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Delhi Edition of The Hindu

 Australian climate scientist and conservationist Tim
Flannery, in The Weather Makers (2005), provides a
researched and cogent explanation of carbon dioxide‟s
role in keeping the globe warm and preventing it
from deep freezing
 Provides a foundational understanding of
all the connected phenomena.
 It is encouraging that a young

generation now wants to
go green and shun(अस्वीकार) fossil fuels.
 UN Climate Change Conference (CoP23)-Place-?

 Chairperson of COP 23-?
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 GST Council rationalises(युक्तिसंगत) the tax regime further,
 But simplicity is still not within grasp(मुट्ठी)
 GST Council delivered some relief measures on Friday.
 At its meeting in Guwahati, the Council lowered the
tax rates on over 200 products, compared to 27 items in
its previous meeting and about 100 tweaks since GST
rates were •finalised in May.
 Finance Ministry mandarins face a unique challenge on revenue visibility.
 Poor implementation (the GST Network)- Q- Introduced as The
Constitution -?- Amendment) Act 2017
 Opposition has criticised the latest reboot of the GST as a Gujarat campaign
effect.
 Designed One Nation, One Tax system
 Over 1,200 products and services had been placed in • five tax brackets —
0%, 5%, 12%, 18% and 28%.
“killer robots”
The AI battle•
field
We need global norms to address the rise of machine autonomy
in armed conflict
Sudarshana Chakra- at least, used— not directly
Ancient India had rules of war, just as we do: they required •
fighting to cease at sunset.
On November 13, a United Nations (UN) group of experts in
Geneva kicks o• the first formal inter-governmental discussion
on what machine autonomy means for the laws of armed
conflict and the future of international security
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 The American tech billionaire Elon Musk and over 100
others recently signed a letter warning that the weaponisation of
AI-based technologies risks opening a Pandora‟s box.
 Mr. Musk‟s letter called on the UN to “•
find a way to protect us
from all these dangers”
 Alan Turing, the British scientist- called the father of AI
 AI challenges us to learn in
new ways about ourselves as individual sentient beings —
and as nations and societies increasingly
brought together in an interconnected globe.

Today- Question

Question:-
Does AI really pose an existential threat to humanity? In

the light of the ongoing debate on threats of AI, discuss
critically.
http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/ideas-mark-
zuckerberg-vs-elon-musk-or-utopia-vs-dystopia-4779524/
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Prelims Focus Facts-News Analysis Be Happy, Share & Help Each Other!!!
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first Quadrilateral talks
 Narendra Modi lands in Manila to participate in ASEAN, East Asia summits

Contours of a counter-BRI
 India is being pulled into alliances to counter China‟s connectivity initiatives.
 Sunday, foreign ministry officials from India, Australia, Japan and the U.S.
held discussions on sidelines of the East Asia summit in Manila in Philippines
and discussed peace and stability in the region in addition to
addressing common challenges.
 They agreed that a free, open, prosperous and inclusive Indo-Pacific region
Serves long-term interests of all countries in region and of world at large,”
a statement from the Ministry of External Affairs said while reiterating
that India‟s Act East Policy was the “cornerstone of its engagement in
the Indo-Pacific region”.
 Referred to as the “quad”- a quadrilateral alliance of “likeminded” countries.
 Taking it a step further, Japanese Foreign Minister- inclusion of France
and Germany

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 India has been trying to build connectivity under various initiatives in its
own Northeast region
 U.S. has begun investing in India‟s periphery, and Japan is attempting to
align its own development initiatives to improve connectivity in the region
with India‟s Act East policy.
 September, the U.S. signed a $500 million agreement with Nepal
to build infrastructure for the latter‟s electricity and transportation needs
and to promote “more trade linkages with partners in the region like India
 U.S. Secretary of Defence James Mattis had endorsed (समर्थन किया)
India‟s sovereignty concerns surrounding the BRI
 India and Japan are also cooperating on a project for LNG (liquefied
natural gas) supplies to Sri Lanka
 Addition connectivity projects in Africa under the proposed
„Asia Africa Growth Corridor‟
Conclusion
 Time for caution- While cooperative mechanisms are crucial to maintain
stability in the Indian Ocean Region
 It would be prudent(कििेिी) on India‟s part to do a cost benefit analysis of
building Such grand alliances in such uncertain times, especially on
role of U.S. with President Donald Trump at the helm.
 It must await policy clarity from the U.S. both on Afghanistan and beyond
 On the other hand, Russia has asked India to join its International
North-South Transport Corridor, arguing that it would be a gateway for
India to connect with Central Asia through Chabahar port in Iran and
via Afghanistan
 Excessive dependence on multilateral frameworks to fulfil national
objectives may seem lucrative in the short term but could prove to be a
Costly mistake in the long term and comprise Indian sovereignty.

East Asia Summit

 East Asia Summit (EAS) is a forum held annually by
leaders of, initially, 16 countries in the East
Asian, Southeast Asian and South Asian regions.
 Membership expanded to 18 countries including
the United States and Russia at the Sixth EAS in 2011.
 EAS meetings are held after annual ASEANleaders'
meetings.
 The first summit was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on
14 December 2005.

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 First status survey of the fauna in the Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary (KWL),
one of the rarest eco-regions in the world, has commenced

 After a gap of three decades, Narikkuni, a village in Kozhikode district of Keral

a, witnessed the zeal of „Oorchatheli‟, a traditional cattle race in a paddy •
field

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 American launches a satyagraha to free Indian standards
 Carl Malamud has filed a public interest litigation in Delhi High Court, with
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and the Bureau of I
ndian Standards [BIS] as respondents, appealing to make standards „freely
available to the public at large.‟
 The case gets its first hearing today
 Mr. Malmud calls the effort a Gandhian civil disobedience.
 “It is satyagraha. A sustained campaign of protest.”

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 „Kasturirangan panel is at work‟
 Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash
Javadekar said in Ahmedabad on Sunday that
the Kasturirangan Committee on the new education
policy was expected to submit its first draft by the end
of December.
 Mr. Javadekar, however, did not offer a clear date as
to when the policy — expected for the past three years
— would be implemented, saying this would happen
well in time to ensure quality education from 2020 to
2040.
 It will offer a new vision of modern
thought and growth in science, technology and human values.

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South China Sea dispute
 U.S. President Donald
Trump landed in the Philippines on Sunday
for a summit of Southeast and East
Asian nations, hours after
offering to mediate on competing claims
to the South China Sea that have long
stoked tensions in the region.

 Page-13-First Rafale will land in India by 2019: Trappier

 Eric Trappier, chairman of the €3.6 billion Dassault
Aviation, was recently in India to lay the foundation
stone of Dassault Reliance Aerospace Limited (DRAL‟s)
manufacturing facility at Mihan in Nagpur.
 With production from DRAL expected to start as early as
2018 and the first Rafale expected to land in India in
2019, Mr. Trappier talks about Dassault‟s future plans
and getting repeat orders for Rafale combat jets from the
Indian government.

Vettel wins, Hamilton battles to fourth

 Ferrari‟s Sebastian Vettel
won the Brazilian Grand Prix
on Sunday while Lewis
Hamilton fought through
from last to fourth for
Mercedes.
 Advani clinches 17th world crown

 Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani clinched his 17th world
title, defeating Mike Russell of England 6-2 in the final of
the IBSF World billiards championship here on Sunday.

Last Day- Q‟s- Answers…

 Committee set up for handling Rohingyas' issue is "Kofi Annan Committee,"
former Secretary General of UN.
 International Court of Justice (ICJ)

 Establishment - 1945
 HQ -The Hague, Netherlands
 No. Of States participants - 193
 Total no. of Judges - 15
 Their terms - 9 years

Last Day- Q‟s- Answers…

 Non Residential Indian(NRI's) Day is celebrated on 9th of January from 2003.
 On this day "Mahatma Gandhi" came back from South Africa in 1915.
 It's organised by "Ministry of External Affairs."
 NRI's Day of 2017 was celebrated from 7 - 9 Jan. in Bengluru, Karnataka.
 Top oil reservoir countries in this year (2017)

 • Russia • Saudi Arabia • USA • Iraq • China • Canada • Iran • UAE
 Article 324 declares about the Election Commission of India.

 In 1950, the commission had only a Chief Election Commissioner.
 Two additional commissioners were appointed to the commission for the 1st
time on 16 October, 1989 - 1st January, 1990.
 The Election Commissioner Ammendment Act, 1989 made the commission a
multi member body.
 It was in acted from 1992 to still.
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East Asia Summit

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