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These are the summaries of the Hindu Editorials for today, 22nd November 2022. You can get access to the full Hindu E paper here and it's recommended that you go through the full article for an indepth review. Let's hope you find these useful =)
1. The truth about ‘the India story’
Kaushik Basu, Wednesday, November 2, 2022
The passage discusses the current state of the economy in India and how it has been performing in recent years. It points out that while the country has been growing at a fast rate, much of this growth is concentrated among a few corporations and that unemployment is high. It also notes that the country's growth has been slowing down in recent years, and that this is worrying because it began before the COVID-19 pandemic. The author argues that one of the reasons behind this is that the country's investment rate has been falling, and that this is likely due to the erosion of trust in society. Finally, the author suggests that the country needs to shift its focus from a few rich corporations to the larger segments of the population in order to improve its economic performance.
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economy, India, growth, unemployment, COVID-19, investment, trust, society, population
2. The second coming
Lula will have to negotiate his way past Brazil’s status quoist elitesLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a former two-term President of Brazil and leader of the leftist Workers Party (PT), is the President-elect of South America’s largest country. Lula, as he is popularly known, won 50.9% of the votes, defeating the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, who got 49.1%. Bolsonaro, a far-right populist who presided over Brazil’s rightward shift in the past five years, had done better than most pollsters expected in the first round. But in the run-off, when the voters were offered two contrasting choices, they chose the latter.
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3. The weakest link in the air pollution fight
Shibani Ghosh, Bhargav KrishnaThe State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) and the Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) are responsible for regulating emissions from point sources such as industries and power plants, and for guiding cities in meeting targets under the National Clean Air Programme. However, these Boards are failing to effectively discharge their statutory mandate due to several institutional constraints, including a lack of experts on the Board, short tenure for Board leadership, and critically under-staffed Boards.
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4. Reporting rape
Victims of assault must be treated with dignity all through investigation trialThe Supreme Court of India has ruled that the so-called "finger test" to determine whether a woman has been raped is illegal and ordered that anyone who conducts the test be found guilty of misconduct. The test, which is conducted by inserting fingers into a woman's privates, is based on the assumption that a sexually active woman cannot be raped, and the Court has said that this is sexist and patriarchal. The Court has also ordered the government to take measures to spread the message that the finger test is not to be used, including amending the medical curriculum so that students are aware of this.