Daily Hindu Editorials

💥WORLD BANK LOAN FOR BIOPHARMA MISSION  (SCHEMES) The Union Government has entered into agreement with World Bank for flexible financing arrangement to accelerate research towards early development for biopharmaceuticals under National Biopharma Mission. Under the agreement government has secured a loan of about Rs. 1,600 crore from the World Bank to develop new vaccines, medical devices and medicines and will be disbursed over five years under the Biopharma Mission. The agreement was signed between project implementing agency, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) on behalf of World Bank. 👉About National Biopharma Mission The mission was launched by Ministry of Science & Technology in 2017 for five years with 50% funding through World Bank Loan, to make India hub for design and development of novel, affordable and effective biopharmaceutical products such as vaccines, biologics and

💥 Daily Word Bytes - 2  from editorial  - Saving Afghanistan 💥 desist (verb) – stop, abstain/refrain, hold back. Hindu Editorial usage :   Global and regional powers must desist from playing the ‘Great Game’ and build peace the Great Game (noun) – an intense fight between the British and the Russian Empire for dominance over Afghanistan (in 19th century). Hindu Editorial usage :   Global and regional powers must desist from playing the ‘Great Game’ and build peace spring offensive (noun) – (symbolic) start of the fighting season; a war propaganda. Hindu Editorial usage :   Even before the Taliban announced its new “spring offensive”, violence in Afghanistan had escalated dangerously this year casualty (noun) – victim, fatality, dead and injured. Hindu Editorial usage :   According to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, the number of casualties in the first three months of 2018 was already 2,258   hail (verb) – acclaim, praise/applaud, commend. Hindu Editor

💥 Daily Word Bytes - 1  from editorial  - Judgement Day - on Asaram Case Verdict 💥 imprisonment (noun) – incarceration, internment, captivity. Hindu Editorial usage :   In sentencing Asaram Bapu to imprisonment for the rest of his natural life for the rape of a 16-year-old girl in 2013 reinvigorate (verb) – re-energize, fortify, strengthen/resuscitate Hindu Editorial usage :   Special Court in Jodhpur has reinvigorated faith in the criminal justice system. aide (noun) – assistant, helper, subordinate. Hindu Editorial usage :   Two aides who facilitated the crime have been sentenced to 20 years in prison facilitate (verb) – assist, help, aid. Hindu Editorial usage :   Two aides who facilitated the crime have been sentenced to 20 years in prison benumbing (adjective) –  insensible, unfeeling, numbed. Hindu Editorial usage :   At a time when sexual offences against women and minor girls are being reported with benumbing regularity, a verdict of this sort reinfo

👍YES 👉Faith in the law will be restored only if there is a severe deterrent to those committing heinous acts👈 👉Pravin Ghuge The death penalty is warranted in today’s age because I think it acts as a strong deterrent. Let me illustrate this with an example. When we were children, we were told that it was bad karma to drop salt on the ground and that if we did, god would punish us. Now, no one can debate whether god is morally right or wrong in meting out punishment to all those who waste salt. But the moral of the story is that sometimes the pressure of a certain threat is enough to put the fear of god in a child. Back then, people were governed by superstition; today, they are governed by laws, and people should fear violating the rule of law. 👉Faith and fear If the purpose of laws is to achieve some semblance of justice, we have to bear in mind that it must fulfil two purposes. One, people should have faith in the law which has been enacted. And two, the law sho

👉There is now a mutual recognition in both India and China that a posture of hostility has undermined their interests👈 The India-China relationship has always been too complex to classify under a single theme. Competition-cooperation-discord is an often-evoked term typology that reflects the contradictory nature of this relationship. Last year witnessed all these facets play out: India’s trenchant critique of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), India’s entry into the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the dramatic crisis in Doklam on the northern frontiers, the acceleration of multilateral cooperation in the BRICS format, and attempts to foster economic engagement. Yet, nothing exemplified the state of ties more than the Himalayan standoff, which was the closest both countries came to drawing blood in over three decades. 👉Build-up of negativity What led to this tailspin in India-China relations? We will not find the clues in some valley or a narrow stretch of road in the

👉Asaram’s rise and fall is reflective of the lives of some self-styled godmen of our times👈 In sentencing Asaram Bapu to imprisonment for the rest of his natural life for the rape of a 16-year-old girl in 2013, a Special Court in Jodhpur has reinvigorated faith in the criminal justice system. Two aides who facilitated the crime have been sentenced to 20 years in prison. At a time when sexual offences against women and minor girls are being reported with benumbing regularity, a verdict of this sort reinforces public trust. Holding powerful and influential heads of religious institutions is not easy in this country, given the wide public support and political patronage they enjoy. Fortunately, neither the investigators nor the prosecutors in the case of the 77-year-old Asumal Harpalani, who named himself Asaram, seem to have been overawed by his large following or intimidated by his belligerent supporters. High-ranking police officers received letters and phone calls threatening th

👉Global and regional powers must desist from playing the ‘Great Game’ and build peace👈 Even before the Taliban announced its new “spring offensive”, violence in Afghanistan had escalated dangerously this year. According to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, the number of casualties in the first three months of 2018 was already 2,258 (763 killed, 1,495 injured). Last year, the U.S. announced a new ‘South Asia policy’ for Afghanistan, which was officially welcomed by both New Delhi and Kabul and hailed as a game-changer for the region. Just eight months later, the policy itself seems uncertain. And although the U.S. administration has taken some steps on Pakistani funding of terrorism across the Durand Line, it has clearly not yielded calm on the ground, as wave upon wave of terrorist violence has lashed Kabul and other cities. Sunday’s bomb attack in Kabul at a voter registration centre, where more than 57 were killed, carried a doubly diabolical message from the Islamic St