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The Hindu News Analysis – 11th July 2022 – Shankar IAS Academy
S. Page Number*
News Articles
No. C B D H T

1 Eco-friendly diesel variant launched in T.N. 2 - - - -

2 Adivasis re-erect tents at Koya Poshamguda 7 - - - -

3 ‘Confer Bharat Ratna on Nammazhvar posthumously’ 4 - - - -

T&C T&C T&C T&C

4 Twitter’s petition on Section 69A of the IT Act (Text & Context) 1 1
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1 1

5 BRICS media groups look to boost synergy 13 11 13 11 11

6 Prelims Practice Questions

@ end of the video
7 Mains Practice Questions
*C – Chennai; B – Bengaluru; D – Delhi; H – Hyderabad; T – Thiruvananthapuram
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Pg: 2 – Chennai Edition

XtraGreen Diesel

• Indian Oil Corporation Ltd - cleaner and greener fuel

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• Xtra Green diesel - uses a modified Diesel

Multi-Functional Additive

Additives

• Improves the characteristics of diesel fuel

• Added at

 Refinery

 Distribution terminal

 By the end user

Additives Types
Low temperature operability additives 1. Flow improvers
2. Wax anti-settling additives
3. Cloud point depressants
4. De-icing additives
Fuel handling additives 1. Antifoam additives
2. Drag reducing additives
3. Static dissipater additives
4. Biocides
5. Demulsifiers
6. Dehazers
7. Corrosion inhibitors for fuel distributiuon system
8. Marker dyes
9. Deodorants and re-odorants
Fuel stability additives 1. Antioxidants
2. Stabilizers
3. Metal deactivators
4. Dispersants
Engine protection additives 1. Corrosion inhibitors for vehicle fuel system
2. Injector cleanliness additives
3. Lubricity additives
Combustion additives 1. Ignition improvers
2. Smoke suppressants
3. Combustion catalysts
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Benefits of DMFA

• Improves fuel economy by 5 to 6 per

cent

• Reduces carbon dioxide emissions

• Reduces carbon monoxide emission

• NOx emissions

• Higher cetane number – by 5 points

 Improved lubricity

 Reduced engine noise

 Corrosion protection

Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Consider the following statements:
1. The high-performance diesel
brand XtraGreen was introduced
by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
2. XtraGreen diesel is characterized
by low carbon emissions, low
cetane number and low engine
noise.
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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Pg: 7 – Chennai Edition

Koya tribe

• Largest adivasi tribe of Telangana

• Inhabiting the hilly areas of West Godavari,

East Godavari, Khammam and Warangal
districts

• Sparsely found in Adilabad and Karimnagar

districts.

• Call themselves as Dorala Sattam and Putta

Dora.

• Call themselves “Koitur” in their dialect.

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• Collect tubers and roots and edible green

leaves.

• Nuclear and monogamous families • Very fertile lands due to periodical floods.

• Levirate is socially accepted.

• Monogamy - general practice

• Polygamy - socially approved.

• Koya woman is industrious - economic asset

to the family.

• Settled cultivators - Jowar, Ragi, Bajra and

other millets.

• Lord Bhima, Korra Rajulu, Mamili and

Poturaju

• Festivals - 'Vijji Pandum' and 'Kondala

Kolupu'.

• Dance - Permakok ata - Bison horn

• Medaram Jatara is the second-largest fair

of India after the Kumbh Mela.

• Either bury or cremate the dead.

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Prelims Practice Question

Q. Consider the following pairs:
Famous Tribe State
1. Koya - Telangana
2. Todas - Maharashtra
3. Chenchus - Arunachal pradesh
4. Lepchas - Sikkim
How many pairs given above are
correctly matched?
a) Only one pair
b) Only two pairs
c) Only three pairs
d) All four pairs.

Pg: 4 – Chennai Edition

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Bharat Ratna

• Highest civilian Award of the country.

• 1954 – Instituted.

• Eligibility - Any person without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex.

• Exceptional service/performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavour.

• Recommended by Prime Minister to the President.

• Number of annual awards in a year - restricted to a maximum of three.

• Sanad & Medallion

• Does not carry any monetary grant.

• Article 18(1) of the Indian Constitution -

Awardees cannot use 'Bharat Ratna' as a
prefix or suffix to their name. • 1966 – begun to award posthumously.

• First awarded in 1964 – • 2014 - Sachin Tendulkar (Youngest and the

first sportsperson to win the award)
 Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan,

 Dr. CV Raman, and

 Chakravarti Rajagopalachari.

• Awarded to non-Indians also.

• Mother Teresa, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and

Nelson Mandela.
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Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Consider the following statements:
1. 48 eminent personalities have
received Bharat Ratna so far.
2. As per Article 18(1) of the Indian
Constitution, awardees cannot
use 'Bharat Ratna' as a prefix or
suffix to their name.
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

Text & Context 1 – C, B, H, T; Pg: 8 – Delhi Edition

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Part A—Preliminary Examination

Paper I - (200 marks)
 Current events of national and international importance.
 Indian Polity and Governance-Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.
Part B—Main Examination
PAPER-III
General Studies- II: Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations.
 Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and
implementation.
 Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications, models, successes,
limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures.
PAPER-IV
General Studies-III: Technology, Economic Development, Bio diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster
Management.
 Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and social networking sites in
internal security challenges, basics of cyber security; money-laundering and its prevention.

India’s Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000

• Intermediaries - role in the use of computer

resources and electronic records.
• Recent Issue - Twitter filed petition in
 Telecom service providers
Karnataka High Court:
 Network service providers
 To overrule multiple blocking orders of
the Central government  Internet service providers

 To alter the directions identifying and  Web-hosting service providers

blocking specific violative and removing  Search engines

blanket ban on individual accounts.
 Online payment sites

 Online-auction sites

 Online-market places

 Cyber cafes
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• Have to record the reasons for directions to

Section 69A
block in writing.
• Ground for blocking – in the interest of
• Non-compliance by intermediary -
 Sovereignty or integrity of India, imprisonment up to 1 to 7 years + fine.

 Defence of India, IT (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking for

Access of Information by Public) Rules, 2009
 Security of the State,
• To provide the procedure and safeguards for
 Friendly relations with foreign States or
blocking access as per Section 69A.
 Public order or preventing incitement to
• Designated Officer (DO) - power to issue
the commission of any cognizable offence.
direction for blocking access.

• Examination Committee - headed by the DO.

• Rule 9 - case of emergency nature:
 Examine the alleged content.

• Rule 8:
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Argument of GoI

• All intermediaries have the obligation to

• Blocking orders were not “procedurally and
comply with Indian laws.
substantially” compliant with Section 69A of IT
• Thus, tweets and originator accounts Act.
disturbing the public order has been ordered
• Originator of alleged content not heard
to be blocked.
stating Rule 9 of emergency circumstances and
Arguments of Twitter not as per Rule 8.

• Tweets did not violate the rules of Twitter • Blanket ban on accounts is unnecessary –
seems like govt. is worried about potential
 Twitter upholds the right of ‘free
future contents.
expression’.
 Does IT act apply to future contents?

Practice Question – Mains

GS – II/III
Q. Twitter has received enormous number
of directions, from the Government of
India, to block accounts and tweets in
India. While noting the rationales
justifying the Central Government’s
power to block information, discuss the
statues which provides such powers.
Should the power to block information
be repealed?
(250 words, 15 marks)
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Pg: 13 – C, D;
Pg: 11 – B, H, T

BRICS

• Consists of five major emerging countries.

• Initiated as BRIC in 2006 - after the meeting of the Leaders of Russia, India and China.

 Acronym BRIC coined by Goldman Sachs.

• Last member to join - South Africa in 2010.

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• Seek to establish fairest international governance - more suitable to their national

interests.

• Represents 41% of the world population (data

as of 2019):
 Fortaleza Summit (2014) - 2 institutions
 24% of the world GDP.
were created.
 More than 16% of world trade.
 New Development Bank (NDB)
• 2009 - annual meetings of heads of state and
 Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA)
government of or BRICS summit.

 First summit - Russia (2009).

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• Areas of cooperation - economy and finance,

Practice Question – Prelims
health, science, technology & innovation,
security and business etc. Q. BRICS established which of the following?

• Annually rotating Chairship:

1. Asian Development Bank
2. New Development Bank
 India - 2012, 2016 and 2021.
3. Contingent Reserve Arrangement
 2022 chair - China.
4. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
• BRICS media forum - established in 2015.
Select the correct answer from the code
 By The Hindu, Brazil’s CMA Group, Russia’s given below.
Sputnik, China’s Xinhua and South Africa’s a) 1, 3 and 4 only
Independent Media. b) 2 and 4 only
c) 1, 2, 3 and 4
d) 2 and 3 only
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Prelims Practice Question

Q. Consider the following pairs:
Famous Tribe State
1. Koya - Telangana
2. Todas - Maharashtra
3. Chenchus - Arunachal pradesh
4. Lepchas - Sikkim
How many pairs given above are
correctly matched?
a) Only one pair
b) Only two pairs
c) Only three pairs
d) All four pairs.

Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Consider the following statements:
1. 48 eminent personalities have
received Bharat Ratna so far.
2. As per Article 18(1) of the Indian
Constitution, awardees cannot
use 'Bharat Ratna' as a prefix or
suffix to their name.
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. BRICS established which of the following?
1. Asian Development Bank
2. New Development Bank
3. Contingent Reserve Arrangement
4. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Select the correct answer from the code
given below.
a) 1, 3 and 4 only
b) 2 and 4 only
c) 1, 2, 3 and 4
d) 2 and 3 only

Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Consider the following statements:
1. The high-performance diesel
brand XtraGreen was introduced
by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
2. XtraGreen diesel is characterized
by low carbon emissions, low
cetane number and low engine
noise.
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 – Mains

GS – II/III
Q. Twitter has received enormous number
Prelims Practice Question – Answer of directions, from the Government of
India, to block accounts and tweets in
Q1. Option b)
India. While noting the rationales
Q2. Option c) justifying the Central Government’s
power to block information, discuss the
Q3. Option d)
statues which provides such powers.
Should the power to block information
be repealed?
(250 words, 15 marks)