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Best IAS Coaching in Bangalore Daily Current Affairs 13th January 2021
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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 13TH JANUARY 2021
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More wildlife in Aravallis at Faridabad, Gurgaon than at Asola, need
better protection: Study
CONTEXT:
1. According to a recent study, the wildlife corridor of the Aravallis in Gurgaon and Faridabad
harbours a richer “variety of mammals” than the Asola Wildlife Sanctuary.
ABOUT:
1. The study — a “systematic assessment” of mammals in the wildlife corridor formed by the
Aravalli hills in Gurgaon and Faridabad with the Asola Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS) in Delhi — has
been carried out.
2. Conducted over two seasons in 2019, the study is “supported” by WWF-India Small Grants
Programme and CEDAR.
FINDINGS:
1. In comparison to Asola WLS, both Gurgaon and Faridabad Aravallis were found to harbour
extremely rich variety of mammals— despite the fact that Asola is a wildlife sanctuary and has
more legal protection.
2. This can be attributed to “the attitude of tolerance to wildlife” amongst the local
population, “general low density of people”, and “subsistence agricultural practices”
prevalent in the two districts.
3. The study indicated that the hotspot of wildlife in this corridor is actually between Damdama
and Mangar Bani, and wildlife moves from there to Asola through the Aravalli in Faridabad.
4. This indicates that Asola will survive as long as the Aravalli region of Gurgaon and Faridabad
survives. If this finishes, Asola will automatically finish as well. It is, hence, critical to protect this
region.
5. The density of leopards and other endangered species, including striped hyena, is
approximately double in Gurgaon Aravallis of what it is in Faridabad and Asola.
THREAT TO WILDLIFE:
1. Highways, especially the Gurgaon-Faridabad Expressway, and increasing construction are a
“major threat” to the wildlife corridor. This expressway poses a major barrier to movement of
wildlife between the Aravallis of Delhi and Haryana.
2. Land use change and protect the wildlife corridor and habitat from further fragmentation,
construction and deforestation are other threats.
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SOLUTION:
1. Construction of expressways and highways, and planning, also needs to take into account
wildlife in the city, such as by constructing underpasses or flyovers that allow at least a
portion of the wildlife to cross from one part to the other and prevent complete fragmentation
of wildlife populations between Aravallis of Delhi and Haryana.
2. Community-based conservation must be looked at — it is the low carbon lifestyle of the local
people that is helping to conserve the area.
3. The government needs to understand that even if protecting this section of the Aravalli, most
species will be able to regenerate.
Source: Indian Express
School attendance low after reopening: 3 states to House panel
CONTEXT:
1. Recently, a meeting was called to discuss “plans for bridging the learning gap caused due to
school lockdown as well as review of online and offline instructions, examinations and plans for
reopening schools”.
FINDINGS:
1. During this meeting, it was reported by Assam, UP and J&K representatives
to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on education headed by Vinay
Sahasrabuddhe that schools continue to report low attendance after reopening.
2. Assam: Schools recorded around 50% attendance
3. Uttar Pradesh: 40%
4. Jammu and Kashmir too reported low attendance during the interaction2.It leads to learning
loss that may have taken place due to the long absence of students from classrooms.
5. Pupils missing out on almost half the year of schooling last year and then a patchwork of
inequalities of missed schooling this term will impact on children's education.
6. There'll be a widening of existing inequalities- particularly as it's tended to be quite
disadvantaged council areas where pupils have missed out on most schooling.
7. Though most absence during the term was due to disruption as a result of positive Covid
cases, some families have been anxious about children going to school.
STEPS TAKEN
1. Digital initiatives taken to continue learning during classroom lockdown and innovative
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measures adopted by different states to help students who lack access to online classes.
Source: Indian Express
US House plans vote demanding Pence seize Trump’s powers
CONTEXT:
1. In the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump supporters storming the US Capitol building,
which houses both the US Senate as well as the House of Representatives, Democrats in the
House of Republicans introduced an article of impeachment against U.S. President.
WHAT IS THE 25TH AMENDMENT OF THE US CONSTITUTION?
1. The 25th Amendment to the US Constitution is primarily designed to clarify the presidential
order of succession. Impeachment is a provision that allows Congress to remove the President
of the United States.
2. The fourth section of the amendment provides a multistep process for the vice president and a
majority of the officials who lead executive agencies — commonly thought of as the cabinet —
to declare that the president is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.”
3. That process ultimately requires a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress.
4. The Twenty-fifth Amendment was an effort to resolve some of the continuing issues revolving
about the office of the President; that is, what happens upon the death, removal, or resignation
of the President and what is the course to follow if for some reason the President becomes
disabled to such a degree that he cannot fulfill his responsibilities.
5. Under the US Constitution, the House of Representatives (Lower House) has the “the sole
power of impeachment” while the Senate (Upper House) has “the sole power to try all
impeachments”. The Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court has the duty of presiding over
impeachment trials in the Senate.
WHEN WAS IT INTRODUCED AND HAS IT BEEN USED IN THE PAST?
1. In the aftermath of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the 25th Amendment was
proposed by Congress on July 6, 1965, and ratified by the states on February 10, 1967.
2. Grounds for impeachment: The President can be removed from office for “treason, bribery, or
other high crimes and misdemeanors”.
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Source: Indian Express
China holds third South Asia multilateral meet in new push
CONTEXT:
1. China has held its third multilateral dialogue virtually with 5 countries from South Asia (Pakistan,
Nepal, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh) except India, Bhutan and the Maldives.
2. All three dialogues have been attended by Pakistan and Nepal.
ABOUT:
1. It aims to take forward closer cooperation on fighting COVID-19 and coordinating their
economic agendas, reflecting a new approach in China’s outreach to the region.
2. It brought together every country in the region barring, and was aimed at “anti-epidemic
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cooperation and poverty reduction cooperation”.
3. The two virtual meets appear part of China’s growing engagement in the region, in the wake of
the global pandemic.
4. The arising geopolitical turbulence is unpredictable. There is a transition from multilateralism to
unilateralism, from cooperation to competition.
CHINA INITIATIVES IN SOUTH ASIA:
1. In July 2020, at quadrilateral dialogue with Afghanistan, Nepal and Pakistan, China proposed to
extend the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to Afghanistan.
2. It also proposed taking forward an economic corridor plan with Nepal, called the Trans-
Himalayan Multi-dimensional Connectivity Network.
3. China is the largest overseas investor in the Maldives, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. According to the
American Enterprise Institute’s China Global Investment Tracker, it has committed around 100
billion USD in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, the Maldives, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
4. China was a part of the trilateral China-Pakistan-Afghanistan foreign ministers dialogue to
facilitate Afghan domestic political reconciliation, enhancing regional connectivity, and
improving regional common development.
5. China and Bangladesh pledged to deepen “defense industry and trade, training, equipment
and technology” areas together.
6. Sri Lanka handed over Hambantota port (geostrategically located on the Indian Ocean) on a
99-year lease to China to repay its loan back to China.
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Hindu
Free drinking water scheme launched in water-scarce Hyderabad
CONTEXT:
1. Telangana Municipal Administration launched the free drinking water scheme in Rahmat Nagar
and nine lakh families would stand to gain from it.
ABOUT:
1. In Hyderabad, water was being supplied from the Krishna and Godavari rivers .
2. The government would bear an expenditure of ?400 crore to ?500 crore towards it.
3. Even as the State dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic, welfare measures including rice to the
poor, pension payments, Rythu Bandhu and the 2BHK scheme had witnessed minor delay.
Source: The Hindu
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