05-06-2023

04 & 05-JUNE-2023

The Hindu News Analysis – 04th & 05th June 2023 – Shankar IAS Academy
S. Page Number*
News Articles
No. C B D H T

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

1 Understanding the Kavach system 1 1 1 1 1

2 The Delhi ordinance is an unabashed power-grab 10 8 8 8 8

3
Evapotranspiration: first part of a cycle moving S&T S&T S&T S&T S&T
II II II II II
water from terrestrial surfaces to the air

4 NATO chief urges Turkey not to veto Sweden’s bid 15 13 15 13 13

*C – Chennai; B – Bengaluru; D – Delhi; H – Hyderabad; T – Thiruvananthapuram

1
 05-06-2023

The Hindu News Analysis – 04th & 05th June 2023 – Shankar IAS Academy
S. Page Number*
News Articles
No. C B D H T

5
56 flapshell, black turtles dead in fire in private land 9 7 6 6 7
in Kasaragod

6
World Clubfoot Day observed at Institute of Child 2 - - - -
Health (04-06-2023)

7 Prelims Practice Questions

@ end of the video

8 Mains Practice Questions

*C – Chennai; B – Bengaluru; D – Delhi; H – Hyderabad; T – Thiruvananthapuram

Text & Context - Pg: 1 – C, T, B, D, H

2
 05-06-2023

Kavach System

• An Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system

- developed in India

Purpose - to make train travel safer.

• Development - Research Design & Standards

Organisation (RDSO) + Indian industry.

Features

• State-of-the-art electronic system with

high safety standards.

• Aim - to prevent trains from passing a

red signal & avoid collisions.

Automatically activates train's braking

system if driver fails to control speed.

• Sends emergency messages to railway

authorities.

• Hooter - Helpful during foggy conditions

when visibility is low.

3
 05-06-2023

Working

• Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS)

Equipment on the train.

Transmission towers at stations with Radio

Frequency Identification (RFID) tags.

• RFID Tags - two-way communication between

station master & train driver

• Train drivers know about signals and

permissible speeds in advance.

• If a train jumps a red signal, the Kavach

system takes over.

Implementation

• Already deployed - South-Central Railway • Railway Board has approved 3 companies

(SCR) zone
Medha Servo Drives, HBL, and Kernex
77 locomotives & 135 stations (1,465 km)
• The Kavach system has addressed glitches
• First priority - high-density routes. and vulnerabilities

• Second priority - highly used networks. Vehicles crossing closed level crossings,

• Third priority - other passenger high- stray cattle or boulders on the tracks

density routes. Radio communication issues in tunnels,

• Finally - Cover all other routes. and ghat sections.

4
 05-06-2023

Quiz Question – 05/06/2023

Q. ‘Kavach System’ recently seen in news is
related to which of the following?
a) Automatic train protection system
b)Industrial hazard control system
c) Anti Tank weapon system
d)Power system Protection

Pg: 10 – Chennai Edition ;

Pg: 8 – B, D, H, T

5
 05-06-2023

Part A — Preliminary Examination

Paper I - (200 marks) Ongoing issues in Delhi

• Indian Polity and Governance – Constitution,
Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy,
Rights Issues, etc.
Part B — Main Examination
• Control over Civil Servants in New Delhi
Lt. Governor or the elected government.
• Supreme Court Judgment

PAPER - III Elected government of Delhi has control

General Studies – II: Governance, over the civil servants.

Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and Judgement - based on the concept of
International Relations.
triple chain of command.
• Parliament and State Legislatures – Structure,
functioning, conduct of business, powers and Civil Servants Ministers Legislature People
privileges and issues arising out of these.

• Establishment of National Capital Civil

Service Authority
• Ordinance by Central govt
Purpose - to Decide on matters related
19th of May - Amended Govt of National to Civil Servants.
Capital Territory of Delhi act, 1991
Members - Chief Minister of Delhi +
⮚ To overrule the judgment of SC. Chief Secretary + Principal Home

Changes under the amendment Secretary.

• Removes Entry 41 of State List Concern

Entry 41 - State Public Service Commission. • Bureaucrats can overrule the Delhi Chief
Minister’s decision.
Ordinance - taken the power of Delhi
• Incase of disputes between the decisions
government’s control over Civil Servants.
of Authority & Lt. Governor - LG’s
decision will prevail.

6
 05-06-2023

• Supreme Court’s Verdict

Delhi and Federalism
Explained the position of NCTD in Indian
• Article 239AA - unique status to NCTD. federal structure.

• Asymmetric Federalism NCTD - federal entity as it has a

All states & union territories are not legislative assembly.

treated in the same manner. Articles in constitution - asymmetric

Special privileges - states or UTs. federal model for the Delhi.

Aim - to satisfy the interests of various Issues related to Ordinance

social groups through territorial units. • Ordinance aims to overrule the judgment of

• Indian Federalism is Asymmetric Federalism the constitutional bench

Art - 370 + Art - 371 + 5th & 6th Ordinance - Can change legal basis of a

Schedule areas. judgment, but it cannot completely

overrule judgment itself.

• D.C. Wadhwa case - no political interest while

promulgating ordinance

An attempt by the union govt to centralize

administration in NCTD to serve its
political interests. Practice Question – Mains
• Violation of the constitution GS - II
Powers of Delhi government - Article 239AA. Q. Explain about the Ordinance and
enumerate the legal restrictions on
Ordinance tries to limit the scope of Delhi
promulgating an ordinance.
government without making any amendment
to the constitution.
(150 words, 10 Marks)

• National Capital Civil Service Authority

Destroy the long standing norms on

bureaucratic accountability.

7
 05-06-2023

Science & Tech - Pg: II – C, T, B, D, H

8
 05-06-2023

Areas with high rates of

evapotranspiration - relatively
cooler than surrounding areas with
lower rates of evapotranspiration

Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Evapotranspiration is confined to
(a) Day light hours only
(b) Night time only
(c) Fallow land surfaces only
(d) None of the above

9
 05-06-2023

Pg: 15 – C, D ;
Pg: 13 – B, H, T

• Enables members to consult & cooperate on

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) defense and security-related issues.

• Transatlantic alliance. • 1st peacetime military alliance - U.S.

• Members - 31 like-minded North American & entered outside Western Hemisphere.

European countries. • Vital for the prevention of communist

History expansion across the continent

• Created in 1949 - By US, Canada & several

Western European nations.

• Purpose - to provide collective security

against the Soviet Union.

• Promotes democratic values & diplomacy.

10
 05-06-2023

Membership

• Open to any other European state who Functions

follow- principles of NATO Treaty.
• Enables platform - to solve problems & to

We have made clear that, at a minimum, candidates build trust.

for membership must meet the following five
requirements: • If diplomatic efforts fail - NATO HAS
• New members must uphold democracy, including
military power to undertake crisis-
tolerating diversity.
• New members must be making progress toward a management operations.
market economy.
• Their military forces must be under firm civilian • All the decisions of NATO are taken by
control.
• They must be good neighbors and respect consensus - collective will of all 31 member
sovereignty outside their borders. countries.
• They must be working toward compatibility with
NATO forces.
Again, while these criteria are essential, they do not
constitute a checklist leading automatically to NATO
membership.

11
 05-06-2023

Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Consider the following countries:
1. United Kingdom
2. Canada
3. Finland
4. Latvia
5. Lithuania
6. Sweden
How many of the above-mentioned countries
are the members of North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO)?
(a) Only three
(b) Only four
(c) Only five
(d) Only six

Pg: 9 – Chennai Edition ;

Pg: 6 – D, H ;
Pg: 7 – B, T

12
 05-06-2023

Indian Flapshell Turtle Characteristics

• Fresh water species. • Live in shallow & stagnant waters - river,

• Mostly found in South Asia. streams or ponds.

• Has femoral flaps on its plastron • Prefer water with sand or mud bottoms

Cover the limbs when they retract into Reason - tendency to burrow.

the shell. • Food habit - Omnivores

Feed on frogs, fishes, snails, aquatic

vegetation, plant leaves, grasses, etc.

Distribution

• India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Nepal, Bangladesh

& Myanmar.

Conservation status Black Turtle

• IUCN status - Least Concern • Fresh water species.

• Schedule I - Wild Life Protection Act, 1972 • Mostly found in South Asia.

• CITES - Appendix II • Most active during early morning & evening

Allows international trade in the species • Size - 38 to 45 cm.

without harming them.
• Omnivores.

13
 05-06-2023

Practice Question – Prelims

Mating Process
Q. Consider the following statements with
• Breed during August to October. respect to the Indian Flapshell Turtles:
• Female digs a nest in ground to lay eggs 1. Indian Flapshell Turtles are marine water
species.
Sometimes on the dungs of rhinoceros
2. Its IUCN status in endangered.
or elephant.
3. Indian Flapshell turtles are found only in
Distribution India.
• India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, How many of the statements given above
Maldives, Nepal & Chagos Archipelago. are correct?
(a) Only one
Conservation Status
(b) Only two
• IUCN status - Least Concern. (c) Only three
(d) None

04-05-2023
Pg: 2 – Chennai Edition

14
 05-06-2023

Clubfoot disease

• In-born deformity of foot - either/both feet

are twisted inward.

• Result - child used to walk on his ankles.

• Most common orthopaedic birth defects.

• Achilles tendons are shorter than usual.

Symptoms

• Top of the foot - twisted downward &

inward.

• Increasing arch & turning heel inward.

• Affected foot shorter than other foot.

• Calf muscles in affected leg are usually

underdeveloped.

15
 05-06-2023

Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Consider the following statements:
Statement-I:
If an elder sibling of a baby having clubfoot disease, it
increases a baby's risk of being born with the clubfoot
condition.
Statement-II:
The clubfoot can be caused due to genetic factors.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the
above statements?
(a) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and
Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I
(b) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and
Statement-II is not the correct explanation for
Statement-I
(c) Statement-I is correct Statement-II is incorrect
(d) Statement-I is incorrect Statement-II is correct

16
 05-06-2023

Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Consider the following countries:
1. United Kingdom
2. Canada
3. Finland
4. Latvia
5. Lithuania
6. Sweden
How many of the above-mentioned countries
are the members of North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO)?
(a) Only three
(b) Only four
(c) Only five
(d) Only six

Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Consider the following statements with
respect to the Indian Flapshell Turtles:
1. Indian Flapshell Turtles are marine water
species.
2. Its IUCN status in endangered.
3. Indian Flapshell turtles are found only in
India.
How many of the statements given above
are correct?
(a) Only one
(b) Only two
(c) Only three
(d) None

17
 05-06-2023

Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Evapotranspiration is confined to
(a) Day light hours only
(b) Night time only
(c) Fallow land surfaces only
(d) None of the above

Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Consider the following statements:
Statement-I:
If an elder sibling of a baby having clubfoot disease, it
increases a baby's risk of being born with the clubfoot
condition.
Statement-II:
The clubfoot can be caused due to genetic factors.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the
above statements?
(a) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and
Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I
(b) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and
Statement-II is not the correct explanation for
Statement-I
(c) Statement-I is correct Statement-II is incorrect
(d) Statement-I is incorrect Statement-II is correct

18
 05-06-2023

Quiz Question – 05/06/2023

Q. ‘Kavach System’ recently seen in news is
related to which of the following?
a) Automatic train protection system
b)Industrial hazard control system
c) Anti Tank weapon system
d)Power system Protection

Practice Question – Mains

GS - II
Q. Explain about the Ordinance and
enumerate the legal restrictions on
promulgating an ordinance.
(150 words, 10 Marks)

19