DAILY NEWS DIARY 21.06.2021
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Essay Paper 1. Young women are at the centre of crucial political contestations of Indian democracy….04
GS 2 Governance 1. Lakshadweep under Karnataka High Court……………………………………………………………………..05
Snippets: 1. Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET)……………………………………………………..06
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ESSAY PAPER Editorial Q- Young women are at the centre of crucial political contestations of Indian democracy. Will parties wake up to this shift? INRTODUCTION = Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita outside the gates of Tihar Jail, raising slogans and fists, after a year-long incarceration that saw Narwal denied a chance to meet her ailing father before his death. It was a striking image.
It is also a picture we have seen before. Young women coming up against the might of the state; their bodies and voices at the centre of crucial political contestations of Indian democracy. Neither penal action, nor charges under draconian sedition and terror laws, nor prolonged imprisonment, have discouraged them. Examples that Lead by action- . Think of Amulya Leona, another anti-CAA activist who spent nearly three months in prison after a sedition charge was slapped on her for raising a slogan. . Or the thousands of women who stepped out of homes to occupy public spaces across the country in vocal protest against the discriminatory Citizenship Amendment Act. . Or Safoora Zargar, another anti-CAA activist who was charged under UAPA, like Narwal and Kalita. Think of Disha Ravi, jailed for editing an alleged “toolkit” to drum up online support for the farmers’ protest against the new farm laws.
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. Or Nodeep Kaur, a Dalit labour activist, who mobilised workers at the Singhu border in solidarity with farmers. The pattern speaks of a generation of women, politicised by different realities and impulses, from the feminist activism at universities and colleges to the global climate movement. Beyond their specific trajectories, however, their greater political assertion and more visible presence in public spaces is a culmination of deeper changes — from the steady rise in numbers of women in higher education to their emphatic presence in voter turnouts, from cracks in the patriarchal consensus created by the weight of the #MeToo movement to the silent changes incubated by internet subcultures around gender identity. And yet, this political and democratic energy has grown outside of — almost in spite of — conventional party and political structures. 1. Indeed, political parties appear to be unaware of this shift — and seemingly unexcited by the possibilities for democratic politics that it represents. They have learnt to tailor their electoral pitch to women as voters. In this view, women do represent a vital constituency, but only of passive beneficiaries, to be cultivated with welfarist schemes that deliver gas cylinders and ration and bank accounts. Few parties have made space for women as leaders and ministers. As the remarkable protest of Kerala Congress leader Lathika Subhash or the questions about the dropping of KK Shailaja from the new Pinarayi Vijayan cabinet showed, even progressive Kerala has struggled with this paternal condescension to women. Way Forward . The demand for 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament remains in limbo, and political parties have done little to remove the structural barriers that discourage women. . The pandemic, which has taken a disproportionate toll on women’s employment and income, calls for a politics that responds to these altered realities. Most of all, it demands that political parties catch up with women who are not silent spectators — who speak the language of democracy and are unafraid to build new solidarities.
GS 2 Governance Q- State the reasons for plan to push Lakshadweep under Karnataka High Court? BACKGROUND= The Lakshadweep administration, which has been facing widespread protests over its policies, has mooted a proposal to shift its legal jurisdiction from the Kerala High Court to the Karnataka High Court. . The proposal was initiated by the administration after several litigation were moved before the Kerala High Court against the decisions taken by the islands’ new Administrator Praful Khoda Patel. . These decisions included revising standard operating procedures for COVID-appropriate behaviour, introduction of the “goonda Act” and demolishing hutments of fishermen for widening of roads. Mr. Patel, who is the Administrator of Daman and Diu, was given the additional charge of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep in the first week of December last year, when former Administrator Dineshwar Sharma died after a brief illness. . This year, as many as 23 applications, including 11 writ petitions, have been filed against the Administrator and also against the alleged high-handedness of either the police or the local government of the islands. Response - Advisor of the Administrator A. Anbarasu did not respond to queries on the proposal. However, Lakshadweep Collector S. Asker Ali said no proposal had been made by the administration to shift its legal jurisdiction from the Kerala High Court to the Karnataka High Court. “The news about shifting of
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the jurisdiction of the High Court from Kerala to Karnataka is baseless and is devoid of truth,” he said. The jurisdiction of a High Court can be shifted only through an Act of Parliament, according to the law.
Snippets GS 2 Governance Q- What is Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET) and why is it contested not right to be conducted at this time of the year? . A group of students who have just completed Class 12 are objecting to the proposal to conduct a common entrance test for admission to all Central universities, including those such as Delhi University which have used only Class 12 board marks as the criterion so far. As such a move will favour rich students who have had access to coaching classes or are already preparing for standardised tests such as JEE or NEET. . The test’s multiple choice question papers cover language, general awareness, mathematical aptitude and analytical skills, as well as domain knowledge in the candidate’s chosen subjects . Problems – a. Delhi University aspirants were entirely focused towards Board exam preparation. Since an entrance exam will contain aptitude part, many will face problems dealing with it as it entirely varies from what one has learnt in 10+2 b. Also, the students who were already preparing for professional degree courses would find it easier as they were already preparing for such a test since grade 11 The CUCET has no clarification so far, no pattern, no syllabus, no previous year questions to practice. Although it was proposed under NEP-2020, the authorities never gave any official announcement regarding its implementation. For a national-level entrance, we need adequate time and space to prepare which is absent in the current situation
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The rare freshwater black softshell turtle or the Nilssonia nigricans recently in news agreed upon by its state to take up conservation efforts is found in? a. Assam b. Kerala c. Odisha d. Manipur
The term 'IndARC', sometimes seen in the news, is the name of: a. Indigenously developed observatory satellite. b. India’s underwater observatory to scientifically study the Arctic region c. India's satellite to provide services to the countries of SAARC. d. None of the above Answer: B Explanation: IndARC is India’s first underwater moored observatory anchored in the Kongsfjorden fjord, half way between Norway (1100km away from Norway) and the North Pole at a depth of 192 metre. The data provided by IndARC helps to understand the Arctic processes and their influence on the Indian monsoon system through climate modelling studies; and the response of the Arctic to climatic variability.
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