Daily Hindu Editorials

Law commission and Uniform Civil Code (Gov) The Law Commission of India has started consultations to formulate recommendations for a uniform civil code (UCC). The commission has sought the views of Muslim groups on at least seven key issues including custody of children, inheritance and adoption Details:   The panel asked about Muslim personal law not allowing a mother to be the natural guardian and also cited the differences in the interpretation of Hanafi, Shafi’i, Maliki or Hanbali law. The panel has also asked various stakeholders to recommend a model Nikahnama and Talaqnama that can be implemented uniformly across the country. The Commission headed by Justice B S Chauhan is presently holding consultations with over 30 individuals and religious institutions. On inheritance, the panel is learnt to have sought detailed legal opinions on daughters inheriting half the share of what sons inherit. During the deliberations the panel looking through the lens of “gender ...

💥 Daily Word Bytes - 1  from editorial  -Missed opportunity: on cancellation of Trump-Kim summit 💥 unravel (verb) – fall apart, fail, collapse/go wrong. Hindu Editorial usage  :  A series of avoidable mis-steps led to the unravelling of the Trump-Kim summit call off (phrasal verb) – cancel, abandon, shelve. Hindu Editorial usage  :  American President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to call off his planned June 12 meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore has not only dashed hopes of a breakthrough but also heightened risks of a confrontation on the Korean peninsula. dash (verb) – shatter, destroy,  ruin/spoil. Hindu Editorial usage  :  American President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to call off his planned June 12 meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore has not only dashed hopes of a breakthrough but also heightened risks of a confrontation on the Korean peninsula. breakthrough (noun) – pr...

💥 Daily Word Bytes - 1  from editorial  -Unified field theory: on non-BJP alliance 💥 a string of (noun) – series, succession, chain/sequence. Hindu Editorial usage  :  A string of defeats is the common thread holding the Opposition parties together against the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election. common thread (phrase) – a theme that is always present in several different conditions or situations. Hindu Editorial usage  :  A string of defeats is the common thread holding the Opposition parties together against the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election. hold together (phrasal verb) – remain united. Hindu Editorial usage  :  A string of defeats is the common thread holding the Opposition parties together against the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election. divide (noun) – difference, disagreement, division. Hindu Editorial usage  :    Ideological divi...

👉So far, Iran’s response to U.S. provocation has been rhetorical but President Rouhani has little room for manoeuvre👈 The long-standing Palestinian-Israeli conflict in West Asia has been overshadowed by new flashpoints in the region, both internal and external, since the Arab Spring. The fight against the Islamic State and its offshoots, beginning with Iraq; the Syrian conflict that has drawn in the U.S., Russia, Iran and Turkey; renewed skirmishing between Israel and Iran across the Golan Heights; and the civil war in Yemen where the involvement of Saudi Arabia and Iran has heightened tensions, exposing old regional fault lines. Growing drumbeats of a wider conflict can threaten to overturn the boundaries imposed after World War I. 👉U.S. withdrawal To this volatile mix, new uncertainty was added on May 8 when President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. was walking out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). A flurry of diplomatic activity followed with Ira...

👉Opposition parties need to agree on a political agenda and a tactical alliance to defeat the BJP👈 A string of defeats is the common thread holding the Opposition parties together against the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election. Ideological divides have been papered over and tactics reworked in the quest to stop the BJP from getting a second consecutive term. The post-poll alliance stitched together by the Congress with the Janata Dal (Secular), which allowed for the swearing-in of JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy as Chief Minister, provided the occasion for a show of hands in unity in Bengaluru. But more significant than winning over the JD(S) was the presence of Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati on the front stage. Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, still the most respected leader in her party, seemed to share a special moment on the dais with Ms. Mayawati. Of course, the ground for the coming together of the Congress and the BSP was set much earlier...