The Hindu Newspaper Analysis | 14th April 2024 | Current Affairs Today | UPSC Editorial Analysis

hello and welcome to B so I hope all of you are doing well and as you know on a daily basis every day the first thing in the morning that we do is to discuss the articles of the Hindu newspaper a very very important session for each one of you and I on behalf of my entire team thank you uh for supporting us in this entire CA because at the end of the day it is done for your benefit so when we talk about the newspaper articles the articles are extremely important in terms of knowing the entire news from the civil services point of view and other examinations held by various commissions and agencies even regulatory bodies so any exam you are appearing for that has current affairs as a part of its scope is important and these current affairs would be important for that part of the examination right so as you can see the 14th of April 2024 we are doing a lot of stuff we are doing multiple things and the articles that I'm going to discuss with you today are these so as you can see the topics there are five important topics we have varied types of news we have climate related news we have have uh health related news we have national issue related news and we have international relations issue related news all of these news articles are highly important and you will find it interesting when we do a specific take on these news articles so when I say that a specific take on the news articles would be done what what exactly do I mean by that how do we understand them how do we associate with them let's have a look so as you can see the headline it says 17 Indians Israeli cargo vessel seized by Iran we are talking about the Iran's revolutionary guard now there might be multiple questions your mind would be convoluted as to why did Iran sees a sees a cargo seiz a vessel which had Indians aboard because Iran and India maintain very good relations so what what is it that we are targeting and how do we overcome this let's understand so issue number one there are multiple issues first I would highlight those issues and then you'll be able to understand better as to which issue does India have to address and which issue is going on around that area where the vessels are being taken over by Irani revolutionary guard right the first issue is of piracy when we talk about the issue of piracy it is Somali pirates or Somalian pirates Somalian pirates they take over the vessel it can be called a vessel a cargo or a ship it can be taken over by a vessel or a cargo it can take over a vessel a cargo or a ship basically it takes it over it takes control over that ship and then they can demand Ransom for the human for the for the human lives for the lives on board and they can demand multiple things they can probably Rob the entire ship or the Rob the entire Consignment all of these things are important so these are things which are a part of the piracy operations now these piracy operations are conducted by Somalians primarily This falls under the Horn of Africa I will just show you that entire region all right this is the first isue the second issue is the Red Sea issue within the Red Sea there is a lot of turbulence which has been going on because of because of Israel you can say Gaza Hamas and the support provided to Gaza or Hamas by Iran Iran provides support to Gaza or Hamas and the issue is between Israel and Iran this issue has come into play now because of this particular issue the trading the import export the trade the purchase sale the movement of ships that happens in and out via that entire region via the Red Sea region comes under threat and when you threaten the entire region it is not just the Israeli ships or the Iranian ships that come under threat the ships from all the entire part of the world that are trading via that route all of them they automatically come under threat so let me show you the region look at this map when you see this map look at this map here is Iran this is a part of the the entire Middle East you can see here there is Saudi Arabia this is UAE this is Yemen here is Oman so Iraq Syria so this is on top this entire portion as we call it the Middle East here you can see this Prim primary objective or this particular entry uh next to Yemen this is called Gulf of Aden a d en Gulf of Aden this entire portion as you can see is the Red Sea region it is highlighted over here this Gap over here in between this is termed as the Red Sea region here lies Gaza and over above Gaza is Israel this is Israel the conflict that started on the 7th of October was between Israel and a militant faction within Gaza called as Hamas so this entire War had started or the militancy had started between these two regions because of this militancy it was observed that Hamas a militant organization Hamas is like lashar Hamas is like jamat da right so terrorist organization these organizations are supported by Iran Iran supports these organizations now in order to restrict trade with Israel what have they done they've taken over Gulf of Aden and the entire Red Sea region Red Sea region is very very popular for trade trade with the Middle East we are talking about trade with KSA Kingdom of Saudi Arabia West Bank Syria and U the this part of Africa the eastern part of Africa this entire region this trade has been taken over which impacts vessels from other countries as well which is pretty obvious it impacts vessels from other countries now correlate this entire issue with the Horn of Africa the Horn of Africa is not shown entirely but it is somewhere over here Horn of Africa has four countries right one of those countries is Somalia the other countries are jouti erria you need to know this for PRS it might be asked in geography mapping which are the four countries that are a part of Horn of Africa so often it is said that Somalian pirates are hired to take over the vessels which are actually operating in this area so it's a uh it's a kind of a camaraderie between multiple countries just to um just to make sure that the other country suffers just to make sure that things don't go smoothly for the other country so now what has happened is that they have captured a ship which has 17 Indians aboard why are we discussing all of this why are we discussing this issue these two issues that we have discussed over here they are correlated how are they correlated that the ship that has been captured in the Red Sea area in this entire area has 17 Indians aboard it has crew members they are basically crew members who are aboard now those 17 crew members are Indians which is why we have to basically see that those Indians come back home safely via diplomatic channels it has been taken over by the Iranian revolutionary guard and this ship is by the name of MSC Aras let me show it to you and let's discuss Iranian revolutionary guards seized the container vessel vessel means a ship MC are is in the Gulf of hormos this is the Persian Gulf region vessel was sailing from the UAE to India 17 out of 25 crew members were Indians along with Filipinos pakistanis Russian and one Estonian Indian officials are in touch with Iranian authorities obviously to get our own citizens back now this is not something new for India we have been conducting these operations in order to rescue our people from such kind of ships if you remember yesterday only I discussed this term rescue but that was in context of animals FAA here it is in context of people who are captured by Pirates or by other countries revolutionary guard or the or the naval operations so the naval operations are conducted the last one being called operation sculp Operation sculp was a highly successful operation that continued for over 100 days to rescue the Indian crew aimed at countering piracy we have to counter piracy completed 100 Days with significant Naval presence and surveillance efforts basically to figure out where the piracy has happened or where our ships are taken over by the Pirates second to it we have to rescue the people who have been taken over by the Pirates primarily done by Somali pirates as we had discussed and they are active piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Horn of Africa this is in this region only as I discussed in this entire region this region is the Indian Ocean region Indian Navy deployed over 5,000 Personnel 21 ships and Maritime surveillance aircraft to address Maritime threats Maritime threats need to be addressed so this is these are two things which are different from each other but over here they are correlated how are they correlated because of the kind of Naval response that we look at in this particular case now this ship has been taken over this ship has been taken over by the Iranian revolutionary guard it basically impacts India Iran relations but off late we are talking about Israel and Iran a possible War a possible conflict as we speak right now last night Iran attacked is Israel or they had initiated an attack whether it led to loss of lives or whether it led to a full-blown war that is yet to be seen but this is something that has started this would be discussed in detail in tomorrow's newspaper but this is what has started in a limited capacity when we talk about this Israel Plus National Security of us is thinking of how to count counter Iran four of a four is a friend enemy of an enemy is a friend which is why Israel and Us in this particular case are friends because us is Al also anti-israel due to Iran's nuclear enrichment program and obviously Israel is anti-iran because Iran is supporting Hamas and Gaza this war has already started now India in this particular entire scheme of things is coming into play because the kind of vessels that we operate between India and Israel they are taken over by the Iranian authorities and looking at that if they are taken over by the Iranian authorities those vessels have to be controlled by India I mean their bone of contention is why are you trading with Israel why are you concerned if we tra trade with Israel this is the biggest question so Israel and us have been preparing for possible missile and drone attacks by Iran on its proxies they are prepared and this has already initiated so MSC Aries is owned by zodiac Maritime and Charter to the Mediterranean shipping company which is why this is called MSC Israel's Minister called the seizure seizure means you have seized this vessel a pirate operation and urged sanctions against Iran and this kind of sanction is imposed on Iran or will be imposed on Iran only when countries like India stop buying oil from Iran this seizure is not taken in a positive light by any of the countries the White House National Security Council condemned the seizure as a violation of the international law because this seizure is not done by Pirates had it been done by Pirates no country would have taken uh taken responsibility but who has done this this has been done by the Iranian revolutionary guard which goes against the rules of un Clause US Secretary of Defense discussed urgent Regional threats with Israeli Minister and reiterated support for Israel's defense so look at this Indian crew members on a ship which is owned by Maritime shipping company has been taken taken over by Iranian revolutionary guard support is provided by us to Israel against Iran and who has been caught in in the middle Indians have been caught in the middle this is the entire scheme of things right so what is not important in this right now the piracy the Somali pirate is not important because this ship this particular vessel has not been taken over by the Somali pirates so it is supposed to be seen and there would be developments now on a daily basis about the Tiff between Iran and Israel so let's wait for that I hope you enjoyed this article long article now we come to GS3 environment so what is it when we are talking in terms of environment how do we look at it how do we understand it let's have a look so here we are talking about impact of climate change there are two articles in fact impact of climate change can you please tell me what are the various impacts of climate change that are seen what are the various impacts that we see with respect to climate change yes what happens due to climate change let's list it one by one the first is a heat wave what India is experiencing northern part of of India is experiencing right now followed by that excessive floods floods means that it spoils the entire produce it takes over it spoils the entire infrastructure this is something which is done floods followed by that vulnerability to the weather where it leads to depletion of the ozone layer it leads to excessive carbon it leads to multiple health issu for the people who are living on planet Earth yes whether it's a heat wave or it's a flood or vulnerability or let's say even drought for that matter drought Suka this is what happens so when these kind of things happen all of these things are a result of climate change now you might say that one is associated with the other one is linked to the other so all of these things are related to what they are related to global warming So when you say that the ozone is being depleted it is resulting into what it is resulting into uh excessive global warming emissions of carbon dioxide have increased they are resulting into global warming it is resulting into a drought-like situation also it might result into floods also in certain regions it is definitely resulting into a heat wave all these are impacts of climate change looking at the impacts of climate change what are we actually doing in order to resolve them so there have been certain studies over decades so right from 1970s to 80s 10e period 1 decade 1970 to 1980 1980 to 1990 90 to 2000 2000 to 2020 and Counting over the past 40 to 50 years what have been the changes of climate change what have been the changes or the impacts of climate change because of all these things because of all these impacts because of all these uh reasion how do we look at the impact there has been a c certain terms that have come into play so when we are talking about a certain Heat Wave we also correlate the rise in the sea level and that has been given a specific term which is which this study in particular is talking about so let's have a look at the headline concurrent heat waves sea level rises pose a threat to coastlines so all the states all especially the establishments close to the coastlines because India has a long coastline you already know India has a long coastline looking at this Coastline the habitations which are close to the Sea all of them are what they are threatened all 8 to nine states they are threatened they are used time threatened and this impact we have already seen through the Cyclones that have impacted the coast of West Bengal the coast of odisha the coast of Gujarat the coast of Maharashtra this is something that we have already seen so let's have a look what are we talking about look at the new term definition of chw ESL what is this you need to remember this for prelims as well as Mains concurrent Heat Wave and extreme sea level concurrent Heat Wave and extreme sea level event is when both a heat wave and an extreme shortterm sea level heat wve and along with that shortterm sea level rise the sea level is rising obviously it's a threat for the people who are living on the coast occur at the same time time same coastal location simultaneously and this is a hugely threatening situation which has been observed over the past 3 to 5 decades have a look at this uh the sea level rise significantly increased between 1998 and 2017 two decades compared to the preceding 20 years so we are comparing these 20 years to the preceding 20 years these events may be five times more likely to occur between 2025 to 49 which are the next 20 years under high emissions scenario because nobody actually bothers about emissions you only talk about fairy tales you only talk about controlling and you know these fancy conferences meetings and un and what all schemes that have been done by various these fancy organizations across the world but do you actually care about these things on the ground is the big question so when we talk about the methodology which has been implemented to figure out the impact let's have a look 88% of the world's coastlines experienced a CH WL so this is not just an Indian phenomena this is a global phenomena and it is a global phenomena where 88% of the coastlines out of 188% countries 88 countries are facing this problem even during 1979 to 2017 over a 4 decade period so this is not something which is an Indian phenomena this is a global problem so it means that emissions are not being taken care of at a global level around 39% of coastlines recorded a significant increase in the total duration of these conditions between 98 to 2017 compared to 1979 to 1998 with tropical regions experiencing a greater increase because tropical regions have that have those um have the evaporation and have those condensation at the same time and plus it results into heat so which is why there is more evaporation more rainfall it might exacerbate the coastline experience the research and projection methodology has been conducted by Hong Kong Polytechnic University the future events in the next 25 years were projected under a high emission scenario which means that we are still not the world is still not gone into controlling the high emissions the events occurring in the extended summer season in the Northern Hemisphere and winter season in southern hemisphere were included and this is something which is a highly concerning thing for the entire world it is not just just for us Indians it is for the entire world so knowing everything knowing the last 20e analysis and the 20e analysis before that in totality 40e analysis have we done anything about it has India in particular done anything to control it is the big question so India enacted certain laws it's not that we have not done the effort this is something which is a very good point we have definitely done efforts we have definitely done multiple things with respect to it we have enacted it on paper and there's a very popular scheme of things which was taken way back it's not right now it was done in 2008 the name of this uh scheme was national action plan for climate change napcc national action plan for climate change this plan or the scheme of things came about in 2008 and these are governmental efforts to address the problems which would be created by climate change so these have this particular plan has eight submissions it was enacted Having Eight submissions where practically it took care of almost every kind of problem that climate change can pose it's not just one problem it's not just about carbon emission it's also about how to regulate it in a fashion where you have more sustainable things with that don't result Into Climate Change or that save the country from climate change so it's not a short-term Vision that we have that the government of India has enacted it's actually a long-term Vision the so I will just explain this to you the problem is that this was enacted in 2008 the scheme of things these eight submissions came into effect in 2008 we are sitting in 2024 we still don't have or right now in the last four five years we have started to acting on certain missions out of these eight missions it is still not highly effective which means that mostly the things were on paper they were not in action they were not taking taken in action and this is actually the biggest problem for every country including India that what you have done on paper and what actions are we seeing they are not in consonants they are not in sync let's have a look so when we are talking about steps taken by India to combat climate change the step is the biggest step is napcc full form is National national action plan on climate change right established by indan government to address climate change comprehensively so on paper this is a perfect scheme that is an umbrella of eight missions it comprises eight missions focusing on various aspects of climate change mitigation and adaption so climate change mitigation we have to mitigate it and we have to adapt according to the new conditions that have been created so have a look at these missions you have to memorize all these missions these have been asked in the examinations in the past and you need to know these missions because like for example excessive focus is on National solar Mission also called as National solar Mission so government of India is making renewable energy effective according to this Mission National solar Mission this is good National solar Mission so you should know which scheme are we talking about when we are talking about National solar Mission it's a part of national action plan for climate change National mission for enhanced Energy Efficiency Energy Efficiency has to be done in a proper fashion efficient energy you have to enhance energy in an efficient fashion but at the same time this should not be there should be sustainable energy not thermal energy or not this type of energy National Water Mission clean water provision of Clean Water National mission for sustaining the Himalayan ecosystem highly important it is resulting into uh melting of ice and lowering off uh the the ice caps on the Himalayas National mission on sustainable habitat habitat should be sustainable on strategic knowledge for climate change highly important this is something that we now possess at that time when we had enacted the scheme we did not National mission for a green India National mission for sustainable agriculture this is also a very popular scheme but we have not been able to affect it properly sustainable agriculture green India knowledge for climate change sustain aable habitat Himalayan ecosystem water Mission Energy Efficiency and National solar Mission eight submissions under national action plan for climate change so when we are talking about all these things this is something which is required now more than ever why because if you look at projected changes the changes in 2025 to 2049 those changes are irreversible and they are more damaging than what Chang had happened in the last 20 years so have a look at projections for future global coastal areas could experience an average of 38 days of CW uh chwm which means high heat wave and U rising sea level intensity each year between 2025 to 2045 30 38 days which is a lot it can result into loss of lives and loss of infrastructure destruction of infrastructure compared to 7 days during 89 to 2013 so it was seven and it has become more than five times it's a big jump tropical areas are likely to be the most severely affected and look at where India is located it's the it's a tropical country out of so what do we call our climate it's a tropical Monsoon climate particularly low or middle inome countries low or middle- inome countries this is what we are seeing napcc so I hope you understood this entire article a good article there is another article with respect to environment that we'll study after this so here we are talking about another article are we are we experiencing another pandemic now this has an entirely different take with respect to co you remember covid so the we had experienced an outbreak of covid it uh earlier it was uh earlier it was an endemic then it turned into an epidemic then it turned into a pandemic right so this is what we are experiencing now now that we are experiencing Co in a different form where we have come to know about multiple things with respect to co right so it's a misprint this is important for GS2 GS2 has a topic governance has a topic which says issues related to health issues related to health right we're talking about issues related to health what is it that we are focusing upon in this particular AR article so it's not about covid it's about long-term health impact on us on us due to covid long-term health impact on us due to covid so what impact does it have on people this is related to Chronic illnesses not covid but impact of covid so if someone was infected by covid covid has been cured the virus is out of your body but we are not talking about that virus the impact that virus has it has created chronic illnesses look we come to know about all these things when when we are over with that or when time has passed like 2020 21 the big two waves of covid multiple variants multiple mutations the last one being Omicron so all these things have happened what has it led to it has led to Chronic illnesses in people and they have been observed right now and they are not easy things they are multiple things with respect to new health problems which are complicating problems like for example the most the simplest or the most obvious one one beings loss of taste and smell permanently taste and smell have been lost these senses have been lost permanently permanently in the sense last four years people have not been able to recover through this through these problems so they have been experiencing new things so lung infection lung infection respiratory problems breathing problems as it is we live in a very polluted environment over and above we have respiratory problems so these are those chronic illnesses that have been created amidst those people who were uh who were infected with covid and who were even cured with covid so what are we seeing in this particular case is something which is highly troubling have a look tracking slow onset health issues post covid-19 is difficult due to various factors the what the slow onset of health issues new health problems can arise without SARS SC to infection even if you are not infected with this virus but still health problems which are a complicating measurement what kind of health problems are we developing so a certain study was conducted by JMA JM Jama Network open utilized us Blood Donor data to compare individuals with and without co9 what did they come to know robust parameters were used in case of this 43.3% of covid-19 patients which means people who were infected with covid-19 experienced new symptoms lasting 4 weeks or longer compared to 22.1% without infection which means people who were not infected they must have become resistant but still they were experiencing different kind of symptoms 21.2% of those with covid-19 had long-term health problems genuinely resulting from the infection this is the entire problem this is what this article is focusing upon 21.2 who were infected with covid-19 a significant number of covid-19 survivors developed long-term health problems the app so what kind of health problems are created this is bigger than curing covid-19 so one thing that is that we are cured from ID 19 that is okay covid-19 has gone from our body the viruses has been removed but what are the health problems that we can develop it's a very big problem earlier we were grappling covid-19 then people were grappling the side effects of vaccine now people are grappling the long-term health problems of covid-19 look at the problems we are also learning on the go so long-term symptoms are neurological symptoms mental health of people is impacted so mental health means that you are impacted because you were infected with covid-19 it has impacted your mental health changes in tast or smell this is something which is very basic this is basic which has been happening since years I met a homeopathic doctor let me give you an example that doctor said that I have got patients who lost Taste of smell completely they regained The Taste or smell after 2 years after 3 years and cardiac or respiratory symptoms were common these things are very very common cardiac symptoms respiratory symptoms neurological symptoms mental health problems were reported by 12% % of those with prior infection and 99.8% without it has impacted people mentally people who have lost their family people who were infected people who were constantly in the throws whether we we'll be alive or not right influenced by pandemic related factors these are long-term symptoms that have created a mental health impact so resolving long Co and household pulse surveys what we are talking about in this particular cases that look covid resolution probably has happened nowadays so we don't even how many covid cases how many covid deaths long covid results in a significant number of cases household surveys indicate that 10% of adults with prior infection still experience long Co Sy symptoms which are these symptoms that we have discussed you have to remember them let me also tell you the reported number of deaths via covid-19 covid-19 SARS covid-19 and multiple uh strains of the same virus the actual figure reported Global figure is 7 million which means 70 lakh people the actual figure might be way higher it can even be even if it is 70 million I won't be surprised that these many people have died over and above if these many people have died multiple more millions and millions of people have been heavily infected and all those people have been infected via covid-19 who have multiple of those who are being tested right now surveyed right now have developed these long-term symptoms this is what has been happening so studies from India show lower incidence of long Co following Omicron infection compared to previous variants we are showing lower incidence risk of long covid increases with repeated infections according to Ames bhuvaneshwar now this okay so the problem is that we are showing a lower incidence does that mean that we don't have those many incidences or does that mean that we have not tested enough if you keep testing if you survey more people probably you find more cases but the point is the sample size of India is so so huge that it is difficult to find out for so many people the study did not measure antibodies at subsequent time points that how antibodies have been developed or not potentially missing individuals infected afterwards excluded individuals not healthy enough to donate blood focusing on those with relatively mild outcomes so these are the study limitations that have happened that we have not observed this let me also tell you that the sample size of doing these studies are very small small sample size you only take Li mited people you you don't take many people as a part of these studies so this has been done now coming to another health article so what is this health article focusing upon let's have a look you know India this is again an interesting take not that I am propagating this particular thing in no way it's a disclaimer I'm not propagating diseases but the interesting take is India is called the diabetic capital of the world we are the diabetic Capital India is called the cancer capital of the world now India is also called the hepatitus capital of the world right we're talking about Hep hepatitus B and C because hepatitus say we have a vaccine so diabetic Capital cancer capital and hypothetic capital Hepatitis B and C now this particular capital or hepatitis it is is a disease it is a viral disease so when we talk about this disease it's a viral disease infestation of virus in the body hepatitis A B and C A has a vaccine B now also has a vaccine and C has a cure but the point is you should get to know about these viruses in advance only you would be able to treat them only when you when you know that that this kind of virus is spreading there are interesting takes on this more than 50% roughly 53% of the carriers of this virus are men it can happen through common needles it can happen through sexual contact with multiple partners and it can happen through a host of other reasons which have blood transfusion involved because it is blood to blood contact this does it is not contagious like it is not because of a normal viral infection like sneezing or coughing or touching the same same same cloth or same thing or same same objectives no it's not that so they are carriers and most of these carriers don't know that they are carrying Hepatitis B or C this is a very big problem so hepatitis is not just a uh sexually transmitted infection or a sexually transmitted disease it is more than that it can be attributed to intravenous objectives that is what hepatitus is so having this kind of an understanding having this kind of uh uh an infestation of this particular virus it is now becoming a pandemic now hepatitus is becoming a pandemic we are talking about the vulnerability that the entire world has to towards hpus B and C and how vulnerable is India towards hpus B and C so let's have a look India accounted for 11.6% % of the global viral Hep hepatitis disease after China so this was next only to China and only three countries in China India and along with that South Africa they constitute majority of the viral hepatitus cases and 11 countries barely nearly 2/3 of the global burden of hepatitus BNC 2/3 which means 67% 67% 2/3 what is the impact of the disease hepatitis B andc cause liver sosis liver the liver sosis is also caused by excessive consumption of alcohol by the way liver cancer most viral hepatitis related deaths men constitute 50% of all hepatitis cases viral hepatitis is the second leading infectious cause of death globally causing 1.3 million deaths annually just imagine 1.3 million 11 13 lakh deaths are caused by viral hepatitus only when we talk in case of India what is it that is cont contributing in case of India India's vulnerability is high prevalence of chronic viral hepatitis B and C strains often asymptomatic for decades you don't get to know that you are infected this is the biggest problem this is why you pass it on to others because if you get to know then you will not pass it on otherwise you will pass it on increasing prevalence of nonviral hepatitis forms like alcoholic liver disease non-alcoholic fatty liver disease it leads to these complications risky Behavior such as four drug use sharing injections multiple sexual partners contribute to higher cases among men which is why more than 50% approximately if you ask 58 57% of the men are infected with this particular viral strain this particular infection so the who has offered this report that uh viral hepatitus epidemiology service coverage and product access gaps and diagnosis and treatment coverage this is the basic problem diagnosis when do you diagnose and once it just diagnosed did you do you start the treatment the gaps falling below Global targets for treating chronic Hepatitis B and C by 2030 India offers lowcost treatment due to availability of generic drugs this is what India has been uh India has been popular in and we manufacture these drugs and we export them genetic generic versions of drugs and government control programs the government's viral hepatitus control program offers vaccines treatment to highrisk adults so vaccine if you have it good it's a preventive step you also have treatment so Hepatitis B has a vaccine hepatitis C has treatment so this is something that calls for expanding access to testing and treatment shifting to Equitable policies strengthening prevention efforts and improving funding this is what is required to stop this epidemic from spreading to stop multiple people from having these kind of diseases we are talking about Hepatitis B and C a good article a short and cute article next article we are talking about again from the environmental point of view you know what the Supreme Court has ruled Supreme Court has stated that climate change impacts human lives your and my life is affected because of climate change which is why I have a right to be protected against climate change hence it's a part of my right to life it's a fundamental right under article 21 right to protect myself from impact of climate [Music] change from impact of climate change we have to protect ourselves from impact of climate change article 21 so we have to protect our human lives this is what has to happen and this ruling comes in the wake of a supreme supreme court judgment that has correlated right to equality article 14 and article 21 right to life it has stated that all of us have a right to be protected against the adversities of climate change so when we are talking about this it has been linked to Human Rights and this is something which has an international precedent around it which means it has International references around it the reference of Greta tanber starting from Greta tanber as Swedish resident who started a movement against these big uh uh big climate change conferences these big countries who just meet they talk in English they exchange fancy PPS they show presentations and eventually it does not lead to anything if it does not lead to anything what is the use of conducting so many conferences if you are not taking any action the international president has led to understanding the impact of climate change so when we are trying to understand the impact of climate change that is impacting you and me first we have to understand that what is the impact which we discussed in the previous article today so the impact of climate change is excessive Heat Wave Heat Wave impacts people like you and me it makes us vulnerable with respect to possible health problems that we might contract health problems that we might contract followed by this the problems that we are facing are rising sea levels then floods and droughts these are not all the problems but some of the problems that are seen as a part of this entire objective so when we are looking at this looking at all these problems and it creates vulnerability in our brain and mind we have to understand that how do we overcome this problem so let's understand what the Supreme Court stated and then let me explain to you the vulnerabilities Supreme Court ruled that citizens have a right against adverse effects of climate change in the case concerning deaths of Great Indian Busters due to solar power transmission lines environmentalist petitioned in 2019 for all overhead power lines to be shifted underground to prevent birds Collision because Birds Collide and then they die while power companies argued that this would be expensive and impractical the Cod formed an expert committee to determine which transmission light should go underground emphasizing that underground electrification would hinder India's solar electrification goals this is what we have to see so look at this first uh implications of supreme court judgment on environmental matters often influence public discourse and government actions absolutely true because the court has said when the court States it becomes an obligation that now you have to follow when when the global conferences are talking about it's not an OB obligation but when the Supreme Court States and it gives a judgment it becomes an obligation the ruling may impact energy production strategies particularly India's balance between coal plants and renewable energy sources this balance have we still not have been able to figure out that how this balance has to be created with respect to renewable energy sources we are working towards it but this has not been has not come into effect entirely right now what is the possible impact that we are facing have a look Rising vulnerabilities evidence for vulnerability of Indians to climate change is threatening how floods leads to loss of lives and loss of livelihoods rainfall patterns are changing drought-like situation heat waves pose serious health risk several studies including ipcc reports have warned that global warming will put an increasing number of Indians at risk in the coming years all these are vulnerabilities and problems so we are looking at this severe impact on communities and culture indigenous communities such as tribals in and I Andaman and nicobar Islands depend on nature and the relationship that indigenous communities have with nature may be tied to their culture or religion they're tied to the culture they tied to the culture they're tied to the religion destruction of land and forest or the displacement from the RS obviously this is called as loss of livelihoods land is getting destroyed by floods my agricultural fields are getting destroyed because of floods so it has displaced me my house has been washed off it has displaced me this is the problem in a permanent loss of the unique culture in these ways climate change may impact constitutional guarantee this is how it has been related to constitutional guarantees so this is how we are linking climate change to Human Rights Article 21 and article 14 both fundamental rights are being impacted due to climate change it's a very interesting take that climate change impacts human rights and article 14 and 21 are violated which is right to equality before the law right to life and personal Liberty and this has come from the fact that we already have international precedents in place we all of us know about that but it was highlighted by Greta thunberg that a petition to the interamerican commission on human rights and climate activism by figures like Greta thunberg have basically highlighted this it's an international practice that we are talking about this has come into play heavily so here we come towards the end of the session have a look at the Main's questions discuss the implications of global warming on Coastal communities and environment considering the broader context of climate change so this is an question you can write a very very good question evaluate the role of transparent electoral systems in promoting political participation ensuring accountability fostering social cohesion illustrate your answer with examples from both historical and contemporary context highlighting the consequences of electoral malpractices Democratic governance and citizen trust and political process so trans transparent electoral systems this is not an article entirely that we have done today but this article can be covered with respect of the past knowledge of electoral bonds this is a question that you can do from the knowledge that we have gained today so today's newspaper has been not on the economic side but on GS2 Health side as well as climate change side one news from the point of view of prelims Tri mura um so Chala Padu settlement aluri sitarama Raju District Andra Pradesh India they are found in this particular settlement and District it mandates that a man weaves a bamboo credle bamboo Bamboo bass credle called Vada for his newborn as a lifetime memory for both the father and the child significance each credle symbolizes a child in the family with the number of credles indicating the total number of children born to the family preservation once a child outows the crle it is preserved and not used for any other purpose so it is preserved because it has an emotional Value Plus it has a sentimental value attached lifetime memory uh so kovi Chuka Amura tribal farmer has woven credles for birth his children as per tribal customs so remember the name of the tribe bua where is it found Andra Pradesh in this particular district and the custom is that they weave bamboo crudles for newborn kids so this is why it was in the news so guys here we come towards the end of the newspaper we've discussed things in utmost detail and uh I hope that you have enjoyed the newspaper today this is how newspapers should be covered in proper utmost detail and that is what leads to detailed understanding so write in the comment section what more analysis would you like to see from us on YouTube and uh other than that what are your thoughts on the news articles that we have read today on climate change on Health on governance uh as well as on economy thank you so much everyone bye take care and all the the best

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Published: Sun Apr 14 2024