Daily Analysis of 'The Hindu' - 26th May, 2020 | Additional Study Material for UPSC PDF Download

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Early take-off 
Batting for free speech 
Battling a virus with masks 
Moving beyond geopolitics 
Against Workers (INDIAN EXPRESS) 
A well-balanced stimulus package 
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Early take-off 
Batting for free speech 
Battling a virus with masks 
Moving beyond geopolitics 
Against Workers (INDIAN EXPRESS) 
A well-balanced stimulus package 
Early take-off 
?Even after long negotiations with States, the Centre 
has found it difficult to relaunch domestic flights. 
?Several were cancelled. 
?Some states have expressed apprehension about a 
premature resumption of civil aviation. 
?Enabling scheduled travel through national policy, 
whether by air or rail, could be seen as a reasonable 
effort only when State governments are fully 
prepared, and adopt a uniform code of practice. 
?Operation of daily flights, a couple of hundred 
scheduled trains from June 1 and the large number of 
promised Shramik Special trains for migrant workers. 
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Early take-off 
Batting for free speech 
Battling a virus with masks 
Moving beyond geopolitics 
Against Workers (INDIAN EXPRESS) 
A well-balanced stimulus package 
Early take-off 
?Even after long negotiations with States, the Centre 
has found it difficult to relaunch domestic flights. 
?Several were cancelled. 
?Some states have expressed apprehension about a 
premature resumption of civil aviation. 
?Enabling scheduled travel through national policy, 
whether by air or rail, could be seen as a reasonable 
effort only when State governments are fully 
prepared, and adopt a uniform code of practice. 
?Operation of daily flights, a couple of hundred 
scheduled trains from June 1 and the large number of 
promised Shramik Special trains for migrant workers. 
?It is essential, therefore, for States to adopt a 
coordinated approach on quarantine and testing.  
?Travel choices, in the present phase, should be 
designed to discourage optional journeys.  
?There is no reason to think that the pandemic has 
begun to wane. 
?Relaxing travel must be preceded by focused 
containment measures and an agreed protocol 
for States. 
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Early take-off 
Batting for free speech 
Battling a virus with masks 
Moving beyond geopolitics 
Against Workers (INDIAN EXPRESS) 
A well-balanced stimulus package 
Early take-off 
?Even after long negotiations with States, the Centre 
has found it difficult to relaunch domestic flights. 
?Several were cancelled. 
?Some states have expressed apprehension about a 
premature resumption of civil aviation. 
?Enabling scheduled travel through national policy, 
whether by air or rail, could be seen as a reasonable 
effort only when State governments are fully 
prepared, and adopt a uniform code of practice. 
?Operation of daily flights, a couple of hundred 
scheduled trains from June 1 and the large number of 
promised Shramik Special trains for migrant workers. 
?It is essential, therefore, for States to adopt a 
coordinated approach on quarantine and testing.  
?Travel choices, in the present phase, should be 
designed to discourage optional journeys.  
?There is no reason to think that the pandemic has 
begun to wane. 
?Relaxing travel must be preceded by focused 
containment measures and an agreed protocol 
for States. 
Batting for free speech 
?Verdict of Justice Abdul Quddhose –  
?It quashed a series of defamation complaints filed 
since 2011-12. 
?First Principle: the State should not impulsively 
invoke provisions in the CrPC to get its public 
prosecutor to file defamation complaints in response 
to every report that contains criticism. 
?The court deems such impulsive actions as amounting 
to throttling democracy.  
?It advises the government to have a higher threshold 
for invoking defamation provisions. 
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Early take-off 
Batting for free speech 
Battling a virus with masks 
Moving beyond geopolitics 
Against Workers (INDIAN EXPRESS) 
A well-balanced stimulus package 
Early take-off 
?Even after long negotiations with States, the Centre 
has found it difficult to relaunch domestic flights. 
?Several were cancelled. 
?Some states have expressed apprehension about a 
premature resumption of civil aviation. 
?Enabling scheduled travel through national policy, 
whether by air or rail, could be seen as a reasonable 
effort only when State governments are fully 
prepared, and adopt a uniform code of practice. 
?Operation of daily flights, a couple of hundred 
scheduled trains from June 1 and the large number of 
promised Shramik Special trains for migrant workers. 
?It is essential, therefore, for States to adopt a 
coordinated approach on quarantine and testing.  
?Travel choices, in the present phase, should be 
designed to discourage optional journeys.  
?There is no reason to think that the pandemic has 
begun to wane. 
?Relaxing travel must be preceded by focused 
containment measures and an agreed protocol 
for States. 
Batting for free speech 
?Verdict of Justice Abdul Quddhose –  
?It quashed a series of defamation complaints filed 
since 2011-12. 
?First Principle: the State should not impulsively 
invoke provisions in the CrPC to get its public 
prosecutor to file defamation complaints in response 
to every report that contains criticism. 
?The court deems such impulsive actions as amounting 
to throttling democracy.  
?It advises the government to have a higher threshold 
for invoking defamation provisions. 
?It notes that each time a public servant feels 
defamed by a press report, it does not 
automatically give rise to a cause for asking the 
public prosecutor to initiate proceedings on her 
behalf. 
?The statutory distinction between defaming a 
public servant as a person and as the State itself 
being defamed has to be maintained. 
?Justice Quddhose goes on to fault the 
government for according sanction to the 
initiation of cases through the prosecutors without 
explaining how the State has been defamed.