Thursday, September 26, 2019

THE HINDU NEWSPAPER IMPORTANT ARTICLES 26.09.2019

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FRONT PAGE

Modi pitches for India’s NSG entry

Impeachment inquiry against Trump begins

Higher Education Bill in winter session

NATIONAL

Swachh Bharat helped meet UN goals: PM

New IPCC report warns of dire threat to oceans

Meghalaya tests medicine delivery using drones

India offers aid to Pacific island nations

Notified TB cases increase by 16%: report

Gandhiji’s principles act as a moral compass, says Modi

OPINION

An award and an unholy trade-off

The meaning of oneness in ‘one nation’

Different peas in different pods

Live and let live-in

Glitches after the glitz

The real deal

Brexit Interrupted

17 killed as mobs attack train

BUSSINESS

PM’s economic advisory council reconstituted

‘Need to grow at 10% for unemployment to go’

LIFE

Rocket blasts off carrying first Arab to space station

Daily Current Affairs, 25th September 2019

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1) PM Narendra Modi receives Global Goalkeeper Award

•Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the 2019 Global Goalkeeper Award. He received the award for Swachh Bharat Mission from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Swachh Bharat Mission was launched on October 2, 2014, aims to accelerate the efforts to achieve universal sanitation coverage in the country.

•Global Goalkeeper Award is a “special recognition” by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The award celebrates a political leader who has “demonstrated their commitment to the Global Goals through impactful work in their country.

2) PM Narendra Modi receives Global Goalkeeper Award

•President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the sixth ”India Water Week-2019” being organised with the theme of ”Water cooperation-coping with 21st-century challenge’ at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The President emphasised on the need to store and capture the rainwater by utilizing existing reservoirs, dams, other water bodies.

3) PM Modi Inaugurates Gandhi Solar Park at UN Headquarters

•Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a 50 kilowatt ‘Gandhi Solar Park’ at the UN headquarters. PM Modi and other leaders also released a commemorative postage stamp of Mahatma Gandhi, at the programme ”Relevance of Mahatma Gandhi in the Contemporary World” at the UN headquarters. The event was hosted to celebrate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, which will underline the continuing relevance of Gandhian thoughts and values in today’s world.

4) ICGS ‘Varaha’ commissioned by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh

•Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has formally commissioned the Indian Coast Guard offshore patrol vessel ‘Varaha’ at the Chennai Port Trust. The vessel includes Integrated Bridge System, automated power management system, high power external firefighting system, indigenously built Integrated Platform Management System and help traversing system. The ship also carries four high speed boats including two rigid hull inflated boats for boarding operation, search and rescue, law enforcement and maritime patrol.

5) Ponung Doming becomes Arunachal’s first woman Lieutenant Colonel

•Army officer Ponung Doming became the first woman officer from Arunachal Pradesh to be elevated to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Army. She was commissioned into the Indian Army as a Lieutenant in 2008. She was promoted as a Major in 2013. She is currently posted in Pune, Maharashtra. She had completed her graduation in civil engineering. She served the UN Peacekeeping force in Congo in 2014.

6) Adam Harper to get SASTRA Ramanujan prize for 2019

•The SASTRA Ramanujan prize for 2019 will be awarded to Adam Harper. Mathematician Adam Harper is an Assistant Professor with the University of Warwick, England. The prize is conferred annually on mathematicians from across the world who are less than 32 years of age and working in an area influenced by the genius Srinivasa Ramanujan. The prize carries a citation and an award of $10,000.

•The award was instituted in 2005 and awarded by SASTRA University on its campus near Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu.

7) Amitabh Bachchan to be honoured with Dada Saheb Phalke award

•The country’s highest film honour, the Dadasaheb Phalke award, will be presented this year to Amitabh Bachchan. This award is given for his outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema. The Dadasaheb Phalke award comprises a Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus), a shawl and a cash prize of ₹1,000,000.

•The award very appropriately comes in the year that marks Mr Bachchan’s golden jubilee in cinema. He made his debut in 1969 with Khwaja Ahmad Abbas’ Saat Hindustani. Mr Bachchan has been honoured with the Padma Shri in 1984, the Padma Bhushan in 2001 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2015.

•Dadasaheb Phalke award was introduced by the government in 1969 to commemorate the “father of Indian cinema” who directed Raja Harischandra (1913), India’s first feature film, and it was awarded for the first time to Devika Rani, “the first lady of Indian cinema”.

8) Godavarthi Venkata appointed as next Indian Ambassador to Guinea Bissau

•Godavarthi Venkata Srinivas was appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Guinea Bissau. He will succeed Partha Satpathy. A 1993 batch-IFS officer, Srinivas is presently the country’s Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal.

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The HINDU Notes – 25th September 2019

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📰 India, U.S. trade deal falls through

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Donald Trump talk trade and terror.

•Despite Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal’s presence in New York to conclude a trade package with U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer, the two sides failed to bridge the gap in their positions.

•The announcement of an agreement was expected to coincide with Tuesday’s bilateral between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump. “We will have a trade deal soon. We will have a bigger trade deal down the road,” Mr. Trump said before the talks held on the sidelines of the UN General Asssembly meeting.

•While Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale did not share details on why a trade package could not be concluded, three sources familiar with the negotiations told The Hindu that the prospects of an agreement unravelled due to the failure to reach an agreement on Information and communications technology (ICT) products. The U.S. has wanted India to eliminate tariffs (20%) on ICT products, but New Delhi is concerned that this could open up the market to flooding by Chinese technology.

•The U.S. wanted greater access to Indian markets for medical devices, such as stents and knee implants, ICT and dairy products and sought the removal of price caps.

•The US had sought the removal of price caps (“Trade Margin Rationalization” or TMR) on medical devices and greater access for dairy products and some other categories of agricultural goods.

•On its part, India wanted the reinstatement of preferential market access to U.S. markets under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program, which was revoked in early June. It had also wanted facilitation of processes in agricultural product markets where it already had access (such as easier certification of food product irradiation facilities) and greater access in some agricultural markets (table grapes, pomegranates for instance), sources told The Hindu.

•Although a limited trade package could not be finalised, Mr. Gokhale said the two sides had “narrowed their areas of difference”, and made “significant progress”.

•“The two leaders, therefore, felt that they were optimistic in terms of reaching some kind of a trade agreement in the near future. And discussions will continue in this regard,” he said. However, he did not provide a time frame for the conclusion of agreement.

•“It appears there was no trade deal and that’s disappointing. Hopefully the two sides will keep engaging and not let momentum dissipate,” Mark Linscott, former senior USTR negotiator and now senior fellow at the Atlantic Council told The Hindu.

•“Frankly it’s not a good sign that a modest deal could not get done because there are bigger issues down the road. If India and the U.S. are going to realize the full potential of the trade relationship, they need to start putting points on the board,” Mr Linscott said.

•Some of the larger issues for the U.S. include digital trade (for instance regulations around data localization and FDI in e-commerce). India also continued to appear on U.S.’s “Priority Watch List” this year along with 10 other countries. The annual list identifies countries which, according to the U.S., pose challenges to American intellectual property rights.

Modi, Trump discuss terror and trade

•Mr Modi and Mr Trump discussed trade and terrorism during their bilateral meeting which lasted for about 40 minutes, Mr. Gokhale said.

•Mr. Modi had a 13 member delegation (as per a White House pool report) including External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, Mr Gokhale and Indian Ambassador to the U.S., Harsh Shringla.

•“We believe that we have given a good understanding to the U.S. side about the challenges that we face on the count of terrorism in India, including in Jammu & Kashmir,” the Foreign Secretary said.

•Answering questions from the media prior to their bilateral meeting at the UN building, President Trump urged Prime Minister Modi and Pakistan Premier Imran Khan to meet for a “good outcome” on Kashmir.

•“As Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Khan meet and get to know each other, a lot of fruitful and peaceful things can be expected,” Mr Trump said.

•His comments reiterated his remarks on Monday during his meeting with Mr. Khan when he had asked both India and Pakistan to hold talks.

•Despite repeated questions, President Trump, however, remained non-committal about targeting cross border terrorism from Pakistan and said, “You have a great Prime Minister and he will take care of that.”

‘Father of India’

•On his experience at the “Howdy, Modi!” diaspora event, U.S. President Donald Trump said, “They love this gentleman to my right. People went crazy, he [Narendra Modi] is like an American version of Elvis.”

•“I remember India before was very torn. There was a lot of dissension, fighting and he brought it all together. Like a father would. Maybe, he is the Father of India,” he added.

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THE HINDU NEWSPAPER IMPORTANT ARTICLES 25.09.2019

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FRONT PAGE

India, U.S. trade deal falls through

NATIONAL

Kashmir comes up in Modi’s bilaterals on UNGA sidelines

Teleconsultation to boost PMJAY coverage

PM pushes for stronger FATF to curb terror

Centre notifies 8.65% EPF interest rate for 2018-2019

OPINION

Another chance in Afghanistan

Comedy that lacks a punch

Defeated, discredited and diminished

The attack on agroecology

Learning lessons from history

Balakot Redux

Climate for action

Comprehensive plan for handicrafts

BUSSINESS

India’s Q2 export-import trade growth slips to 1% from 9%

India, Emirates discuss areas of future cooperation

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Daily Current Affairs, 24th September 2019

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1) International Day of Sign Languages: 23 September

•The United Nations General Assembly observes 23 September every year as the International Day of Sign Languages. The day is recognised to raise awareness of the importance of sign language in the full realization of the human rights of people who are deaf. It also recognizes the importance of preserving sign languages as part of linguistic and cultural diversity.

•The first International Day of Sign languages was celebrated in 2018.

•The theme of day for 2019: Sign Language Rights for All!

2) Pink tickets for women for free travel in DTC and cluster buses

•Pink tickets will be issued to women passengers under the Delhi government’s scheme for free travel in DTC and cluster buses which was approved by the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) board.

•The scheme has been approved till March 2020 and it will be rolled out on Bhai Dooj on October 29. Women travelling in DTC and cluster buses will be given pink tickets having a face value of ₹10 each. The government will then reimburse the transporter based on the number of such tickets issued.

3) Earthquake strikes in Pakistan & India (J&K) Border region

•As per the Indian Meteorological Department, Earthquake hits the Pakistan-India border region at around 4:31 PM on 24th September 2019. The earthquake was of the magnitude of 6.3 on the Richter scale and a depth of 40 km.

4) Ravish Kumar receives Gauri Lankesh National Award for Journalism

•Senior journalist and Ramon Magsaysay awardee, Ravish Kumar has received the 1st Gauri Lankesh National Award for Journalism. The award was conferred by the Gauri Lankesh Memorial Trust. The award was presented to him by freedom fighter H.S. Doreswamy.

•Three books, Neera Nade by Vinaya Okkunda, Dehali Nota by D. Umapathy, and Maatige Enu Kadime, a translation of Mr. Kumar’s The Free Voice by Harshakumar Kugwe, were released on the occasion.

5) Carolina Marin lifts China Open title

•Olympic gold medalist Carolina Marin defeated Taiwan’s Tai Tzu Ying 14-21, 21-17, 21-18 in the women’s badminton singles final match to lift the China Open title. She is returning to the court after eight months as she had knee surgery. She missed the BWF World Championships which concluded last month in Basel, Switzerland.

6) Sonu Nigam bags Magnificent Performing Arts Award in UK

•Popular Bollywood playback singer Sonu Nigam has been honoured with the Magnificent Performing Arts Award at the annual 21st Century Icon Awards in London. The 21st Century Icon Awards are the brainchild of UK-based Indian-origin entrepreneurs Tarun Ghulati and Preeti Rana, co-founders of Squared Watermelon Ltd.