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Warm Greetings.  Essay Paper Editorial  DnD aims to provide every day news analysis in 1. Key bilateral issues to be resolved along with the sync with the UPSC pattern. disengagement along the Indo- Border ……………………...03

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Essay Paper . Disengagement and de-escalation must be accompanied by defined Editorial “end-points” for troops to withdraw to, to ensure they do not Q – What are the key bilateral issues to be resolved along with reoccupy positions vacated. . The course of engagements — includes diplomatic and military the disengagement along the Indo-China Border? parleys, meetings of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and INTRO = After two months of stand-off along the LAC, news that Coordination on India-China Border Affairs, and further talks between the Special Representatives. India and China are discussing a full disengagement must be . The government should inform the country about the progress as well welcome relief. But it must be tempered by caution until all details as considered measures such as “buffer zones”, the patrolling-free of the plan to de-escalate troops and tensions are clear. period, and the reasons for the decision to pull back Indian troops in the areas of disengagement. Current Indo-China Border Issue – . The government must also continue to work towards its stated goal of restoring the “status quo ante” or the position of troops to the 1) The current step will be to see their agreements carried out and situation in April, before the mobilisation began. to ensure that Chinese troops withdraw as promised on each of the three points discussed: Galwan, Hot Springs and Gogra. This Other Key Bilateral Issues – is easier said than done, as it was during a disengagement 2) This was the first time the LAC has seen such casualties in over four verification operation by the Indian troops that the Galwan clash is decades, and the governments cannot put aside the violent Galwan believed to have occurred. clash. For this a full inquiry is needed of the build-up to the clash and the circumstances surrounding the deaths of 20 Indian soldiers. 3) The government must consider whether it will continue its course of economic counter-measures against China, including the banning of apps, investment restrictions, and an import slowdown. 4) There is also the question of whether high-level contacts, such as the informal summit between Mr. Modi and Chinese President Xi will be resumed; the leaders have not communicated directly during this crisis. Thus, in small steps over time, India and China must return to a more balanced relationship.

GS 3  Environment Q - What is the significance of the Ancient Turkey Valley – . After this, similar exercises will have to be undertaken for other Hasankeyf, that is Lost to ‘Progress’?

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BACKGROUND = HASANKEYF, Turkey — There was something . The dam would contribute billions to the economy and irrigate exceptional about Hasankeyf that made visitors fall in love with thousands of hectares of farmland. the town on first sight. . Government officials have emphasized that hydropower offered their . Graced with mosques and shrines, it lay nestled beneath great greenest option when they decided to push ahead with the dam a sandstone cliffs on the banks of the River Tigris. dozen years ago, allowing Turkey to reduce its dependence on . Gardens were filled with figs and pomegranates, and vine-covered imported coal and gas. teahouses hung over the water. . The dam is part of the massive Southeastern Anatolia Project . The golden cliffs, honeycombed with caves, are thought to have irrigation plan that was begun in the 1980s. been used in Neolithic times. But many who lost their homes and livelihoods say they were never . An ancient fortress marked what was once the edge of the Roman really consulted. They are bitter and traumatized. Environmentalists Empire. and archaeologists, whose efforts to save Hasankeyf collapsed in the . The ruins of a medieval bridge recalled when the town was a face of Mr. Erdogan’s increasing authoritarianism. International law, wealthy trading center on the Silk Road. lagging behind the shifting attitudes around climate change and the Now it is all lost forever, submerged beneath the rising waters of value of protecting the environment, was inadequate for the Ilisu Dam, the latest of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s safeguarding the cultural heritage. megaprojects, which flooded 100 miles of the upper Tigris River “You lose the beauty, you lose history, you lose nature. You are a loser all the time.” and its tributaries, including the once-stunning valley. The steadily expanding reservoir displaced more than 70,000  Biodiversity anguished inhabitants. Unexplored archaeological riches were Q – Give an account of the recently announced India’s largest swallowed up along with farms and homes. and who it dethroned? BACKGROUND = A Himalayan butterfly named golden is now India’s largest, a record the southern birdwing held for 88 years. With a wingspan of 194 mm, the female of the species is marginally larger than the southern birdwing (190 mm) that Brigadier William Harry Evans, a British military officer and lepidopterist, recorded in 1932. But the male golden birdwing ( aeacus) is much smaller at 106 mm. While the female golden birdwing was recorded from Didihat in Uttarakhand, the largest male was from the Wankhar Butterfly Museum in Shillong.

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. The updated wingspan of three species — all from Uttarakhand — after the golden birdwing are the common windmill () at 98 mm, the great windmill (Byasa dasarada) at 96 mm, and the common peacock (Papilio bianor) at 78 mm. . The smallest is the quaker (Neopithecops zalmora) with a wingspan of 18 mm and forewing length of a mere 8 mm. . The largest female golden birdwing’s forewing length is 90 mm.

The only measurement used in the study of is wingspan — a simple concept with various interpretations of the term. Measurement Methods – Formerly - older authors measured a straight line between the forewing apices (pointed ends or tips) of pinned specimens. This was controversial, since the same butterfly could have different wingspans, depending on the position of its forewings in relation to each other

Brigadier Evans followed a more reliable method - He measured a butterfly from the centre of the thorax to the tip of the forewing apex and doubled the result. His contribution was to provide the wingspans of all butterfly species then known from the Indian subcontinent and his book is still the standard work on the subject.

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Snippets GS 3 GS 2  Security  International Relations CAATSA’s sanctions in light of India’s Jet fighter deals with Russia. How U.S F-1 Visa rules move affects Indian Students . We urge all of our allies and partners to forgo transactions with . Foreign students in the U.S., including thousands of Indians, are Russia that risk triggering sanctions under the Countering America’s left facing the possibility of falling out of valid immigration status Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), a State Department following a Department of Homeland Security rule about spokesperson told. attending online classes - those F-1 and M-1 (non-academic and . This came regarding - the Defence Acquisition Council approved the vocational students) visa holders planning to take only online procurement of 21 MiG-29 fighter jets for the Indian Air Force (IAF), classes in the fall (autumn) will not be allowed to remain in the an upgrade for 59 of these Russian aircraft and the acquisition of 12 U.S. Due to COVID-19, a number of universities are planning to Su-30 MKI aircraft. shift all their classes online for the fall semester which normally . The U.S. President was given the authority in 2018 to waive CAATSA starts in September. sanctions on a case by case basis for fiscal year 2019. However, U.S. 1) With at least 200,000 Indian students in the U.S, the country is the officials have repeatedly stated that India should not assume it will second largest source of foreign students, China being the first. get a waiver. These remarks were made in the context of India’s The U.S. announcement comes weeks after U.S. President Donald planned purchase of the S-400 Triumf missile defence system from Trump suspended H1-B highly skilled worker visas through the end Russia for about $5 billion. of the year. Most of these visas go to Indian citizens each year. 2) Active students currently in the United States enrolled in such programs must depart the country or take other measures, such as transferring to a school with in-person instruction to remain in lawful status.

3) This difficult situation for students is exacerbated by the unprecedented disruption to international travel. 4) They can try to switch to visitor status if they cannot get onto a flight, but that is not a great solution as visitor status is short term and there is no guarantee that it will be approved . While the justification of the administration is that they are doing this to comply with a regulation that does not allow students in F- 1 status to be in online classes, they can easily amend the

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UPSC - CSE  How about this today!? Excise revenue in Maharashtra has dropped by 50%, despite the reopening of alcohol sales due to which of the following COMPREHENSIVE & FOUNDATION COURSE reasons? 1. Hotels and restaurants have not been opened 2. The loss of employment and migration of labour class (ONLINE & OFFLINE)

3. Online delivery of alcohol 4. Indian Made Foreign Liquor’s demand going down From: 29.07.2020 considerably a. 1,2 b. 2,3 COURSE INCLUDES: c. 1,2,3 d. All of the above

 Hey from yesterday…. • NCERT • GS Foundation • Prelims & Main • CSAT Which of the following statements support that ‘Corona • Daily Tests & Writing Practice Virus is airborne’ according to an open letter to the World Health Organization (WHO), by 239 scientists from 32 • Optionals (ANTROPOLOGY / GEOGRAPHY)

countries? • Nine Months Course

1. The virus lingers in particularly outdoors and crowded • Mentoring with Individual Focus spaces, infecting those nearby.

2. Ventilation systems may need to minimise recirculating • SAVVY Sessions air and add powerful new filters. • IAO Certification of Quality 3. Ultraviolet lights may be needed to kill viral particles floating in tiny droplets indoors. a. 1 alone b. 2,3 OPTIONALS

c. None of the above d. All of the above NEW ONLINE COURSES NOTE: The coronavirus is finding new victims worldwide, giving rise to clusters of infection that increasingly confirm what many scientists have been saying for months — the virus lingers in the air indoors, infecting those nearby. ANTHROPOLOGY by SOSIN

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