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aspirantforum.com News of SeptemberTHE CRUX 2020 OF THE HINDU AND PIB THE CRUX OF THE HINDU AND THE PIB Vol. 73 SEPTEMBERImportant News In the Field oF 2020 VOL.73National Economy Internatioonal India and the World Science, Tech and Environment Misclleneous News aspirantforum.com Aspirant Forum AN INITIATIVE BY UPSC ASPIRANTS Visit aspirantforum.com for Guidance and Study Material for IAS Exam aspirantforum.com THE CRUX OF THE HINDU AND PIB SEPTEMBER Aspirant Forum is a Community for the SEPTEMBER 2020 2020 UPSC Civil Services (IAS) Aspirants, VOL.73 VOL.73 to discuss and debate the various things related to the exam. We welcome an active participation from the fellow members to Editorial Team: enrich the knowledge of all PIB Compilation: Nikhil Gupta The Hindu Compilation: The Crux will be published online Shakeel Anwar for free on 10th of every month. Shahid Sarwar We appreciate the friends and Karuna Thakur followers for apprepreciating our Designed by: effort. 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Best Wishes Editorial Board Teamaspirantforum.com Aspirant Forum Courtesy: The Hindu Press Information Bureau (PIB) Visit aspirantforum.com for Guidance and Study Material for IAS Exam aspirantforum.com THE CRUX OF THE HINDU AND PIB SEPTEMBER 2020 VOL.73 National aspirantforum.com aspirantforum.com National Visit aspirantforum.com for Guidance and Study Material for IAS Exam aspirantforum.com THE CRUX OF THE HINDU AND PIB Deputy CM Narayanaswamy urges judiciary to support good governance At a time when the government is facing legal hiccups pertaining to various SEPTEMBER schemes, Deputy Chief Minister K. Narayanaswamy has sought support of the 2020 judiciary in implementation of the programmes intended to benefit the larger VOL.73 sections of the society. Several welfare schemes including the allocation of house sites to the poor have been subjected to judicial scrutiny with a number of petitions being filed in the High Court. “I mean no offence by making this open appeal to the High Court, which should be treated as a request to ensure good governance,” Mr. Narayanaswamy told The Hindu. Referring to the YSRCP’s poll manifesto, Mr. Narayanaswamy described it as a roadmap for development which was pitched much before the elections. Legal impasse “People vote for the promises made in the manifesto, the political will and the capability of a party that makes the promise. When a government is elected, the manifesto is deemed to have the people’s authorisation and is hence unquestionable,”aspirantforum.com he explained. It was in this context that the Deputy Chief Minister appealed to the High Court to “treat the implementation of the promises made in the manifesto as sacrosanct for the YSRCP, before accepting petitions intending to cause legal impasse and throw administration haywire”. National Dig at opposition parties “The opposition parties are hell-bent on disturbing governance and leaving no stone unturned to harm the interests of the people. It is hence for the High Court to decide whether to allow such petitions for hearing or let the government fulfil its promises,” Mr. Narayanaswamy said. Visit aspirantforum.com for Guidance and Study Material for IAS Exam aspirantforum.com THE CRUX OF THE HINDU AND PIB He further said that the YSRCP government would overcome any obstacle to help all deserving beneficiaries realise their dreams. SEPTEMBER 2020 Nation mourns ‘scholar par excellence and statesman’ VOL.73 Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has compared Mr. Mukherjee to a father figure in his life as he moved to Delhi from Gujarat as Prime Minister, said India grieved Mr. Mukherjee’s passing. “India grieves the passing away of Bharat Ratna Shri Pranab Mukherjee. He has left an indelible mark on the development trajectory of our nation. A scholar par excellence, a towering statesman, he was admired across the political spectrum and by all sections of society,” Mr Modi said. President Kovind said, “In his five-decade-long illustrious public life, he remained rooted to the ground irrespective of the exalted office he held. He endeared himself to people across political spectrum. As the First Citizen, he continued to connect with everyone, bringing Rashtrapati Bhavan closer to the people. He opened its gates for public visits. His decision to discontinue the honorific ‘His Excellency’ was historic,” said President Kovind. aspirantforum.com Mr. Mukherjee’saspirantforum.com son and former Lok Sabha MP, Abhijit Mukherjee, announced his father’s death on Twitter stating that despite the best efforts of doctors and prayers of ordinary Indians throughout the country, this had come to pass. The hospital said in a medical bulletin in the morning that Mr. Mukherjee had gone into septic shock due to the lung infection. Mr. Mukherjee, born in 1935 in Mirati in West Bengal, first became an MP in the National Rajya Sabha in 1969 on a Congress nomination. Close to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Mr. Mukherjee held many ministerial positions, including Defence, Finance, and External Affairs before he was elected President in 2012. Visit aspirantforum.com for Guidance and Study Material for IAS Exam aspirantforum.com THE CRUX OF THE HINDU AND PIB ‘Provocative action’ by PLA again: MEA Chinese troops engaged in “provocative action” along the disputed boundary in Ladakh once again on August 31, even as Commanders of the two sides were in SEPTEMBER discussion to de-escalate the situation, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said 2020 . VOL.73 As Brigadier-level talks continued for the second day in Chushul, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a high-level meeting to review the ground situation. “We have taken up the matter of recent provocative and aggressive actions with the Chinese side through both diplomatic and military channels and have urged them to discipline and control their front line troops from undertaking such provocative actions,” MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said in response to a query. Due to the timely defensive action, the Indian side was able to prevent these attempts to unilaterally alter the status quo, he stated. A defence source said that on August 31, PLA troops came closer to the posts dominated by the Indian Army but “they were dissuaded”. Mr. Srivastava said the Foreign Ministers and Special Representatives had agreed that the situation should be handled in a responsible manner and either side should not take any provocative action or escalate matters. The Chinese side violated this understandingaspirantforum.com and engaged in “provocative military manoeuvres” in the late night of August 29 and 30 in an attempt to change the status quo in the south bank area of Pangong Lake. The Indian Army took “appropriate defensive measures” to safeguard our interests and defend the territorial integrity”. The actions and behaviour of the Chinese side National since earlier this year along the LAC had been in clear violation of the bilateral agreements and protocols concluded between the two countries, the spokesperson noted. ‘Bhushan’s conviction is against international law’ Visit aspirantforum.com for Guidance and Study Material for IAS Exam aspirantforum.com THE CRUX OF THE HINDU AND PIB The ICJ said civil rights lawyer Prashant Bhushan’s conviction for criminal contempt of court by the Supreme Court seemed inconsistent with the freedom of expression law guaranteed by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights that SEPTEMBER India was a party to. 2020 VOL.73 India aims for balance with slew of multilateral meetings Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S.