Daily Hindu Editorials

💥TRIFED - PIB 💥 Tribal Co-operative Marketing Development Federation (TRIFED) of Ministry of Tribal Affairs has operationalised Retail Inventory Software (RIS) in all its Tribes India Outlets, Regional Offices and Head Office for inventory control. 👉Key facts: The electronic mode of system has been made available at all Regional Offices and Outlets, streamlining the entire retail operations from purchases upto sales by automating the transaction process and tracking important purchase, stocks and sales data. Implementation of RIS software will bring greater transparency and control over various transactions under Retail sale. 👉About TRIFED: TRIFED is an apex organisation at National Level and functioning under the administrative control of Ministry of Tribal Affairs. 👉What it does? TRIFED is serving the interests of Tribals, who are engaged in collection of NTFP and making of Tribal Art & Handicraft Products for their livelihood so as to ensure better remun...

💥 Daily Word Bytes - 2  from editorial  -  Drowning in dust: dealing with extreme weather  💥 hotspot (noun) – a place of significant activity. Hindu Editorial usage :       The residents of this ‘weather hotspot’ region are used to annual storms carrying natural dust clouds in the pre-monsoon season, from the Thar desert and further west. ferocity (noun) – intensity, severity, strength. Hindu Editorial usage :     at one place exceeding 50°C, are thought to have added to the ferocity of the dust-laden winds laden (adjective) – full, filled, loaded. Hindu Editorial usage :   at one place exceeding 50°C, are thought to have added to the ferocity of the dust-laden winds   recurring (adjective) – happening, concurring, taking place repeatedly. Hindu Editorial usage :     This could be a recurring feature, and there is a need to develop accurate forecasting methods and protocols to mitigate the impact.  ...

💥 Daily Word Bytes - 1  from editorial  -  Deal breaker: on the U.S.' withdrawal from the Iran deal  💥 retreat (verb) – withdraw, pull out; change one’s decision. Hindu Editorial usage :     The U.S. retreat from the Iran nuclear deal has undermined the rules-based global order undermine (verb) – weaken, diminish, subvert/reduce. Hindu Editorial usage :     The U.S. retreat from the Iran nuclear deal has undermined the rules-based global order global order (noun) – the order of international institutions and agreements. Hindu Editorial usage :     The U.S. retreat from the Iran nuclear deal has undermined the rules-based global order unilaterally (adverb) – used to indicate something done by a person/country without approval/agreement from other people/countries involved in the situation. Hindu Editorial usage :     President Donald Trump’s decision to unilaterally pull the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal ...

👉During the electoral campaign, historical figures have been plucked out of rich and complex contexts👈 History has been weaponised afresh in the electoral war zone of Karnataka. What set the ball rolling was the first idiomatic reference by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to the historic face-off between Pulakeshin II (the great Chalukyan king) and Harshavardhana of Kanauj in the early seventh century, in which the former prevented the conquest from the north. Since then, we have been witness to a kind of deep mining of Karnataka history to serve two distinct purposes: reel in the votes of specific caste communities and construct a narrative of Hindutva unity. 👉All about Tipu In the last few weeks, historical figures have been plucked out of rich and complex contexts to be beaten into swords, flintlocks, arrows, or simply blunt objects with which to bludgeon the electoral opponent. Here, the favourite (and easiest) beating boy has, predictably, been Tipu Sultan (r. 1...

👉The U.S. retreat from the Iran nuclear deal has undermined the rules-based global order👈 President Donald Trump’s decision to unilaterally pull the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal is a huge setback to multilateral diplomacy and the rules-based international order. The agreement, signed in 2015 by Iran with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, Germany and the EU, curtailed its nuclear programme in return for withdrawing economic sanctions. It was reached after 18 months of painful negotiations. Under the deal, most of Iran’s enriched uranium was shipped out of the country, a heavy water facility was rendered inoperable and the operational nuclear facilities were brought under international inspection. In Iran, the moderate government of President Hassan Rouhani went ahead with the deal despite strong opposition from hardliners. Mr. Trump has just wrecked all these efforts, despite numerous reports, including from American intelligence agencies, that Iran is 10...

👉Better infrastructure and targeted forecasts are key to dealing with extreme weather👈 A wave of extreme weather over northern States in India has killed at least 124 people and caused much misery, mostly in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. The residents of this ‘weather hotspot’ region are used to annual storms carrying natural dust clouds in the pre-monsoon season, from the Thar desert and further west. But they have been hit by a particularly destructive version this year, one that combined hot western winds and moisture from the east. Record April temperatures in parts of Pakistan, at one place exceeding 50°C, are thought to have added to the ferocity of the dust-laden winds. This could be a recurring feature, and there is a need to develop accurate forecasting methods and protocols to mitigate the impact. Many of the casualties in the recent storms were caused by collapsing infrastructure, such as electricity transmission lines that were not built to withstand such weather. Good...

👉The development of the Chabahar port needs to be viewed as Iran’s call for “engagement”.👈 After U.S. President Donald Trump decided to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has indicated that his government remains committed to that pact and that he would be negotiating with the deal’s remaining signatories — the European countries, Russia and China — to salvage the deal if possible. For Tehran, a lot is riding on how these powers engage in the coming months. India too has a lot at stake in this regard. Iran’s attempt to woo Chinese investment in Chabahar, often projected as India’s pet project (and a response to Gwadar in Pakistan), has raised eyebrows in New Delhi. Inviting Chinese investment is perceived as an attempt to dilute Indian influence. 👉The view from Tehran The development of the Chabahar port, however, needs to be viewed as Iran’s call for “engagement”. The participation of Pakistan’s Minister of Shipping at the inauguration...

👉India and Nepal need to muster the courage to address the difficult aspects of bilateral ties👈 Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, will pay a return state visit to Nepal this week (May 11-12). This visit by the leader of Nepal’s most important neighbour, and which comes barely a month after Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Oli visited India, signifies the intensity of political engagements at the highest level. There will be civic receptions in Mr. Modi’s honour. He will also visit two religious shrines, at Janakpur and Muktinath. The two leaders will jointly lay the foundation stone of the Arun III hydropower project. 👉Anchor to deep ties Relations between Nepal and India are age-old and multifaceted, as the countries share wide-ranging socio-cultural commonalities and geopolitical realities. No two sovereign and independent nations interact every day in such a comprehensive way as India and Nepal do, at the governmental and people’s levels. People-to-people relations are marked...

👉Telangana’s experience is instructive 👈 The institutionalisation of “social audits” to ensure implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) has been challenging. Since being included in the 2005 Act at the behest of social movements, social audits have been ineffective in most parts of the country due to government indifference. So far, 26 States have created social audit units (SAUs), but the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG’s) detailed guidelines are yet to be implemented. In the absence of any real commitment to make mandatory social audits a reality, the Central and State governments have exacerbated the implementation problems facing important social security legislations such as NREGA and the National Food Security Act. 👉State of play A notable exception is Andhra Pradesh (now Andhra Pradesh and Telangana). In Telangana, the SAU has organised regular social audits on NREGA since 2008. It has completed eight rounds, organising 9,125 ru...