Competitive Academy Hindu Newspaper Analysis | 05 Aug 2022

 namaskar welcome students in this video we will 

discuss important headlines of the hindu newspaper  

dated 21 july 2022 of delhi edition 

right our first important headline is  

supreme court clears 27 ovc quota for maharashtra 

local body pools it is available on page number  

four related paper to polity and governance 

section in this article we have to know about the  

reservation provisions in india for obc what 

is the obc reservation in local bodies in  

maharashtra how did the matter reach the 

supreme court recent supreme court ruling  

and what is the way ahead right so recently 

kawaiki supreme court has accepted the panther

commission report which recommended that ovc 

should be given 27 reservation in local bodies  

the supreme court was hearing applications 

filled in petitions challenging the introduction  

of 27 percent obc reservation in local body 

elections in the state history history of obc  

in maharashtra so maharashtra government set 

up 27 quota in local bodies for obc's in 1994  

right our next important headline is revamp 

india's school health services it is available  

on page number six related paper to polity and 

governance section in this article we have to know  

why is there an urgent need to factor 

in the health needs of school children  

evolution of school health services in india 

progress made by them what is fresh framework  

its objectives and what more needs to be done 

to expand and strengthen school health services

in two and a half years of the kobe 19 pandemic 

there has barely been any serious initiative about  

school health and what's the significance 

of school health the health knowledge  

acquired and lifestyle adopted in school 

going age are known to stay in adulthood and  

lay foundations of health behavior of for the rest 

of their life for example scientific evidences  

show that tobacco cessation efforts are far more 

successful if started in school agar evolution  

first documented record of school 

health services in india goes  

back to 1909 when presidency of baroda began 

the medical examination of school children  

later sir joseph gorey committee in its 

1946 report observed that school health  

services in india were underdeveloped 

and practically non-existent in 1953

the secondary education committee 

of government of india recommended  

comprehensive policy interventions dealing 

with school health and school feeding programs  

global efforts a fresh unesco unicef world health 

organization and world bank have published an  

inter-agency framework called fresh which is 

an acronym for focusing resources on effective  

school health i got a fresh framework fresh 

framework or tools proposed they have four core  

areas and three supporting strategies the core 

areas suggest that school health services need  

to focus on school health policies which includes 

water sanitation and the environment skill based  

health education school based health and nutrition 

services supporting strategist which includes  

effective partnership between the education 

and health sector and community partnership and  

student participation what more needs to be 

done to expand stanton school health services so  

every indian state needs to review the status and 

then draw up a road map to revamp and strengthen  

school health services along with the detailed 

timeline and dedicated budgetary allocation  

right and 15th june 15th finance commission 

report for the health sector should be and  

could be leveraged right number two health school 

health clinic should be supplemented with online  

consultation for physical and mental health needs 

number three the role and participation of parents  

especially through parent-teacher meeting should 

be increased number four there is a need to review  

ayushman bharath program which was launched 

in 2020 and increase dedicated financial  

allocation to bring sufficient human resources 

and monitor performance based on concrete outcome  

indicators right our next important headline 

is india vietnam ties from stronger to stronger  

available on page number six relate to paper to 

international relations in this article we have  

to know what is the present status of india's 

relation with vietnam latest developments  

shared strategic concerns and future prospects 

right so recently india vietnam are celebrating  

50th anniversary of their diplomatic 

relations against strategic importance  

for india so india is essentially a maritime 

nation and oceans hold key to india's future  

india's external trade over 90 percent by volume 

and 70 percent by value is by c very dependent  

on the c for its trade and commerce india has 

intensified its effort to engage with maritime  

neighbors including vietnam right strategic 

dimensions relationship it was initiated during  

1980s right and begin unfolding in the form of 

structured and institutional arrangements during  

1990s right as india pursues its policy vietnam 

has become a valuable partner in india's political  

and security engagements in the indo-pacific 

region two countries are working to address shared  

strategic concerns such as energy security open 

secure sea lines of communication and make policy  

choices without undue external interference india 

vietnam faced territorial disputes with and shared  

apprehensions about their common neighbor china 

therefore india aspires to counter and assertive  

china by strengthening vietnam's military power 

vietnam is of great strategic importance because  

its positions enables it to control south china 

sea or south china china's importance almost 55  

of india's trade with indo-pacific region 

passes through south china sea therefore  

maritime domain has become essential element of 

india vietnam cooperation agaram future respects  

a strong commitment of political leadership 

along with necessary institutional framework and  

cooperation between the two countries are likely 

to be more robust in the future right our next  

important headline is the cost of misrepresenting 

inflation available on page number seven related  

to paper three economy section in this article we 

have to know about the data on inflation in india  

factors driving inflation various observations 

of the economist are they different from india's  

economic agencies implications for the economy 

and what lies ahead recently reserve bank of india  

has said that there was a need to recognize global 

factors in inflation therefore the repo rate has  

been raised in may and raising the interest rate 

is an attempt to control the inflation but in some  

economist view the current inflation in india is 

largely due to global factor is wrong right in  

adequacy of monetary policy to address food price 

driven inflation has been flagged by economist  

it was observed that raising interest rate is not 

going to solve the problem of inflation it is not  

going to create more food according to economists 

excess demand is in the market for foodstuff which  

needs to be eliminated right our next important 

headline is the sweltering heat wave across europe  

it is available on page number 8 related paper 

3 environment section in this article we have  

to know why is the spike in summer temperature a 

cause of a worry what is behind the extreme heat  

waves how will the extreme heat impact europe and 

europe and the u.s over a long time so recently  

to causes heat waves are result of climate change 

caused by human activity global temperature have  

already risen by more than one degree celsius and 

studies in the uk had shown that one degree rise  

in temperature rises the probability of country 

witnessing 40 degrees celsius by 10 times right  

our next important headline is cheetahs are 

likely to arrive in kuno before august 15.  

kuno is a national park right in madhya 

pradesh so recently india has signed an  

agreement with nabibia to introduce cheetahs 

in india right agreement seeks to promote  

conservation and restoration of cheetahs in their 

former range from which the species went extinct  

extinctivity it has been extinct since 1952 

right our next important headline is center  

pairs windfold tax on crude junk's petrol exports 

levy available on page number 14 related to paper  

3 economy section in this article we have to know 

what is the windfall tax its objectives right so  

recently center has slashed windfall tax levied on 

crude petroleum producers reduced the export tax  

on aviation turbine fuel and diesel and scrapped 

the duty on petrol exports on july government had  

delivered fresh tax on export of petrol fuel atf 

as well as domestic sale of crude oil in a view of  

runaway global prices with a plan to review the 

taxation level every fortnight it aims to tap  

energy companies big booming profits right our 

next important headline is rbi to initiate cbdc  

in wholesale and retail sectors it is available on 

page number 14 related to paper 3 economy section  

in this article we have to know about the central 

bank digital currency and its implementation  

status so recently uh in the process of 

implementing central bank digital currency  

in a phased manner for wholesale and retail sector 

program cbd so it was announced in union budget  

2223 it is a digital or virtual currency but it is 

not comparable with the private virtual currencies  

or cryptocurrencies that have 

mushroomed over the last decade  

private virtual currencies don't represent any 

person's debt or liabilities as there is no issue  

right so that's all we have today right 

thanks for watching have a good day ahead