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THE HINDU ANALYSIS

28-08-2018

PG-1-Protocol will not stop me meeting leaders, says Malik

The newly appointed Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Satya Pal Malik is the first politician to be appointed to the position in over half a century.

his brief was to “reach out to the people of the State, to listen to them and after listening, do whatever is in their interests.” “I will be inviting leaders of political parties to meet with me and if anyone feels uncomfortable to come to me, I will go to them. Protocol will not stop me,”

PG-1-Major Gogoi may be court-martialled

Major Leetul Gogoi, who was subjected to a Court of Inquiry (CoI) after being seen with a local woman at a Srinagar hotel, is likely to face court martial.

“Orders have been issued to initiate disciplinary action. The CoI has held him accountable for fraternising with a local in spite of instructions to the contrary and being away from the place of duty while in an operational area,”

“Prima facie, he has been found guilty. Now the summary of evidence will be recorded after which the framing of charges will be undertaken,”

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PG-1-Ex-Dal Khalsa duo set free in ’81 Lahore hijacking case

A Delhi court has acquitted two members of the erstwhile Dal Khalsa in a case of hijacking of a Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines flight to Lahore in 1981. Five persons were accused in the case; three have been declared absconders.

accused raised pro-Khalistan slogans, such as “Khalistan Zindabad; Bhindranwale Amar Rahe; Khalistan Lekar Rahenge”.

PG-5-₹3,000 Crore needed to rebuild roads, bridges govt. Buildings

₹3,000 crore was required to put back nearly 2,225 km of National and State Highways, and major district roads, besides rebuilding 240 bridges that had collapsed.

Asked officials to prepare detailed proposals outlining the damage and estimated costs for repairing public property, including roads, bridges and buildings; estimated losses to private property and to plantation crops such as coffee, pepper and arecanut, and paddy.

PG-6-KCR: refer Krishna disputes to tribunal

Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has requested Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari to take steps to refer the water disputes pertaining to sharing of Krishna water to a tribunal for adjudication and ensuring that justice is done to the people of the State.

In accordance with the provisions under Section 3 of the Inter State River Water Disputes (ISRWD) Act, 1956, the Central government had extended the term of Justice Brijesh Kumar Tribunal and referred the matter under Section 89 of the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014.

The provisions under Section 89 of the Act were limited in scope and would not be able to do justice to the rightful claims of Telangana.It was therefore necessary that the matter was referred to the tribunal under the ISRWD Act.

PG-7-Online registration of drones must from Dec. 1

Drones, their operators and pilots will have to be mandatorily registered on aviation regulator DGCA’s online portal, effective December 1.

The use of remotely piloted aircraft, a kind of drone, is allowed for taking photographs, conducting surveys such as for laying of pipelines and agricultural purposes and surveillance, as per the regulations on remotely piloted aircraft system unveiled by the Ministry of Civil Aviation

The rules bar use of drones for delivery of items. They can be deployed for spraying of pesticides and delivery of relief material during a natural disaster only on a case-by-case basis.

(RPA) have been divided into five categories nano micro , small , large



Users will have to go online to seek a unique identification number for each drone as well as an operator’s permit licence.

They will have to provide details of flight path to be undertaken for every flight. However, nano drones are exempt from all these pre-requisites. Operations are allowed in daylight and within the visual range or a range of 450 m. Wedding photographers are allowed to use micro drones during night,

Drones are barred from being flown near airports, international border, coastline, Parliament, Secretariat complex in State capitals, military installations and eco sensitive zones.

Small and large drones can fly up to a maximum height of 400 feet. Nano drones must not fly beyond 50 feet and micro drones must be within 200 feet from ground level.

PG-7-SC stresses adverse impact of female genital mutilation

Female genital mutilation leaves permanent emotional and mental scars in a young girl, Constitution does not allow a person to cause injury to another. Mr. Singhvi argued that the practice was essential to religion and has continued since the 10th century.

Court is hearing a PIL filed by advocate Sunita Tiwari to ban female genital mutilation practised by some communities as a religious practice

Senior advocate Indira Jaising submitted that the practice cannot be considered “essential” in religion as it can be brought under the ambit of the POCSO Act.

PG-7-Jatropha powers India’s first biofuel flight A blend of oil from jatropha seeds and aviation turbine fuel propelled the country’s first ever bio

jet fuel-powered flight on Monday.

A blend of 25% of bio jet fuel and 75% of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) was carried in one of the two engines of the plane, while the other engine carried only ATF. International standards permit a blend rate of upto 50% biofuel with ATF. It has the potential to reduce fuel costs by 15-20%,” .

“A policy will soon be framed on bio jet fuel for aviation industry and placed before the Cabinet.”

The indigenously developed fuel has been nearly eight years in the making by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) lab based in Dehradun along with the Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP).

The institute started its experiment on biofuel soon after Virgin Atlantic carried out the first test flight globally in 2008.



PG-11-Indus treaty talks to begin tomorrow

India and Pakistan will resume their talks on various aspects of the Indus Waters Treaty in Lahore, the first bilateral engagement since Imran Khan took office as Prime Minister.

The last meeting of the Pakistan-India Permanent Indus Commission was held in New Delhi in March, during which both sides had shared details of the water flow and the quantum of water being used under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty.

The Pakistani side will reiterate its objections over two water-storage and hydroelectric projects being built by India during the talks.

Pakistan would raise its concerns over the 1000-MW Pakal Dul and the 48-MW Lower Kalnai hydroelectric projects on the Chenab river.

Two sides would finalise the schedule of future meetings of the Permanent Indus Commission and visits of the teams of the Indus commissioners.

Water commissioners of Pakistan and India were required to meet twice a year and arrange technical visits to project sites and critical river head works, but Pakistan had been facing a lot of



problems in timely meetings and visits. The 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, brokered by the World Bank and signed by then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and former Pakistan President Ayub Khan, administers how the waters of the Indus River and its tributaries that flow in both the countries will be utilised.

PG-12-UN team: Myanmar Army had ‘genocidal intent’



PG-12-Iran asks UN to act against ‘economic strangulation’ by U.S.

Iran demanded the UN’s top court to suspend U.S. nuclear-linked sanctions against Tehran, accusing Washington of plotting its “economic strangulation”.

The Islamic Republic launched a suit at the International Court of Justice over U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to reimpose the sanctions that had been lifted in a 2015 accord.

Mr. Trump says the sanctions are needed to ensure Iran never builds a nuclear bomb. But Iran’s representative Mohsen Mohebi branded them “naked economic aggression”.

“The United States is publicly propagating a policy intended to damage as severely as possible Iran’s economy and Iranian nationals and companies,”

Iran’s lawyers said the sanctions would cause it “irreparable prejudice”. They urged the court to order the suspension of the sanctions pending a definitive ruling.

PG-12-Wuhan spirit should spur ‘natural partner’ India to join Belt and Road initiative: China



China called India its “natural partner” in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and advocated better ties between New Delhi and Islamabad within the Eurasian framework.

India and China’s deep bonds established during their far history with recent diplomatic initiatives, including the Wuhan summit in April

Asked to respond to India’s objections to the China-Pakistan Economic Project (CPEC) on grounds of sovereignty,

The Chinese stressed that, “CPEC is an economic initiative. Implementing CPEC does not jeopardise China’s position on Kashmir.”

Refusing to accept India’s permanent exclusion from the BRI in the post-Wuhan scenario, Mr. Zhang said that “historically India was an important country on the ancient Silk Road, and it is fair to say that India was a natural partner on the ancient and (is one) in the Belt and Road Initiative.”

India and Pakistan’s joint participation in a Eurasian counterterrorism military exercise under the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

PG-13-GU.S., Mexico reach deal over NAFTA

The United States and Mexico reached a deal to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and talks with Canada were expected to begin immediately in the hopes of reaching a final pact

The U.S.-Mexico deal would require 75% of auto content to be made in the U.S. and Mexico, up from the current level of 62.5%

PG-13-No relief to power sector on RBI’s stressed assets norms: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court refused to grant any relief on Reserve Bank of India’s revised framework on the resolution of stressed assets, a large part of which is in the power sector.

The deadline for the resolution now have to face insolvency proceedings.

The RBI, issued a circular scrapping all previous restructuring mechanisms such as strategic debt restructuring (SDR). if a borrower delays even by a day the repayment of a loan, the debt would be classified as stressed and the lenders should begin the resolution process. The rules also said that the lenders had to do this within 180 days of the first default, failing which they had to initiate proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code in 15 days.

Delicate issue

“The sector is dealing with a cumulative backlog of problems of economic and legal nature such as the cancellation of coal blocks, PPAs not signed or disallowed costs, and land and



environmental issues. As none of the underlying issues are properly resolved, a sale process now could see some assets get no suitors, while others may deliver undeserved windfall gains.

“Also, given the uncertainty, lenders will end up taking substantial haircuts on their outstanding debt,”

The power sector accounts for the highest share of banks’ NPAs.

According to the RBI, the total outstanding loans of scheduled commercial banks to the sector stood at Rs. 5.65 lakh crore as on March 2018. About 80% of this is accounted for by public sector banks with stressed assets in the sector making up a fifth of this exposure.

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