What you should be reading from today’s news paper..

The Hindu

National

• Sushma in soup over Lalit Modi visa  – The controversy has other angle than political too. That must be seen  in relevant perspective.It has raised moral questions.Is it morally correct for a government to help those who have made black money white? then should we doubt on the governments intention to bring black  money  back?
• 4,300 from Af, Pak get citizenship
• Agriculture Department ready to meet fertilizer demands of farmers
• Fear runs high in enclaves – Recently concluded border LBA with Bangladesh which has provision to enclave exchange has raised fear among the residents. Due to the absence of any police and administration in the enclaves so far, these miscreants used to run extortion rackets and other illegal activities there. On June 6, both countries exchanged instruments of ratification of the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA), 1974.

Environment

• Stress takes a toll on tigers in Sariska –

Key points:

1. Tigers reintroduced in the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan between 2008 and 2010 have been producing fewer offspring.
2. High stress levels in tigers, caused by human activity, have affected their breeding in the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan,

International / World Affairs

• Sub-optimal accord –
• South African judge orders Sudan President Omar al-Bashir detained – Omar faces war crimes and genocie charges at the ICC over the Darfur conflict. Good to know information about the rome statute and ICC jurisdiction.

Editorial/Opinion ( Issues of National & International Importance )

• The hot Saudi-Iran cold war – Good explanation about ISIS rise and Iran-Saudi rivalry, key points-
  1. Saudi Arabian-Iran rivalry is no longer about two nations vying for supremacy, but is now deeply intertwined with regional geopolitics and sectarian equations. Any effort to find long-lasting peace in West Asia should primarily address this problem
  2. How ISIS derives its power or strength? IS derives its strength from the weakening of nation states. And there are at least three factors that have contributed to the weakening of states in contemporary West Asia: external interventions; the Arab revolts and Saudi-Iran antagonism.
• When marriage is less than sacred – Should female consent necessary in intercourse in marriages? Should lawmaker see the other side of coin? There are other burning questions pertinent to women’s health and status in society that need to higher attention.Law makers must not avoid the case by saying due to poverty,customs, illiteracy it occurs. They must keep in mind that , illiteracy,poverty etc has become double edged sword, one hand they are facing the heat of hunger and on the other hand, due to illiteracy they fall pray to inhumane treatment by their husbands. As Supreme court said, the right to life with dignity is for everyone. It does not based on the level of education and how poor they are.
• Talking to the pink rupee
• Legality of doctrine of hot pursuit –  Whether the doctrine of hot-pursuit is justified by international law or not?If the Myanmar incident marks a shift in India’s counter-terrorism policy, India’s legal position may be better served by invoking the expanded doctrine of self-defence rather than the much-criticised policy of hot pursuit

• Why we need a time-use survey
• Be detached, be tolerant–
  1. There has been a gradual arrogation of powers by judiciaries across the free world. The Indian judiciary is carrying out some functions that are traditionally considered to be the domain of the legislature and executive.
  2. Courts should use contempt law with utmost caution, and never to prevent criticism
• On political track – Railway restructuring a much awaited project of GoI. It is fraught with complexities and difficulties. though, finding a blueprint for railway restructuring and reform is not the problem. Finding the political will to implement it is.

   

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