Daily Analysis of 'The Hindu' - 6th July, 2020 | Additional Study Material for UPSC PDF Download

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 The Hindu Analysis: 6 July 2020
 
 
 1) Three messages: On Modi’s Leh visit-
 GS 3- Security challenges and their management in border areas
 
 CONTEXT:
1. With his visit to Nimu near Leh, which houses the XIV Corps headquarters
 including the base hospital, Prime Minister accomplished several objec ves.
2. He visited soldiers injured during the Galwan clash of June 15, addressed
 troops involved in the stand-o? with China.
3. He was also briefed directly by senior o?cers involved in opera onal
 preparedness who are also conduc ng military talks with China’s People’s
 Libera on Army.
4. In his speech to soldiers at Nimu, he addressed di?erent audiences as well,
 with the biggest message for the Chinese leadership, where he said that the
 age of expansionism is over.
 
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 The Hindu Analysis: 6 July 2020
 
 
 1) Three messages: On Modi’s Leh visit-
 GS 3- Security challenges and their management in border areas
 
 CONTEXT:
1. With his visit to Nimu near Leh, which houses the XIV Corps headquarters
 including the base hospital, Prime Minister accomplished several objec ves.
2. He visited soldiers injured during the Galwan clash of June 15, addressed
 troops involved in the stand-o? with China.
3. He was also briefed directly by senior o?cers involved in opera onal
 preparedness who are also conduc ng military talks with China’s People’s
 Libera on Army.
4. In his speech to soldiers at Nimu, he addressed di?erent audiences as well,
 with the biggest message for the Chinese leadership, where he said that the
 age of expansionism is over.
 
 
 
  
 MESSAGE TO BEIJING:
1. Calling this the “era of evolu on” or development (Vikasvaad), Mr. Modi
 said that the “era of colonial expansion” (Vistaarvaad) is over.
2. He said that in the past, expansionist forces have done great harm to
 humanity, and had been “erased or forced to relent”.
3. The was a message to Beijing in his statement.
4. It must not engage in territorial aggression across its boundaries with
 countries from Central Asia to the South China Sea, including India.
 
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 The Hindu Analysis: 6 July 2020
 
 
 1) Three messages: On Modi’s Leh visit-
 GS 3- Security challenges and their management in border areas
 
 CONTEXT:
1. With his visit to Nimu near Leh, which houses the XIV Corps headquarters
 including the base hospital, Prime Minister accomplished several objec ves.
2. He visited soldiers injured during the Galwan clash of June 15, addressed
 troops involved in the stand-o? with China.
3. He was also briefed directly by senior o?cers involved in opera onal
 preparedness who are also conduc ng military talks with China’s People’s
 Libera on Army.
4. In his speech to soldiers at Nimu, he addressed di?erent audiences as well,
 with the biggest message for the Chinese leadership, where he said that the
 age of expansionism is over.
 
 
 
  
 MESSAGE TO BEIJING:
1. Calling this the “era of evolu on” or development (Vikasvaad), Mr. Modi
 said that the “era of colonial expansion” (Vistaarvaad) is over.
2. He said that in the past, expansionist forces have done great harm to
 humanity, and had been “erased or forced to relent”.
3. The was a message to Beijing in his statement.
4. It must not engage in territorial aggression across its boundaries with
 countries from Central Asia to the South China Sea, including India.
 
 
5. And it must also recall its own anger against imperialism, that so many in
 the PRC’s leadership have decried.
6. Despite the fact that he did not once name China, the message appeared to
 have hit home, with the Chinese Embassy in Delhi issuing a denial that it
 had made any expansionist moves.
  
 TRADITION OF PEACE:
1. The PM also addressed other countries that are viewing the growing
 seriousness of the two-month long stand-o? with concern.
2. He spoke about India’s tradion of peace with bravery, indica ng that
 diploma c op ons would be exhausted before any ac on.
3. To his domes c audience, the address signi?ed the government’s
 determinaon to face the challenge at the LAC and to focus on na onal
 priori es of infrastructure and economic development.
4. Finally, he addressed the soldiers themselves, as he spoke of the valour of
 the men who have been engaged in the clashes along the LAC.
  
 UNTANGLING:
1. In all three aspects of the address, the speech must be welcomed, and its
 unspoken messages should also be studied closely.
2. Prime Minister’s decision to visit troops near the LAC was well- med and
 apt.
3. It also raised the temperature of the India-China engagement, and indicates
 that military talks for disengagement and the dispersal(removal) of the
 massive mobilisa on of troops on both sides, have not made much
 progress.
4. There was a contrast in his tone from just two weeks ago when he
 reassured the na on that “neither has anyone transgressed, nor is anyone
 
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 The Hindu Analysis: 6 July 2020
 
 
 1) Three messages: On Modi’s Leh visit-
 GS 3- Security challenges and their management in border areas
 
 CONTEXT:
1. With his visit to Nimu near Leh, which houses the XIV Corps headquarters
 including the base hospital, Prime Minister accomplished several objec ves.
2. He visited soldiers injured during the Galwan clash of June 15, addressed
 troops involved in the stand-o? with China.
3. He was also briefed directly by senior o?cers involved in opera onal
 preparedness who are also conduc ng military talks with China’s People’s
 Libera on Army.
4. In his speech to soldiers at Nimu, he addressed di?erent audiences as well,
 with the biggest message for the Chinese leadership, where he said that the
 age of expansionism is over.
 
 
 
  
 MESSAGE TO BEIJING:
1. Calling this the “era of evolu on” or development (Vikasvaad), Mr. Modi
 said that the “era of colonial expansion” (Vistaarvaad) is over.
2. He said that in the past, expansionist forces have done great harm to
 humanity, and had been “erased or forced to relent”.
3. The was a message to Beijing in his statement.
4. It must not engage in territorial aggression across its boundaries with
 countries from Central Asia to the South China Sea, including India.
 
 
5. And it must also recall its own anger against imperialism, that so many in
 the PRC’s leadership have decried.
6. Despite the fact that he did not once name China, the message appeared to
 have hit home, with the Chinese Embassy in Delhi issuing a denial that it
 had made any expansionist moves.
  
 TRADITION OF PEACE:
1. The PM also addressed other countries that are viewing the growing
 seriousness of the two-month long stand-o? with concern.
2. He spoke about India’s tradion of peace with bravery, indica ng that
 diploma c op ons would be exhausted before any ac on.
3. To his domes c audience, the address signi?ed the government’s
 determinaon to face the challenge at the LAC and to focus on na onal
 priori es of infrastructure and economic development.
4. Finally, he addressed the soldiers themselves, as he spoke of the valour of
 the men who have been engaged in the clashes along the LAC.
  
 UNTANGLING:
1. In all three aspects of the address, the speech must be welcomed, and its
 unspoken messages should also be studied closely.
2. Prime Minister’s decision to visit troops near the LAC was well- med and
 apt.
3. It also raised the temperature of the India-China engagement, and indicates
 that military talks for disengagement and the dispersal(removal) of the
 massive mobilisa on of troops on both sides, have not made much
 progress.
4. There was a contrast in his tone from just two weeks ago when he
 reassured the na on that “neither has anyone transgressed, nor is anyone
 
 
 inside Indian territory”.
5. It indicates that the situaon is far more serious than was previously
 understood.
  
 CONCLUSION:
1. The government so far has not given the na on the full picture on what has
 happened, and what the na on needs to prepare for.
2. It is to be hoped that it will do so now, further clarifying the Prime
 Minister’s core message at Leh.
3. At Leh, PM Modi had di?erent messages for India, China, and the world
 community.
  
 2) Surely, even if slowly: On a COVID-19 vaccine-
 GS 2- Issues relang to development and management of Social Sector/Services
 relang to Health
 
 CONTEXT:
1. Yet again, the pandemic has revealed cracks in the conduct of the Indian
 Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
2. A le er by the agency’s head, Dr. Balram Bhargava, to doctors last week,
 preparing to test a vaccine for human trials, appeared to be
 coercing(forcing) them into geng a vaccine ready by August 15.
3. A er public uproar the agency clari?ed that its intent was to infuse a sense
 of urgency given the pandemic and that there were no plans to deviate
 from the rulebook on vaccine development.
 
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 The Hindu Analysis: 6 July 2020
 
 
 1) Three messages: On Modi’s Leh visit-
 GS 3- Security challenges and their management in border areas
 
 CONTEXT:
1. With his visit to Nimu near Leh, which houses the XIV Corps headquarters
 including the base hospital, Prime Minister accomplished several objec ves.
2. He visited soldiers injured during the Galwan clash of June 15, addressed
 troops involved in the stand-o? with China.
3. He was also briefed directly by senior o?cers involved in opera onal
 preparedness who are also conduc ng military talks with China’s People’s
 Libera on Army.
4. In his speech to soldiers at Nimu, he addressed di?erent audiences as well,
 with the biggest message for the Chinese leadership, where he said that the
 age of expansionism is over.
 
 
 
  
 MESSAGE TO BEIJING:
1. Calling this the “era of evolu on” or development (Vikasvaad), Mr. Modi
 said that the “era of colonial expansion” (Vistaarvaad) is over.
2. He said that in the past, expansionist forces have done great harm to
 humanity, and had been “erased or forced to relent”.
3. The was a message to Beijing in his statement.
4. It must not engage in territorial aggression across its boundaries with
 countries from Central Asia to the South China Sea, including India.
 
 
5. And it must also recall its own anger against imperialism, that so many in
 the PRC’s leadership have decried.
6. Despite the fact that he did not once name China, the message appeared to
 have hit home, with the Chinese Embassy in Delhi issuing a denial that it
 had made any expansionist moves.
  
 TRADITION OF PEACE:
1. The PM also addressed other countries that are viewing the growing
 seriousness of the two-month long stand-o? with concern.
2. He spoke about India’s tradion of peace with bravery, indica ng that
 diploma c op ons would be exhausted before any ac on.
3. To his domes c audience, the address signi?ed the government’s
 determinaon to face the challenge at the LAC and to focus on na onal
 priori es of infrastructure and economic development.
4. Finally, he addressed the soldiers themselves, as he spoke of the valour of
 the men who have been engaged in the clashes along the LAC.
  
 UNTANGLING:
1. In all three aspects of the address, the speech must be welcomed, and its
 unspoken messages should also be studied closely.
2. Prime Minister’s decision to visit troops near the LAC was well- med and
 apt.
3. It also raised the temperature of the India-China engagement, and indicates
 that military talks for disengagement and the dispersal(removal) of the
 massive mobilisa on of troops on both sides, have not made much
 progress.
4. There was a contrast in his tone from just two weeks ago when he
 reassured the na on that “neither has anyone transgressed, nor is anyone
 
 
 inside Indian territory”.
5. It indicates that the situaon is far more serious than was previously
 understood.
  
 CONCLUSION:
1. The government so far has not given the na on the full picture on what has
 happened, and what the na on needs to prepare for.
2. It is to be hoped that it will do so now, further clarifying the Prime
 Minister’s core message at Leh.
3. At Leh, PM Modi had di?erent messages for India, China, and the world
 community.
  
 2) Surely, even if slowly: On a COVID-19 vaccine-
 GS 2- Issues relang to development and management of Social Sector/Services
 relang to Health
 
 CONTEXT:
1. Yet again, the pandemic has revealed cracks in the conduct of the Indian
 Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
2. A le er by the agency’s head, Dr. Balram Bhargava, to doctors last week,
 preparing to test a vaccine for human trials, appeared to be
 coercing(forcing) them into geng a vaccine ready by August 15.
3. A er public uproar the agency clari?ed that its intent was to infuse a sense
 of urgency given the pandemic and that there were no plans to deviate
 from the rulebook on vaccine development.
 
 
  
 
  
 RELAXING RULES:
1. However, there was no raonale extended for why the date August 15
 cropped up.
2. Given the crisis at hand, regulatory agencies the world over have relaxed
 rules on drug tesng and vaccine trials.
3. While scien?c rigour cannot be compromised, there is a move, globally, to
 allow more leeway(freedom) to formula ons that show some promise, and
 allow them into the market under medical guidance.
4. This is why drugs such as remdesivir and favipiravir — despite limited
 evidence of success — have made it to the bedside of pa ents.