Comprehensive News Analysis - 04 July 2016

A. GS1 Related

1. June rain shortfall has no bearing on monsoon performance, say weathermen

Topic: Monsoon Forecasting

Category: Geography

Key points :

• In spite of monsoon rains during June short by 11% of what is usual, meteorologists are optimistic this year since the threat of an El Nino has receded
• “There is good progress. However, the intra-seasonal variability especially during June and July is exactly what makes each monsoon unique,” IMD said
• Regions like Eastern Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand were short on rain partly because rain bearing systems in China (that also brought rains to Uttarakhand) were preventing the monsoon clouds from firming over the region. That and the lack of rains over north Gujarat so far has meant that weather forecasters are still unsure about what the monsoon can throw up
• And then there are the breaks. While July and August are the most bountiful months of the monsoon season, it’s also the time the monsoon takes a hiatus — called a ‘break’ in the parlance — that can last for as much as a week. Such breaks are impossible to forecast

B. GS2 Related

1. Automation to hit textile sector jobs

Topic: Labour Issues

Category: Governance

Key points :

• Textile and apparel industry is likely to create only 29 lakh jobs compared to the government’s target of one crore new jobs, even as the sector’s market size is expected to grow by 40 per cent to $142 billion in the next five years, says an E &Y report
• The spinning, autoconers and auto-splicers divisions have replaced a job of 20 workers by 2 workers. The inter-fiber shift moving from relatively labour intensive spun yarn to synthetic filament segment also leading to lower job creation, it said
• As per a World Bank report, 69 per cent of the jobs in India are at a higher risk of being replaced by automation. The report pointed out that because of absence of FTAs with the EU, Australia and Canada, almost 55 lakh jobs are lost to added exports that would have been generated if the FTAs were signed. The study was done to bring out the employment potential of the textile sector, especially in rural India by developing non-migratory models of manufacturing like ‘hub & spoke’ model being popularised in countries like Bangladesh, Cambodia and Myanmar
• The Cabinet had last month approved a Rs.6,000 crore package for textiles and apparel sector with an aim to create one crore new jobs in three years and attract investments of $11 billion. E&Y report said the technological advancement leading to increased efficiency may reduce job opportunities. From a high of 40 workers being employed by the industry, it has now declined to 25 workers per Rs.1 crore

2. Nine Italians, seven Japanese killed in Dhaka attack

Topic:Bangladesh

Category: : India’s Neighbourhood

Key points:

• Identity of 20 hostages killed in Friday’s terror attack in an upmarket Dhaka restaurant is now known: Nine of them are from Italy and were mostly attached to the textile industry, while seven Japanese citizens were associated with various engineering and construction companies. One Indian student and three Bangladeshis are also among the cafe visitors who were killed on Friday night

3. Colombo considering various options to resolve fishermen problem: Defence Secretary

Topic: Sri Lanka

Category:India’s Neighbourhood

Keypoints:

• Even as the arrest of Tamil Nadu fishermen continues for alleged poaching in Sri Lankan waters, Colombo is considering various options including licensed fishing to break the stalemate over the vexatious fishermen problem
• Tamil fishermen of the Northern Province, which is struggling to return to normality after a civil war of over 25 years, have been complaining that fishermen from Tamil Nadu, while engaged in illegal poaching, are using mechanised bottom trawling. This is causing havoc to the marine eco-system as it scrapes the seabed
• Even though authorities of the Indian government know that fishermen from Tamil Nadu do cross the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL), a ban on fishing beyond the IMBL could threaten the livelihoods of hundreds of fishermen
• It is for these reasons that the Indian government has been insisting that the fishermen problem be viewed from humanitarian and livelihood dimensions and not just in a narrow, legal way.The Defence Secretary of Sri Lanka said everything is under consideration

C. GS3 Related

1. 119 dead as car bomb rips through Baghdad shoppers

Topic: West Asia

Category: Terrorism

Key points:

• A suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group ripped through a busy Baghdad shopping district, killing at least 119 people in the deadliest attack this year in Iraq’s capital
• The blast hit the Karrada district early in the day as the area was packed with shoppers ahead of this week’s holiday marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan
• It came a week after Iraqi security forces recaptured Fallujah from IS, leaving Mosul as the only Iraqi city under the jihadist group’s control

2. NDRF trains one lakh people in one month for better reach

Topic: NDRF

Category: Disaster Management

Key points:

• To ensure resilience and better preparedness against disasters, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has trained over a lakh people across the country in one month on the do’s and don’ts during man-made or natural emergencies
• In the month-long Community Awareness Programme from June 1 to 30, a total of 1,07,112 people in 22 States were trained in basic understanding of disaster management and combat by the NDRF in 482 sessions. The force also trained school students
• The aim of this first-of-its kind exercise was to sensitise the vulnerable sections to disasters and bring about a sense of community capacity building

3. Remote Pacific nation threatened by rising seas

Topic: Climate change

Category: Environment

Key points:

• A World Bank study lays out Kiribati’s (a pacific island) future in apocalyptic detail. Causeways would be washed away, crippling the economy; degraded coral reefs, damaged by warming water, would allow stronger waves to slam the coast, increasing erosion, and would disrupt the food supply, which depends heavily on fish supported by the reefs. Higher temperatures and rainfall changes would increase the prevalence of diseases like dengue fever and ciguatera poisoning

D. GS4 Related

E. Important Editorials: A Quick Glance

The Hindu

1. All that we are mourning

Topic: Bangladesh

Category: India’s Neighbourhood

Keypoints:

• Bangladesh has been in mourning for over a year, as it loses its grip on a society that had been built on secularism and compassion. For over a year now, there has been a rise in religious intolerance and targeted violence against secularist and rational voices. Bloggers, academics, priests, spiritual leaders, LGBTQ+ activists, religious minorities, aid workers, tailors — all killed for not fitting a specific definition of piousness by Islamic extremists. Following this painful trend in violence, the attack on Dhaka’s Holey Artisan Bakery/cafe has raised the bloodshed to unseen levels. Yet it would be foolish to consider it an isolated incident
• Since early 2015, attacks on religious minorities and critics of Islamic extremism have been focussed on one or, in a handful of cases, two individuals being killed by mobs
• Foreigners had been targeted in these attacks as well. The Islamic State and al-Qaeda have been competing to take credit for the string of murders, but there is no definitive proof of either group’s involvement. Both groups have also claimed responsibility for the siege in the capital’s wealthy Gulshan district this weekend, although both local intelligence and foreign agencies such as the U.S. State Department are yet to authenticate the claims. Like in previous attacks, the perpetrators’ exact motives are still to be determined
• What sets it apart, however, is the sheer scale of the violence. Blades have given way to guns, and single targets have been replaced by an entire building of casualties
• Terrifyingly, this would indicate that extremist forces have become emboldened by the lack of response to the previous killings. The fact that they chose a target in the heart of the diplomatic zone, with few avenues of escape and with the hallmarks of a reckless suicide attempt rather than traditional hostage-taking, only lends credence to this fear. July 1 was not the first incident of violence by any means, but it certainly marks a turning point.

• The rescue of at least 13 hostages, with some reports claiming a higher number of 18, has been heralded by the authorities as a sign of success. Government officials, including the Prime Minister, have condemned the attack wholeheartedly but have said that they are largely pleased with the attempts of the security forces. Unfortunately, that confidence is not easily shared
• Muddying the waters even further has been the refusal by both government and Opposition to tackle the issue of growing extremism. The former has been steadfast in its vague accusations against the Opposition parties, refusing to consider any links with other organisations as well as the rise in extremist ideology more widely. It is true that some individuals and groups have been known to use religion as a justification for violence and discrimination, often targeting minority communities. This has led to a climate of fear and hostility towards those who hold unpopular opinions or beliefs, including free thinkers. It is important to recognize and challenge these harmful attitudes and behavior.
• However, it would be naive to suggest that the Opposition parties have not played a part. Having exploited political Islam as part of their platform for decades, they perfected the colonial legacy of using religious prejudice and scapegoating in the socio-political landscape. That they have vocally criticised the government, and the government alone, for the recent violence shows that scoring political points has become the end-game for both sides rather than actually solving the problem
• Additionally, the wider global influence of reactionary pan-Islamism from West Asia, especially in the light of growing distrust of Muslims in the wake of the War on Terror, has had a toxic effect. Bangladesh has been inching towards a dangerous precipice for a long time, and the latest attack may have given it a bigger push than anyone could have predicted. More people and places in the country will now perceive themselves to be unsafe
• “Stay safe” is becoming the most common way to say farewell. Making matters even worse is the identities of the attackers. While their affiliations are still unconfirmed — one hostage-taker is in custody and awaits interrogation — it is looking likely that they were all from urban, largely well-to-do backgrounds
• This goes against the stereotypical profile of extremists indoctrinated through religious education in madrasas. If the assailants do indeed go against the grain, then the extent to which extremism has taken hold needs to be seriously reconsidered
• Bangladesh was founded on the principle of secularism. Despite its Muslim-majority population, its social fabric has been strongest when the multitude of cultures and faiths within its borders has coexisted. Instead of taking recourse to superficial platitudes, the authorities need to unite in their efforts to tackle what is fast turning into the single greatest threat to the nation since its independence

2. Sunny times for solar

Topic: Energy sector

Category: Governance

Key points:

• The World Bank’s agreement with the India-led International Solar Alliance (ISA) to help it mobilise a trillion dollars in investments by 2030 and its billion-dollar programme to support Indian initiatives for expanded solar generation are significant steps in the global transition to a clean energy pathway
• While the cost of solar power has been declining, one of the biggest obstacles to a scale-up in developing countries has been the high cost of finance for photovoltaic projects. That problem can be addressed by the ISA through the World Bank partnership, as the agreement will help develop financing instruments, reduce hedging costs and currency risks, and enable technology transfer
• India has raised its ambitions five-fold since the time it launched the National Solar Mission, and the target now is an installed capacity of 100 gigawatts by 2022 out of a total of 175 GW from all renewables
• Strong policy support is also necessary to improve domestic manufacture of solar cells and panels, which has remained unattractive because cheap imports are available
• India’s efforts have also suffered a setback, with the adverse WTO ruling against the stipulation of a prescribed level of domestic content for solar projects. Developing a strong solar manufacturing industry is essential for sustained economic growth, and to connect those who never had the boon of electricity
• Support from the World Bank for large-scale and rooftop solar deployments, innovative and hybrid technologies, and storage and transmission lines presents an opportunity for India to go the German way and achieve energy transition
• For instance, the $625-million grid-connected rooftop solar fund could help strengthen State-level programmes for net metering. A transparent regime that enables individuals and communities to plug into the grid without bureaucratic hurdles would unlock small-scale private investment
• There are several pointers from Germany’s experience as a leading solar- and wind-powered nation to prepare for a major ramping up of these green sources. Arguably, the strength and reliability of a power grid capable of handling more power than is available are fundamental to induct higher levels of renewable power
• The emphasis here must also be on improving transmission lines: the World Bank programme promises to provide the necessary linkage to solar-rich States
• Making power grids intelligent to analyse and give priority to use the output of renewables, accurately forecast the weather to plan next day generation, and viability mechanisms for conventional coal-based plants are other aspects that need attention
• Innovation in battery technology is a potential gold mine for the solar alliance and for India to exploit

2. Pause for a reality check.

Topic: India and Iraq

Category: International Relations

Key points:

• Recent visits of our Prime Minister to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan and Qatar have, undoubtedly, helped strengthen relations with these countries, especially in the area of economics and trade. Each one of these countries has also been desirous of partnering India in development-related activities, recognising India’s current importance in Asia and the region\
• However, the same cannot be said of strategic and security relations. Here, certain brakes require to be applied to diplomatic hyperbole. For instance, mere mention in joint statements of shared security and strategic concerns, common ideals and convergence of interests, enhanced defence ties, etc do not translate into a strategic relationship. In such matters there is need to tread with caution
• Most countries of West Asia have their own security and strategic construct. India is not visualised — nor does India see itself — as a “net provider of security” in the region and, consequently, India does not figure prominently in these countries’ security and strategic plans. There are again certain limits to intelligence and counter-terrorism cooperation, as serious differences exist between many of these countries and India on what constitutes terrorism and who can be described as a terrorist. Saudi Arabia, for example, needs to be seen as a dilettante in security matters — flirting with different nations, most noticeably the U.S., and frequently leaning towards Pakistan. Hence, when the India-Saudi Arabia joint statement talks of the two countries’ responsibilities to promote peace, security and stability in the region, it conveys different meanings for the two countries. For Saudi Arabia, locked in a near existential conflict with Iran — with which it has ideological, doctrinal and hegemonistic issues — Iran is the main enemy. For India, Iran is a friend, and the threat of terrorism emanates from Pakistan, which remains intent on employing terror as a strategic instrumentality to destroy India. Hence, it is best to avoid an excess of exuberance in such matters
• Much of this applies in equal, if not greater, measure to the current euphoria regarding our relations with Iran. Dealing with an ancient civilisation like Iran tends to be complex and complicated. The affinity between Persian and Indian civilisations is a historical fact. That India is home to the second largest Shia population in the world is well known. The umbilical links between Qom (Iran) and centres of Shia orthodoxy in India may be less known, but do exist. Yet, Iran maintains a certain wariness in its relations with India. Many attribute this to India’s negative vote in the Atomic Energy Agency earlier on, and to India’s implicit adherence to U.S. sanctions against Iran more recently. Other reasons possibly exist, but clearly New Delhi needs to work far more strenuously to regain Tehran’s confidence. One high-profile visit by the Prime Minister, or the inking of the Chabahar port agreement, may not be enough
• A reference in the India-Iran joint statement to the importance of regional connectivity linked to the development of Chabahar port is being mistakenly viewed by some people as a declaration of strategic intent. Chabahar port was solely intended to be an alternate trade and transit route to Afghanistan and conceived as such at the turn of the century. It aimed to circumvent Pakistan’s embargo on movement of goods from India to Afghanistan with no strategic overtones. The transit corridor involving Chabahar to Zaranj to Delaram (Afghanistan) was to be complemented by another International North-South Transit Corridor from the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas into Central Asia. The delay in setting up Chabahar port has, however, reduced its economic value and utility, with China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative — to which both Pakistan and Iran subscribe — threatening to outflank it
• Another impression that the establishment of Chabahar port gives India a strategic advantage vis-à-vis China is equally misleading. Comparison with Gwadar port makes this obvious. China’s investment in Gwadar port dwarfs what India proposes to invest in Chabahar. Moreover, China’s relations with Iran are today on an upswing. Chinese President was the first major world leader to visit Iran after the lifting of sanctions, signing more than a dozen deals, including the OBOR initiative. Iran has openly welcomed both China’s OBOR initiative and Maritime Silk Road initiative, and sees major economic benefits to itself once they are completed
• China’s trade with Iran is of the order of $52 billion, much higher than the $9 billion trade between India and Iran. China expects to raise this to nearly $600 billion over the next decade. Not to be ignored is the Pakistan factor, adding further grist to China’s efforts. This includes dangling the possibility of an Iran-Pakistan-China gas pipeline
• Unfortunately, Afghanistan, for which Chabahar port was intended to be the lifeline, is in dire straits today and its future in jeopardy. India’s investment in Afghanistan has been substantial (for which it paid a heavy price in terms of both development assistance and the loss of human lives), including the Rs.1,700 crore Salma dam in the strategically vital Herat province (opened by the Prime Minister on June 4 this year); the new Afghan Parliament building; and the 218-km long Zaranj-Delaram Highway in western Afghanistan — but it faces the prospect of losing out on all that it has invested
• Currently, large swathes of Afghanistan are under Taliban control. Constant attacks on government and other targets have eroded the credibility of the National Unity Government. Afghanistan’s experiment of forming a government with Ashraf Ghani as President and Abdullah Abdullah as Chief Executive does not appear to be succeeding. Mr. Ghani, a one-time U.S. acolyte, has tended to alternate between aligning with Pakistan and opposing it. Unlike his predecessor, Hamid Karzai, he displays little preference for India. Some Afghan leaders now seem to be leaning towards the China-dominated Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and give it a key role in a future security architecture
• Collapse of the National Unity Government will almost certainly lead to a surge in Taliban-directed activity. Countries that have propped up the National Unity Government might even offer an olive branch to the Taliban and involve Taliban members in a future Afghan government. This would then enable the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, the Haqqani network and the Islamic State (IS) to further enlarge their presence inside Afghanistan. A Talibanised Afghanistan could well become a staging post for launching attacks against India. The possibility of regional instability, which Pakistan could use to its advantage and to India’s detriment, cannot also be disregarded
• These developments constitute a strategic reversal for India. In the new order of things, India faces the danger of being relegated to a “bit player”, with little or no influence. India has been kept out of the newly created Quadrilateral Coordination Group which consists of the U.S., China, Pakistan and Afghanistan to discuss Afghanistan’s future. Left with few options and with the anticipated proliferation of Islamist extremist groups including the al-Qaeda and the IS, India’s focus would need to shift from development to finding ways and means to ensure that Afghanistan does not turn into a major crucible for myriad terrorist groups, specially the IS and the al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS)
• Consequently, the dividend that India expects from the development of Chabahar port may well prove to be highly evanescent. Hence, premature celebrations are best avoided. As India’s prospects recede, the economic advantages accruing to China from the OBOR — which incorporates Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran — would increase. This would further diminish whatever elbow room exists for India in that country and in the region

1. School for the future

Topic: Education

Category: Governance

Key points:

• Post-independence India adopted, and to some extent, adapted an educational system bequeathed by the British to meet its own need for engineers, doctors, civil servants — a whole array of professionals who would, in the Nehruvian vision, help India catch up with the “developed” world. While we have more than succeeded in achieving that goal, the requirements of the new global marketplace are constantly being redefined. If we are to keep abreast and compete, it is vital that our education system respond appropriately
• What are the specific changes we are looking at?
• First of all, education must be delinked from any ideology. An education system, so trapped, can never deliver the real goods. School education must also be delinked from the job market — at least in the very direct manner that it is today. The current ethos seems to be to use schools to prepare for a career, mainly in engineering and medicine. Schools must provide a liberating experience, not a confining one. The child must be able to explore the wonderful world around, be it through poetry, math, music or history, or indeed all of them. She or he will then be equipped to make a choice of career, based on a real and deep understanding of the world
• This, in turn, will call for a serious revamping of curriculum to move away from the current content and test and teacher-driven model to one that enhances curiosity, creativity, and sharpens the ability to apply that knowledge to the real world
• We will have to invest heavily in teacher-training. Teaching should be an “aspirational” career and those making that choice must be professionally trained and handsomely remunerated. Perhaps there is some merit in the idea of creating an “elite corps” like the IAS with several top-class training academies all over the country. The private sector must be encouraged, but closely monitored. Today’s investors unfortunately view a school only through the profit-prism
• And if we are to fulfill our oft-declared ambition to be a global leader, we cannot afford to be steeped in the prejudices of caste, class, region and religion. To be politically, economically and civilisationally global, we will have to globalise our souls. School education is where this crusade begins. Teachers and parents together will have to be the crusaders
• Dishonesty and greed are great barriers to growth, and our education system will have to hammer home the fundamental truth that genuine wealth creation happens only when resources are equitably distributed
• Along with honesty go many other attributes that make a country truly “evolved”. Simple things like observing civic niceties with regard to traffic rules, public property, environment, respecting diversity, empathy and gender sensitivity must become part of the DNA of school education and not just a boring lesson in a civics book
• The time has come, as the jargon goes, to make a “paradigm shift” in the way we view school education
• Yes, we do need our doctors, engineers and lawyers. But equally, if not more importantly, we need a society based on honesty, equity and justice. It is not enough to “make in India”. We must “make good people in India”

2. Twenty-five years of tinkering

Topic: Agriculture

Category: Governance

Key points:

• July, this year, marks the silver jubilee of economic reforms. It is time to take stock of our major successes and failures. It is well-known that the foreign exchange crisis, with reserves falling to as low as $1.5 billion, triggered fundamental changes in economic policies in India. Three major policy changes were: Depreciation of the rupee by more than 40 per cent, liberal trade policies with substantial cuts in import tariffs of industrial products, and de-licensing of a host of industries
• There have been major successes on all three counts. What was the impact of the economic reforms on agriculture? The first big policy change that was attempted in agriculture pertained to fertiliser: Raising urea price by 40 per cent in order to cut fertiliser subsidy. That created an uproar, even in the Congress party, forcing a rollback to 30 per cent. Subsequently, a joint parliamentary committee was set up on pricing of fertilisers. The committee recommended freeing up of potassium and phosphorous fertilisers from subsidies, but also suggested a 10 per cent reduction in urea prices. This set the stage for unbalanced fertiliser use as well as swelling the fertiliser subsidy
• Thereafter, several committees looked into this issue, but none could recommend decontrolling urea prices. As a result, this sector suffers from large inefficiency, urea is diverted to non-agricultural uses and to neighbouring countries, while the subsidy burden continues to rise
• The fertiliser subsidy in the Union budget for the fiscal year 2017 is about Rs 70,000 crore. But there are also pending bills of more than Rs 45,000 crore against the fertiliser industry. The government is trying to increase fertiliser production by pumping in more resources in sick units. That is an inefficient strategy
• Data from Bihar gives us some idea of fertilisers getting diverted to neighbouring countries. In FY 2013, fertiliser consumption in Bihar was about 200 kg/ha, way above the all-India average of 131 kg/ha. But figures of wheat and rice production are not commensurate with such levels of fertiliser consumption. Directorate of Economics and Statistics data shows that wheat cultivation in the state required 125 kg of fertiliser per hectare (ha) while paddy consumed 97 kg per ha. What accounts for such a large difference is anybody’s guess. Very likely, much of the fertiliser is going to Nepal.
• Can the government take fertiliser sector reforms to their logical conclusion? The road map is reasonably clear. It is time to transfer fertiliser subsidy to farmers’ bank accounts on per hectare basis, and decontrol the fertiliser sector completely. This will make the subsidy crop-neutral, help those who want to grow crops other than wheat and rice, and promote organic farming. China has done that already
• Unfortunately, there was no reform package for agriculture as a sector — unlike industry and trade policy. There was only minor tinkering with agriculture policies, as in the case of fertiliser pricing or opening up exports of rice in1994. Two years after opening up of rice exports, India became the second largest exporter of grain in the world. This encouraged the government to open exports of wheat in 1995. But this caused domestic prices of wheat and rice to rise and led the government to ban wheat and rice export in 1997. The ban continued for almost five years
• These hiccups notwithstanding, India has emerged as the largest exporter of rice in the world. Between FY 2013 and FY 2015, Indian rice exports amounted to more than 10 million metric tonnes on an average. This led to major transformation in the rice milling industry. The industry today uses better technology, including sortex machines
• However the biggest gain to agriculture came from the improvement in the terms of trade. The correction of the over-valued exchange rate of the rupee in 1991 and the slashing of industrial tariffs ended the “implicit taxation” of agriculture from these indirect policies. Terms of trade for agriculture improved. This resulted in higher private investments in agriculture and agri-GDP grew by 4.8 per cent per annum from FY1993 to FY1997. But once export controls were back and East Asia was hit by a crisis in 1997, agricultural growth suffered. It has not come back to the 4.8 per cent level
• Agriculture witnessed severe crisis in the first two years of the present government. Agriculture growth collapsed to 0.5 per cent. This is partly because of back-to-back droughts and falling global agri-prices, but the crisis has also to do with the fact that there is no champion for agriculture in the cabinet. It is time for the PM to pay attention to this and complete the unfinished agenda of agri-reforms. The government surely needs to go beyond fertilisers and extend reforms to agricultural markets, boost investments and create institutions that research and promote agriculture. If the PM can increase agri-growth beyond 4 per cent per annum, he is likely to reap rich dividends

1. PIB

F. Concepts-in-News: Related Concepts to Revise/Learn:

1. IMD
2. El-Nino
3. International Maritime Boundary Line
4. IS
5. NDRF
6. Kiribati
7. International Solar Alliance
8. National Solar Mission
9. Photovoltaic Cell
10. OBOR
11. Maritime Silk Board
12. Chabahar Port
13. NCDEX
14. Consolidated Fund of India

G. Fun with Practice Questions 🙂

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Question 2: Which of the following statements is/are correct?

Question 3: Which of the following is/are correct about a photovoltaic (PV) system?

Question 4: Thezones of maritime boundaries as expressed in concentric limits surrounding coastal and feature baselines is/are:

Question 5: Which of the following is/are islands located in the Pacific Ocean?

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