Daily Hindu Editorials

‘FARMERS MUST BE GIVEN OPTIONS TO CHECK STUBBLE BURNING’  (ENVIRONMENT) Expressing concern over the environmental hazards caused by the practice of stubble burning, Punjab Governor V.P. Singh Badnore said it is important that farmers are given the option to adopt alternative practices to ensure proper disposal of paddy residue instead of resorting to stubble burning. Stubble burning was not only damaging the health of people but its harmful effects are also causing loss of organic components in soil. But in the absence of an economically viable alternative attempts to control the practice fails to bear fruit. In this context there’s need for formulating a comprehensive strategy, including generating mass awareness among farmers, and providing available technologies at affordable prices to check the practice. 👉What is stubble burning? Stubble burning refers to the use of a controlled fire to clear the crop residue that remains in the paddock after harvest and c...

💥Death of a Judge💥 👉The Supreme Court’s ruling in the Judge Loya case bodes ill for India’s judiciary. On 19 April, the Supreme Court delivered its verdict in the case of Justice B H Loya’s death, which occurred on 1 December 2014. It concluded that the sessions court judge’s death was from natural causes. Considering the allegations and doubts raised from many quarters, including media reports about the sudden death, this verdict raises more questions. It was on 12 January 2018, the day on which the petition concerning Judge Loya’s case was first mentioned before the chief justice, that four senior-most judges took the unprecedented step of holding a press conference raising issue with the functioning of the chief justice and the allotment of cases by him. To a pointed question on whether the trigger was Judge Loya’s case, Justice Gogoi (one of the four) replied in the affirmative. In such a situation, to maintain transparency and objectivity, it was ...

💥 Daily Word Bytes - 2  from editorial  - Under Strain - on Sliding value of rupee 💥 strain (noun) – pressure, stress, demand/burden. Hindu Editorial usage :  Under strain on sliding value of rupee slide (verb) – fall/decline, drop, descend. Hindu Editorial usage :   Under strain on sliding value of rupee bond yield (noun) – bond yield  is the annualized percentage return that an investor will obtain from buying a bond. In general, the yield of a bond is inversely proportional to its price. This means that as the yield increases, the price decreases (and vice versa). Hindu Editorial usage :   The Indian rupee is again under pressure as rising oil prices have combined with higher U.S. bond yields to spur demand for the dollar.   spur (verb) – motivate, encourage, stimulate. Hindu Editorial usage :   The Indian rupee is again under pressure as rising oil prices have combined with higher U.S. bond yields to spur demand for the d...

💥 Daily Word Bytes - 1  from editorial  - Unpersuasive 💥 unpersuasive (adjective) – unconvincing, ineffective, unimpressive. Hindu Editorial usage :   Unpersuasive: on Centre's arguments against elevating Justice Joseph flaw (verb) – ruin/mar, weaken, damage (something). Hindu Editorial usage :   The Centre’s arguments for its stand against elevating Justice K.M. Joseph are flawed elevation (noun) – promotion, upgrading, advancement. Hindu Editorial usage :   The Centre’s objections to the elevation of Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K.M. Joseph to the Supreme Court are unpersuasive suspicion (noun) – doubt/qualm, speculation, scepticism. Hindu Editorial usage :     raise suspicion whether his appointment is being blocked for extraneous reasons extraneous (adjective) – irrelevant, immaterial, inappropriate/pointless. Hindu Editorial usage :     raise suspicion whether his appointment is being blocked for extraneous...