{"id":55575,"date":"2020-02-25T12:03:25","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T06:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?p=55575"},"modified":"2021-03-13T12:04:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T06:34:38","slug":"must-read-news-articles-i-25th-february-2020-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/must-read-news-articles-i-25th-february-2020-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Must Read News Articles I 25th February 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

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ASI planning barricade around famed stone chariot at Hamp<\/a>i.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is contemplat\u00ading installing a wooden bar\u00adricade around the stone cha\u00adriot inside Vittala Temple complex at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hampi in Karnataka in a bid to pro\u00adtect it from vandalism.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Vittala Temple is not only among the most\u00advisited pro\u00adtected monuments at Ham\u00adpi, but is also the most pho\u00adtographed. Art historians say it re\ufb02ects a high degree of craftsmanship of the tem\u00adple architecture that reached its zenith under the Vijayanagara rulers who reigned from 14th to 17th century CE.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Dissenter not anti- national, says SC judge<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

SC Judge Deepak Gupta has said that a dissenter is not an anti\u00adna\u00adtional and holding a contrary view to that of the government does not make one anti\u00adnational, according to the Supreme Court judge Justice Deepak Gupta.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

He said that society will not evolve unless its rules are questioned. Dissent must be encouraged. It is only through discussion that we can strive to run the country better. The govt has no right to stifle a protest unless it turns violent.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Shun Negativism, Don\u2019t encourage Violence<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has urged the youth to shun negativism and not to encourage violence. He said that youth should academically study all issues, like CAA, ban on triple talaq, and others before forming an opinion.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The unassailable keywords for the Judiciary<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The article criticize the Justice Arun Mishra\u2019s public praise of PM at a public forum and says that Indian judges must remind themselves constantly of the need to uphold an independent, strong and respected judiciary<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Guns Gas and Technology<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The article highlights that India and USA are collaborating on various fronts. They are collaborating on issues ranging from maritime security to international terrorism, and have recently signed a number of agreements, including the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Agreement (LEMOA) and the Communica\u00adtions Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA), to push the levels of strategic collaboration to wider \ufb01elds. In the last few years, the U.S. has categorised India as a \u2018Ma\u00ad jor Defense Partner\u2019 and granted it the \u2018Stra\u00adtegic Trade Authorisation\u00ad1\u2019 status.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It mentions that the synergies between the world\u2019s two largest democracies are vast and the visit of Mr. Trump is bound to create new interfaces.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Income Scheme to cover fewer farmers<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

One year after the launch of the Pradhan Mantri KisanSamman Nidhi, the Centre has revised the farmer in\u00adcome support scheme\u2019s be\u00adne\ufb01ciary target down to just under 12 crore from 14crore.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In fact, empirical evi\u00addence suggests that satura\u00adtion level will reach around 10 crore families. So far, al\u00admost 8.5 crore farmers have bene\ufb01ted.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Whuan researchers call for expansive approach to testing SARS COV-2<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

A paper published in a re\u00adcent issue of the peer \u00adre\u00adviewed, open\u00adaccess journal\u2018Emerging Microbes and In\u00adfections\u2019 has cautioned that SARS\u00adCoV\u00ad2, the virus caus\u00ad ing the COVID\u00ad19 outbreak, is being shed through multi\u00ad ple routes, so testing through oral swabs alone<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

might not be su\ufb03cient.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cWe show that the current strategy for the detection of viral RNA in oral swabs used for 2019\u00adnCoV diagnosis is not perfect. The virus may be present in anal swabs or blood of patients when oral swabs detection negative,\u201d the researchers say, indicat\u00ading the possible gaps in cur\u00adrent detection methods.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The issues around data localisation<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u00a0Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill, 2019 has been introduced in the Parliament. The Bill has been referred to a joint parliamentary committee, which is currently engaged in a process of Public consultation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The PDP Bill has attracted criticism on various grounds such as the exceptions created for the state, the limited checks imposed on state surveillance, and regard\u00ading various de\ufb01ciencies in the structures and processes of the proposed Data Protection Authority.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The article argues that the contentious clauses on local data storage in the revised Personal Data Protection Bill need re-examination.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Most feared military equipment on offer<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

President Donald Trump is on an official visit to India. He has announced\u00a0 that de\u00adfence deals worth around $3 billion would be signed dur\u00ading his visit. He has also, of\u00adfered a range of high\u00adtech de\u00adfence equipment to India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Banks profitability remains fragile, says Das<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

RBI Governor has said that While the Indian banking sector may be slowly turning around on the back of im\u00adprovement in asset quality, its pro\ufb01tability remains fra\u00adgile. Banks continue to face challenges like the present crisis in the telecom sector<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GS -1 ASI planning barricade around famed stone chariot at Hampi. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is contemplat\u00ading installing a wooden bar\u00adricade around the stone cha\u00adriot inside Vittala Temple complex at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hampi in Karnataka in a bid to pro\u00adtect it from vandalism. Vittala Temple is not only among… Continue reading Must Read News Articles I 25th February 2020<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-must-read-news-articles","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1701390537},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55575","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=55575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}