{"id":110857,"date":"2021-06-05T21:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T15:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=110857"},"modified":"2021-06-07T10:16:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T04:46:57","slug":"9-pm-daily-current-affairs-brief-june-5-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/9-pm-daily-current-affairs-brief-june-5-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief \u2013 June 5, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening dear reader<\/p>\n<p>Here is our 9pm current affairs brief for you today<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\r\n<p><strong>About 9 PM Brief<\/strong>- With the <span style=\"color: #000000;\">9 PM Daily Current affairs for UPSC brief we intend<\/span> to simplify the newspaper reading experience. In 9PM briefs, we provide our reader with a summary of all the important articles and editorials from three important newspapers namely The Hindu, Indian Express, and Livemint. This will provide you with analysis, broad coverage, and factual information from a Mains examination point of view.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>About Factly<\/strong>- The Factly initiative covers all the daily news articles regarding Preliminary examination. This will be provided at the end of the 9 PM Brief.<\/p>\r\n<p>Dear Aspirants,<\/p>\r\n<p>We know for a fact that learning without evaluation is a wasted effort. Therefore, we request you to please go through both our initiatives i.e 9PM Briefs and Factly, then evaluate yourself through the 10PM Current Affairs Quiz.<\/p>\r\n<p>We plan to integrate all our free daily initiatives to comprehensively support your success journey.<br \/><strong>Happy Learning!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-needs-to-replace-frequent-elections-with-one-nation-one-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">India needs to replace frequent elections with One nation One election<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Source- <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/why-simultaneous-polls-is-an-idea-whose-time-has-come-7344586\/\">The Indian Express<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus- GS 2 &#8211; <\/strong>Issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis \u2013 \u00a0<\/strong>India should hold simultaneous elections (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/yojana-summary-one-nation-one-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One nation one election<\/a>)\u00a0<\/strong>to tackle various challenges associated with frequent elections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About One nation one election:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the idea of synchronising the elections to the Lok Sabha and the State Assemblies. In can be achieved by <strong>restructuring the current Indian election cycle<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Challenges in frequent Elections<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Huge incalculable<\/strong> <strong>expenditure<\/strong> to conduct elections. <strong>For example-<\/strong> the Bihar assembly election alone in 2015 cost about Rs 3000 crore.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Frequent elections impact the delivery of essential services<\/strong>. Such as,\n<ul>\n<li>Teachers lost teaching weeks on election duty.<\/li>\n<li>Officers and vehicles from practically every other department are \u201crequisitioned\u201d for election duty.<\/li>\n<li>Frequent elections also disrupt <strong>essential public work<\/strong> such as road construction, welfare scheme supervision, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Imposition of the Model Code of Conduct: <\/strong>This will impact the governance and implementation of key policy initiatives.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The efficiency of a politician doing public good is also reduced during the campaign. <\/strong>This is because most of them are putting in 16-18 hours of work each day doing only rallies and campaigning. As a result, important meetings and decisions get postponed.<\/li>\n<li>Further, there is also a huge cost <strong>involved in deploying security forces<\/strong>\u00a0repeatedly during elections.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Challenges in holding One nation one election in India<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>India had concurrent elections\u00a0<strong>for the first two decades<\/strong>. The first general elections held simultaneously to Lok Sabha and the Legislative Assemblies of the States in October 1951.<\/li>\n<li>But in 1968 1969 and 1970, the cycle got disrupted due to the premature dissolution of some Legislative Assemblies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is the reason that some experts believe that if a government loses its majority in the House, it eventually leads to fresh elections and disrupt One nation one election in India.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Suggestions to conduct One nation one election<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is virtually impossible for a ruling party\/coalition to lose numbers with the current <strong>anti-defection law<\/strong>. Even if they do, there are certain global legal provisions available to maintain the electoral cycle.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coupling the\u00a0<strong>\u2018no-confidence motion\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>along with the\u00a0<strong>\u2018vote of confidence\u2019 in an alternative government.\u00a0<\/strong>This vote of confidence will also mention a leader to head it. After passing both of them(no-confidence motion and vote of confidence), the alternate government will head the government for the remaining term. This helps to maintain the fixed term.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Benefits of having Simultaneous Elections<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reduced Financial cost of conduction Election<\/li>\n<li>Reduced Cost of repeated administrative restrictions<\/li>\n<li>Reduced visible and invisible costs of repeatedly deploying security forces<\/li>\n<li>Reduced campaign and finance costs of political parties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Way forward<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is a need to calibrate and club the elections in a mature and sensible way. So that it could come to a situation where all<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-examine-whether-simultaneous-elections-are-better-than-frequent-elections-discuss-what-are-various-challenges-for-conducting-simultaneous-elections-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> elections are held simultaneously<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/cop26-a-last-chance-to-fulfil-paris-agreement-goals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COP26 a last chance to fulfil Paris agreement goals<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/Home\/ShareArticle?OrgId=G8P8L0H6M.1&amp;imageview=0\">The Hindu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gs3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis: <\/strong>There are certain issues that need to be addressed in the upcoming Cop26 to limit global warming to 1.5\u00b0C above pre-industrial levels<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Paris Agreement<\/strong> aims to restrict the rise of global temperature this century below 2-degree Celsius, above pre-industrial levels. And also, to pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius.<\/li>\n<li>But an average global temperature rise of 2 \u00b0C, compared to 1.5 \u00b0C, would affect 100 million more people.<\/li>\n<li>Worryingly, the <strong>Climate Action Tracker<\/strong> estimates that countries\u2019 current emissions reduction targets will lead us to an average temperature rises of 2.4 \u00b0C.<\/li>\n<li>In this background, <strong>COP26,<\/strong> the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties is set to be hosted by the United Kingdom in <strong>Glasgow<\/strong> from November 2021.<\/li>\n<li>So, restricting the global temperature rise well below 1.5 degrees Celsius should be the main focus of <strong>COP26.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Steps taken by India to mitigate climate change<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>One<\/strong>, India has committed to achieve significant domestic targets to have 450GW of renewable energy by 2030.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Two<\/strong>, India\u2019s leading role in establishing the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/7-pm-daily-editorials-brief-september-15th-2018-international-solar-alliance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>International Solar Alliance <\/strong><\/a>and the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/eu-joins-cdri-or-coalition-for-disaster-resilient-infrastructure-initiative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure <\/strong><\/a>(CDRI).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Three, <\/strong>India has played a critical role in delivering the landmark<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/paris-agreement-goals-are-not-enough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Paris Agreement<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Four, <\/strong>the 2030 UK-India Roadmap to facilitate green growth agenda in both the countries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What areas should Cop26 focus on?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>One, achieving <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/net-zero-emissions-target-and-significance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Net-zero emissions<\/a><\/strong>. CoP26 leaders should push for a global action to reach net-zero emission by the middle of this century. Ambitious short-term targets backed up by a net-zero target will lead to a low carbon future.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Two, addressing the issues of communities most vulnerable to climate change<\/strong>. CoP26 leaders should address, plan and deliver for the communities most vulnerable to climate change. Flood defences, warning systems and other vital efforts to minimise, the loss and damage caused by climate change should be worked out. India\u2019s <strong>CDRI initiative<\/strong> is a step in the right direction.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Third, Climate Finance<\/strong>. The CoP26 leaders should convince developed countries to deliver the $100 billion they promised annually to support developing countries. Right flow of finance and technology will help to meet the needs of developing countries such as India in their transition.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fourth, building consensus<\/strong> among governments, international collaboration, businesses and civil society Partnership are key to achieve the Paris agreement goals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/issues-with-niti-aayogs-sdg-india-index-2020-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Issues with NITI Aayog&#8217;s SDG India Index 2020-21<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/Home\/ShareArticle?OrgId=G8P8L0H6C.1&amp;imageview=0\"><b>click here<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Syllabus: GS 2<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Synopsis: <\/b>Although <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India has a better score in the latest SDG India Index 2020-21, some procedural changes in the methodology have resulted in an inadequate measurement of economic inequality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Introduction\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/niti-aayog-releases-sdg-india-index-2020-21\/\">NITI Aayog\u2019s SDG India Index 2020- 21<\/a><\/strong> was released recently. India has improved its overall SDG score from <strong>60<\/strong> in 2019 to <strong>66<\/strong> in 2021. This is being credited to the efforts put in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to clean energy, urban development and health.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Major findings of the NITI Aayog&#8217;s SDG India Index 2020-21<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Areas showed improvements in the index<\/strong>: Following categories of SDGs showed developments in many States and Union Territories,<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abolition of poverty and hunger<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Steps related to the availability of affordable, clean energy. The campaign to improve the access of households to electricity and clean cooking fuel has been an important factor in this regard.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Areas showed a <\/span>decline in the index<\/strong>: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Index also mentions the following areas as worse due to the lockdowns imposed by the governments.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Industry, innovation and infrastructure<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Inter-state inequality<\/strong>: There was a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">stark difference between the southern- western States and the north-central and eastern States<\/span> in their performance on the SDGs. This points to<strong> socioeconomic and governance gaps<\/strong>. This will result in federal challenges if left unaddressed.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Methodological changes and their impacts on SDG India Index 2020-21<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Index has made the following methodological changes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Change in indicators:\u00a0<\/b>The 2020-21 Index drops several economic indicators, like:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gini Coefficient:<\/strong> This year the index dropped the well-recognized Gini coefficient.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The index did<strong> not use the growth rate for household expenses <\/strong>per capita among 40% of rural and urban populations <em>(instead, only the percentage of the population in the lowest two wealth quintiles is used)<\/em><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Impact<\/strong>: Dropping of these indicators means that the SDG score on inequality may have missed out on assessing the impact of the pandemic on wealth inequality.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Greater weightage to certain indicators<\/strong>: The index gives greater weightage to social equality indicators such as the <strong>representation of women<\/strong> and <strong>people from marginalized communities in legislatures and local governance<\/strong> institutions, and <strong>crimes against SC\/ST communities<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Conclusion\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second wave of the pandemic had similar outcomes on livelihoods and jobs. A better score for India to achieve SDGs will bring some optimism. However, governments must work on <strong>addressing persistent issues<\/strong> such as increased inequality and economic gloom.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-right-to-a-fair-trial-and-the-indian-evidence-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Right to a fair trial and the Indian Evidence Act<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/past-sexual-history-rape-trials-tarun-tejpal-7344701\/\"><b>click here<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Syllabus: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GS- 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Synopsis: <\/b>Acquittals in rape cases are often based on stereotypes about rape survivors and their past sexual history. But that has to change if India wants to ensure the Right to a fair trial.<\/p>\n<p><b>Background<\/b><\/p>\n<p>During the recent judgement by the Goa session&#8217;s court in <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/issues-with-tarun-tejpal-case-judgment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tarun Tejpal case<\/a> the <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">court referred to the survivor\u2019s sexual history in graphic detail. Further, the judgement held the following things,<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The court denied accepting the victim as a sterling witness. It was stated that the survivor did not fit into the court\u2019s preconceived ideas of a rape survivor\u2019s behaviour.<\/li>\n<li>This disregards the women\u2019s struggles that forced changes in law, in case of law, and in approaches to victims of rape.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Can the court go into the details of a survivor&#8217;s sexual history?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No. Doing so would be a <strong>form of discrimination by the court<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It violates <strong>Article 14\u2019s<\/strong> guarantee of <strong>equality before the law<\/strong> and the <strong>equal protection of laws<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Article 15<\/strong> of the constitution also forbids the state from <strong>discriminating against citizens based on stereotypes related to their sex and gender<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There have been many cases wherein the Supreme Court of India has warned against stereotyping rape survivors. This is because it not only violates their fundamental rights but also leads to <strong>divergent results in sentencing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Was the sexual history of a survivor admissible in court in the past?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under <b>Section 155(4) of the Indian Evidence Act,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a rape survivor\u2019s past sexual history used to be acceptable. The rape accused could state that the rape survivor was of immoral character and claim that she consented to the sexual acts.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Past sexual history was used to suggest that the survivor was immoral and thus not a trustworthy witness.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This <strong>section was removed<\/strong> in 2003 after recommendations in <\/span><b>the Law Commission of India\u2019s 172nd report<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Significant cases which led to amendments in the Indian Evidence Act:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <b>Aparna Bhat &amp; Ors. vs State of Madhya Pradesh case,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0the Supreme Court warned of the dangers of typecasting rape survivors.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Rape myths<\/strong>: It mentioned the prevalent <strong>rape<\/strong><b> myths<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which include fixed notions of chastity, resistance to rape, having visible physical injuries, behaving a certain way, reporting the offence immediately etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the survivor had agreed to similar acts in the past should be irrelevant. The SC directed courts <strong>not to doubt a woman\u2019s testament<\/strong> just because she was <strong>sexually active<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <b>the Mathura rape case (Tukaram vs Maharashtra, 1979),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Supreme Court released two policemen accused of raping a 14-year-old Adivasi girl in a police station. Stating that she was sexually active and considered her proof as \u201ca tissue of lies\u201d(Not considered her as a witness).\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This verdict led to <\/span><b>the introduction of Section 114-A of the Evidence Act<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It applied in serious rape cases where the accused was a police officer or member of the armed forces.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>In<b> 1996, in the Punjab v Gurmit Singh case, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the SC warned courts against making remarks about the rape survivor\u2019s character. It stated that a <\/span><b>woman who was sexually active could still refuse to consent.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li>In<b> 2013, the JS Verma Committee, created after the Delhi 2012 rape case,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> suggested that a past relationship between the accused and the victim should be inapt while deciding whether the victim consented.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> united many of such judgements and recommendations into legal law.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Section 53A<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Evidence Act <strong>stops courts from depending on evidence of the character of the victim.<\/strong> Such as her prior sexual experience with any person to decide questions of consent in sexual assault cases.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>The 2013 Act also amended Section 146 so<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that a rape survivor <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">cannot be asked questions about her immoral character or prior sexual experience<\/span> to prove consent.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>The 2013 amendment also introduced a fixed minimum sentence of seven years<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> imprisonment for rape (This is increased in 2018 to 10 years) and 10 years for serious rape.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>How the 2013 amendment impacted the conviction rates in rape cases?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Studies show that conviction rates fell after the 2013 amendment. <\/span>In<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a review of 1,635 rape judgements passed by Delhi trial courts between 2013 and 2018, <\/span>the<b> conviction rate fell <\/b>from<b> 16.11% <\/b>under the old law to<b> 5.72%<\/b> under the new law. This is due to the following reasons. Such as,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Survivors were doubted because of varying statements<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at several stages of the trial, <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Failure to <strong>reveal details of the incident to anybody<\/strong>, <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delay in registering the complaint<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Conclusion\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rape stereotypes and dependence on past sexual history are damaging for rape survivors and the criminal justice system. The right to a fair trial under Article 21 states that cases should be decided on facts.\u00a0Acquittals based on stereotypes impair the faith of the public in the criminal justice system.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Hf6O7myivk\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/factly-news-articles-for-upsc-prelims-5-june-2021\/\">Factly :-News Articles For UPSC Prelims | 5 June, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Factly :-News Articles For UPSC Prelims | 5 June, 2021&#8221; &#8212; Free UPSC IAS Preparation For Aspirants\" src=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/factly-news-articles-for-upsc-prelims-5-june-2021\/embed\/#?secret=ftK3nEMnqZ#?secret=Hf6O7myivk\" data-secret=\"Hf6O7myivk\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening dear reader Here is our 9pm current affairs brief for you today India needs to replace frequent elections with One nation One election Source- The Indian Express Syllabus- GS 2 &#8211; Issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure Synopsis \u2013 \u00a0India should hold simultaneous elections (One nation one election)\u00a0to tackle various challenges&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/9-pm-daily-current-affairs-brief-june-5-2021\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief \u2013 June 5, 2021<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":80068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"9pm-brief-template.php","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,9],"tags":[8032,1542,8033],"class_list":["post-110857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-9-pm-brief","category-public","tag-current-affairs-for-upsc","tag-daily-current-affairs-for-upsc","tag-upsc-current-affairs","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/9-PM-Brief-1-e1615452440806.png?fit=600%2C335&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}