDIA i came through  a post which is given below . i thought of sharing it with you all which may add some adds from us in that good cause. lets be a part of that good social cause and save those little lives. You can help save a life TODAY by donating here:  http://bit.ly/tbi- savelittlelives Meet the doctor couple who quit their well-paying jobs to perform free heart surgeries for underprivileged kids. Dr. Gopi Nallaiyan, a paediatric cardiac surgeon, and his wife Dr. Hemapriya Natesan, have worked and lived in several metropolitan cities over the years. But in every hospital where they worked, the duo received several patients who could not afford treatment for Congenital Heart Disease (CHD). So they decided to quit their jobs and founded a foundation that provides financial and medical support to children suffering from CHD. One  April 15 , The Better India is working with these amazing doctors to organi

💥 Daily w ord bytes - 2  from editoria l  -  Fifteen years after: on Iraq war 💥 👉 hold (someone) to account (phrase) – to require a person to explain or to accept responsibility for his or her actions; to blame or punish someone for what has occurred. Hindu Editorial usage : The architects of the Iraq war are yet to be held to account 👉 invasion (noun) – attack, incursion, assailing. Hindu Editorial usage :   U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, 👉 bring down (noun) – demolish, destroy, knock down (a statue). Hindu Editorial usage : Square was brought down under the watch 👉 reign (noun) – rule, incumbency, leadership. Hindu Editorial usage :  end of the Ba’ath party’s decades-long reign. 👉 ghost of (noun) – trace, hint, faint appearance. Hindu Editorial usage :   the country is still fighting the ghosts of the destructive war. 👉 downright (adverb) – completely, totally, undeniably. Hindu Editorial usage : misleading intelligence in

💥 Daily w ord bytes - 1  from editoria l -  A fresh deadline: on framing Cauvery scheme 💥 👉evade (verb) – escape from, stay away from, avoid/dodge. Hindu Editorial usage :  The Centre cannot continue to evade its legal obligation 👉admonish (verb) – censure, criticize; advise/urge. Hindu Editorial usage :   This was the broad message conveyed by the court on Monday when it admonished the government for failing to frame a scheme 👉embarrass (verb) – make uncomfortable/uneasy, discomfort. Hindu Editorial usage :  it was embarrassing to be asked to demonstrate its bona fides   👉bona fides (noun) – legal acceptability, credibility, authenticity/correctness. Hindu Editorial usage :  For the Centre, it was embarrassing to be asked to demonstrate its bona fides by submitting a draft scheme for the court’s consideration by May 3 👉decree (noun) – bill, regulation, judgement. Hindu Editorial usage :    It is obvious that a decree on the s

💥It’s one of the few among large democracies still using the death penalty and is brazenly attacking minorities, says the Secretary General of Amnesty International Salil Shetty, the Bengaluru-born human rights activist who directed the United Nations Millennium Campaign to help push its development goals, has served as the Secretary General of Amnesty International, the London-headquartered NGO, since 2010. With the Arab Spring, the revelations by WikiLeaks, the European refugee crisis, and the spread of nationalist, populist forces globally, his tenure has seen tumultuous times. Faced with a rapidly changing world, including the rise of social media, Mr. Shetty has sought to bring about changes to Amnesty International. This includes efforts to “decolonise” it and make it a more global network of activists. The focus on local issues has brought Amnesty into regular confrontations with governments, including in India where in 2016 it faced accusations of sedition over a Kas

💥Pragmatism has finally taken root in Delhi and Kathmandu — project implementation will be the test It is a long-standing tradition that Nepali Prime Ministers make Delhi the first foreign port of call after taking over. The 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. Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli maintained the tradition during his state visit to India last week. Perhaps not on account of superstition but because as a pragmatic politician, he knows which controversies are best avoided. His earlier nine-month tenure as PM in 2015-16 had seen relations with India hit a new low, and it made eminent sense to begin his second term on a positive note. From all accounts, the visit went well but it will take pragmatism and patient nurturing on both sides to restore the trust and confidence

🌲Devise a viable Cauvery scheme soon, stop disruptive protests🎄 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. This was the broad message conveyed by the court on Monday when it admonished the government for failing to frame a scheme within the six-week time limit given earlier. For the Centre, it was embarrassing to be asked to demonstrate its bona fides by submitting a draft scheme for the court’s consideration by May 3. The court’s frustration was evident, as the Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India was surprised and disappointed that the Centre had not put a scheme in place or sought an early clarification. It is obvious that a decree on the sharing of water requires a mechanism to give effect to it. It is an evasion of responsibility on the Centre’s part to set off a round of litigation just to determine the nature of such a mechanism. At the same time, it is easy to

💥The architects of the Iraq war are yet to be held to account Fifteen years ago, on April 9, a few weeks into the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, a 39-foot statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad’s al-Fardous Square was brought down under the watch of American troops. It was an iconic moment that highlighted more than just the end of the Ba’ath party’s decades-long reign. Within a month, 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 war, which began on March 20, 2003, had no legitimate basis, being founded on misleading intelligence information, if not downright lies. 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. But the U.S. went ahead with forming an international coalition that included the U.K., and attacking Iraq, citing mainly two reasons — that the Sadd

🌳The draft National Forest Policy identifies threats to forests, but does not provide systems for public involvement🌲 India recorded a marginal increase in forest cover, according to the India State of Forest Report 2017. Around the same time this report was released, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change released a draft National Forest Policy, 2018, which calls for increasing forest cover, involving communities in forest management, and creating plantations for industrial use. Before formulating such a policy, a question that needs to be asked is, how much forest cover does India actually have? 👉Growing and losing forests The State of Forest Report says that forest cover had increased in India by 0.21% in 2017 from 2015, and that some areas had become ‘Very Dense Forest’ in this period. At the same time, the Ministry itself admits that between 2014 and 2017, India lost, or legally diverted, 36,575 hectares of forest area towards 1,419 development pro

💥The curious saga of Lula da Silva that has undermined democracy in Brazil Over the weekend, Brazil’s former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva turned himself in to the police after having been charged with corruption under the wide-ranging Lava Jato (Car Wash) investigation. Tens of thousands of people blocked roads across the country to protest his impending arrest. Thousands surrounded the metalworkers’ union building where he had waited. When he insisted that he would turn himself in and begin serving his 12-year sentence, Mr. Lula da Silva was carried on the shoulders of the crowd waiting outside. It was a dramatic moment for a man who remains hugely popular in Brazil and is seen by many as a standard-bearer of the aspirations of the poor. Before he went to prison, Mr. Lula da Silva released a statement of great feeling: “Those who persecute me can do what they want to me, but they will never imprison our dreams.” Brazil is to hold a presidential election in October.