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07-OCTOBER-2021

The Hindu News Analysis – 7th October 2021 – Shankar IAS Academy
S. Page Number*
News Articles
No. C B D H T

1 WHO recommends first antimalarial vaccine 1, 10 1, 8 1, 8 1, 8 1, 8

2 Trade multilateralism at risk (OPED) 9 7 7 7 7

3 Telangana withdraws Krishna plea in SC 7 5 3 4 5

4 Crisis in the Strait (Image) 14 12 12 12 12

5 U.P. tops list of States emitting fine particulate matter: study 12 10 10 10 10

6 Prelims Practice Questions

@ end of the video
7 Mains Practice Question
*C – Chennai; B – Bengaluru; D – Delhi; H – Hyderabad; T – Thiruvananthapuram

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Pg: 1, 10 – Chennai Edition ; Pg: 1, 8 – B, D, H, T

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Prokaryote Eukaryote

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Stages in the life cycle of Plasmodium

Source: https://ncert.nic.in/ncerts/l/lebo108.pdf

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12th Ministerial Conference WTO

• 30 November - 3 December 2021 -

Geneva, Switzerland

• Author - Existential crisis faced by

the WTO

• Five major challenges lay ahead of

WTO - Needs immediate addressal

Pg: 9 – Chennai Edition

Pg: 7 – B, D, H, T

Part A—Preliminary Examination

Paper I - (200 marks)
 Current events of national and international importance.
Part B—Main Examination
PAPER-III
General Studies- II: Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International
relations
 Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting
India’s interests.
 Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests,
Indian diaspora

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Public stockholding - Food security

• Governments - purchase, stockpile and

distribute food to people in need
World Trade Organisation – Challenges

United States • Government’s Purchase from farmers at fixed

prices - Distort trade
• United States - WTO hasn’t served
the American national interest  Minimum Support Price - India

 Supporting China and fails to  India - High chances to Breach this cap

stem China’s rise • Need - Higher procurement to support farmers

 Regularly indicting U.S. in trade and provide food to the poor at subsidized

disputes. prices.

• Mandate to find a solution - 2015 Nairobi

Ministerial meeting.

 No solution has been found in this regard

Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Emergence of mega plurilateral trade

Rights agreement agreements

• Last year - India and South Africa proposed a • Plurilateral trade agreements

TRIPS waiver  Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement

for Trans-Pacific Partnership
• Present – Prevailing disagreement among the WTO
member countries  Regional Comprehensive Economic
Partnership
Irrational fishing subsidies
• Concern - Plurilateral agreements are likely
• WTO’s – About to sign a deal on the regulation
to cause fragmentation in the global
of irrational fishing subsidies.
governance of international trade.
 Reason - Overexploitation of marine resources.

• Need - Balance between conserving ocean

resources and the livelihood concerns of millions of
marginal fishermen

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Conclusion: Practice Question – Mains

• Upcoming WTO ministerial meeting - Scheduled GS – II
for next month in Geneva
Q. The world trade organisation is fading
• Opportunity - To arrive at a solution to the from the horizons of international
above problem and make things less trade jargon. Suggest some measures
complicated. to counter this existential crisis.
(150 Words, 10 Marks)

Pg: 7 – Chennai ; Pg: 3 – Delhi ; Pg: 4 – Hyderabad ; Pg: 5 – B, T

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Krishna river

• Inter-State river in Southern India.

• Second largest river in Peninsular India.

• Also called - Krishnaveni.

• Rises in the Western Ghats at an altitude of

1337 m. near Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra.

• Flows west to east Fourth-biggest river in

terms of water inflows and river basin area
in India. Source: NCERT

• Drains into Bay of Bengal.

• Drainage basin - Maharashtra,

Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra
Pradesh.

• Catchment area - 2,58,948 sq km.

• Bounded by

 Balaghat range - north

 Eastern Ghats - south and the east

 Western Ghats - west Source: NCERT

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Principal tributaries

• Right Bank • Left Bank Important dams

 Ghatprabha  Bhima • Narayanapura Dam - the longest dam in

the basin - on Ghataprabha river - total
 Malprabha  Musi
length of 10.64 km.
 Koyna  Munneru
• Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
 Venna
• Srisailam Dam
 Varna
• Priyadarshini Jurala / Jurala Dam etc
 Panchganga

 Dudhganga

 Tungabhadra

Nagarjuna Prakasam
Sagar dam barrage
Narayanapura
dam

Srisailam
dam

Priyadarshini
Jurala Dam

Hidkal Dam
Source:
https://indiawris.gov.in/download
s/Krishna%20Basin.pdf

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Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Consider the following states:
1. Maharashtra
2. Telangana
3. Karnataka
4. Tamil Nadu
5. Andhra Pradesh
Which of the above states form the drainage
basin of River Krishna?
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 only
(b) 1, 2, 3 and 5 only
(c) 1, 2, 4 and 5 only
(d) 3, 4 and 5 only

Pg: 14 – Chennai Edition

Pg: 12 – B, D, H, T

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Taiwan strait(Formosa strait)

• Formosa meaning “Beautiful”

 Portuguese navigators in the late 16th

century.

• Near South China sea, parcel Islands, 9

dash line.

• Connecting - South China sea and East

China sea

• Lies between China and Taiwan

• To its south lies the Bashi Channel - Bashi

Channel separates Taiwan from the
Philippines

• Tropic of cancer passes through

• Taiwan crises

 3 major crisis tracing its origin to the

Chinese civil war that ended in 1949.

 U.S. policy toward East Asia in the early Cold

War also contributed

 China claims Taiwan to be a part of its own

territory. Taiwan and the West considers
Taiwan as a separate entity with a
democratic government.

 The first and second Taiwan crises -armed

conflicts in 1950s between China and Taiwan.

 The thirds crisis took place in 1996

 Risk of fourth crisis

Source: The Economist

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Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Arrange the following geographical
locations from North to South
1. Philippines
2. Taiwan strait
3. East China Sea
Select the correct answer from the
codes given below:
(a) 1 – 2 – 3
(b) 2 – 1 – 3
(c) 3 – 2 – 1
(d) 3 – 1 – 2

Pg: 12 – Chennai Edition

Pg: 10 – B, D, H, T

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Findings

• UP has emerged as the largest emitter

News of particulate matter 2.5

• CEEW (Council on Energy, Environment and • Largely due to a significant share of

Water) analysis - Delhi-based not-for- PM2.5 emissions from solid-fuel use in
profit policy research institution. households

• Looked at five of the most reliable data • Significant variability in data sets :
sources for air quality Underlines the need to maintain a
comprehensive data base on these
pollutant levels in air

National clean air campaign (NCAP)

• Launched by the MoEFCC in 2019

• First-ever effort in the country to frame a national

framework for air quality management Non-attainment cities

• Time-bound reduction target These are those cities that

have fallen short of the
• Seeks to achieve 20% to 30% reduction in Particulate Matter
National Ambient Air Quality
concentrations by 2024
Standards (NAAQS) for over
• Uses 2017 as the base year for comparison
five years
• Plan includes 122 non-attainment cities

• Cities are spread across 23 states and Union territories

• Cities were identified by the Central Pollution Control Board

(CPCB).

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Practice Question – Prelims

Q. With reference to National Clean Air Campaign,
consider the following statements:
1. It has time-bound reduction target for air
quality management
2. Plan includes 122 non-attainment cities
identified by Central Pollution Control Board
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

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Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Consider the following states:
1. Maharashtra
2. Telangana
3. Karnataka
4. Tamil Nadu
5. Andhra Pradesh
Which of the above states form the drainage
basin of River Krishna?
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 only
(b) 1, 2, 3 and 5 only
(c) 1, 2, 4 and 5 only
(d) 3, 4 and 5 only

Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Arrange the following geographical
locations from North to South
1. Philippines
2. Taiwan strait
3. East China Sea
Select the correct answer from the
codes given below:
(a) 1 – 2 – 3
(b) 2 – 1 – 3
(c) 3 – 2 – 1
(d) 3 – 1 – 2

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Practice Question – Prelims

Q. With reference to National Clean Air Campaign,
consider the following statements:
1. It has time-bound reduction target for air
quality management
2. Plan includes 122 non-attainment cities Prelims Practice Question – Answers
identified by Central Pollution Control Board
Q1. Option b
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct? Q2. Option c
(a) 1 only Q3. Option c
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Practice Question – Mains

GS – II
Q. The world trade organisation is fading
from the horizons of international
trade jargon. Suggest some measures
to counter this existential crisis.
(150 Words, 10 Marks)

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