Daily Hindu Editorials

💥AFSPA LIFTED IN MEGHALAYA   ( INTERNAL SECURITY) With insurgency-related incidents in the northeast region down by 85% from the levels recorded at the peak of militancy two decades ago, the Centre has withdrawn the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) totally from Meghalaya. Earlier, the Act was effective in the State in the 20 km area along its border with Assam. AFSPA, which gives special powers and immunity to the armed forces had been in force in Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh for almost 27 years. The two states bordering Assam were declared “disturbed” in 1991 to avoid a spillover effect of insurgency by Assam-based outfits like the United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) Along with Meghalaya decision is also taken to limit AFSPA in Arunachal Pradesh to eight police stations, instead of 16 earlier. In 2015, the Tripura government had lifted AFSPA from the state after 18 years 👉Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) The AFSPA was enacted in 1958 to bring ...

💥 Daily Word Bytes - 1  from editorial  - Uniting Line  💥 compromise (noun) – agreement, understanding, settlement/deal. Hindu Editorial usage :   The CPI(M)’s compromise on its political line will still need a practical resolution congress (noun) – conference, meeting, summit. Hindu Editorial usage :   the 22nd party congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) averted a divisive contest for the post of the general secretary and gave a fresh term to the incumbent, Sitaram Yechury. avert (verb) – prevent, stop, avoid. Hindu Editorial usage :   the 22nd party congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) averted a divisive contest for the post of the general secretary and gave a fresh term to the incumbent, Sitaram Yechury. divisive (adjective) – isolating/separating, dividing; disharmonious. Hindu Editorial usage :   the 22nd party congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) averted a divisive contest for the post...

💥 Daily Word Bytes - 1  from editorial  - Best-Laid Plans - on Turkish Politics  💥 consolidate (verb) – strengthen, secure, reinforce/fortify. Hindu Editorial usage :  President Erdoğan attempts to consolidate power in Turkey with a snap election snap (adjective) – spontaneous, unarranged, unplanned. Hindu Editorial usage :  President Erdoğan attempts to consolidate power in Turkey with a snap election take someone by surprise (phrase) –  surprise, shock, stun. Hindu Editorial usage :  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan did not take many by surprise last week when he called presidential and parliamentary elections in June, lurch (noun) – a sudden uncontrolled movement. Hindu Editorial usage :  he has overseen the country’s steady lurch towards right-wing authoritarianism right-wing (adjective) – alt-right, conservative, rightist (section of a political system). Hindu Editorial usage :  he has overseen the count...

👉The genie of Dalit unrest has escaped from the bottle of social control. We must understand why👈 At the First Round Table Conference in 1930, B.R. Ambedkar reminded his audience: “The men who fought with Clive in the battle of Plassey were the Dusads, and the Dusads are Untouchables. The men who fought in the battle of Koregaon were the Mahars, and the Mahars are Untouchables. Thus in the first battle and the last battle (1757-1818) it was the Untouchables who fought on the side of the British and helped them conquer India.” The battle of Koregaon was fought on January 1, 1818, between the upper caste army of the Peshwa empire of the Marathas on one side, and the East India Company’s army manned by Mahars and their British officers on the other. The result is viewed with mixed emotions in today’s India. It is easy to say that an Indian empire lost to the British company. But it is difficult to not acknowledge that probably the Indian empire lost because of its insistence ...

👉The CPI(M)’s compromise on its political line will still need a practical resolution👈 By adopting a political resolution acceptable to both the majority and minority sections, the 22nd party congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) averted a divisive contest for the post of the general secretary and gave a fresh term to the incumbent, Sitaram Yechury. In its essence, the political line was not very different from the draft political resolution backed by the majority section led by former general secretary Prakash Karat, but it was sufficiently vague to give some manoeuvring room to the beleaguered Mr. Yechury. The clause of contention related to allying with the Congress to defeat the BJP — with the majority Karat line, backed by most of the Kerala unit, against it, and the minority Yechury line, supported by most of the West Bengal unit, for it. The compromise involved replacing the phrase “without having an understanding or electoral alliance with the Congress party”...

👉President Erdoğan attempts to consolidate power in Turkey with a snap election👈 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan did not take many by surprise last week when he called presidential and parliamentary elections in June, more than a year ahead of schedule. In power since 2002 first as Prime Minister and since 2014 as the first directly elected President, he has overseen the country’s steady lurch towards right-wing authoritarianism; the snap poll could be another step in that direction. Last year he won a controversial referendum favouring an executive presidency, and he is clearly anxious to complete the transition, as the changes only come into effect after the presidential election. Mr. Erdoğan had pulled off a slender victory in the plebiscite, though the exercise was held under a national emergency and several opposition leaders were in detention. The outcome reinforced concerns about the sagging popularity of his Justice and Development Party (AKP). The risk of Turkey’s...