UPSC 2017: Comprehensive News Analysis - May 30

Context:

• Centre Government issued notification imposing new restrictions on sale of cattle for slaughter in animal markets under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 (PCA)..

In news:

• States like West Bengal and Kerala are against such a move
• What do States say?
• Ban is undemocratic and unconstitutional.
• Cattle markets fall under the purview of the State, the Centre was encroaching on the powers of the State in imposing restrictions on such markets.
• Such an attempt is an attack on the federal structure and secular principles enshrined in our Constitution of India.

In news:

• Central government: No decision for any modification in the definition of ‘cattle’ to exempt buffaloes from the purview of new central rules.
• The new rule prohibit sale of cows, bulls, bullocks, buffaloes, steers, heifers, calves and camels for slaughter or sacrifice in livestock markets.
• Under the rules, the definition ‘cattle’ includes cows, buffaloes, bulls, bullocks, steers, calves & camels.

In news:

• North Korea test fired a medium-range ballistic missile- Rodong.
• Missile flew about 1,000 kilometers (one of the longest flights) and landed near Japan’s territorial waters.
• The missile landed inside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, the 200-nautical-mile offshore area where a nation has sovereign rights for exploring and exploiting resources.
• Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe response: It imposes a serious threat to Japan’s security and it is unforgivable act of violence toward Japan’s security.

Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD:

• Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense, is a United States Army anti-ballistic missile defense system designed to shoot down short, medium, and intermediate range ballistic missiles in their terminal phase by intercepting with a hit-to-kill approach.
• S has installed this system in South Korea, to cope up with North Korea’s increasing military threats.
• North Korea called the system a provocation that it says is only aimed at bolstering U.S. military hegemony in the region.

In news:

• India and Pakistan will formally join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) at a formal ceremony in Beijing on June 15.
• The entry of the two South Asian countries will make the SCO the world’s largest regional cooperative organization representing the biggest section of global population
• Aim of SCO: boost trade and military relationship between countries in China’s neighborhood.
• Decision to allow India to join SCO came after India boycotted China’s much-touted Belt and Road Forum.

Challenges ahead:

• Whether SCO will provide China and Russia an opportunity to mediate in the differences between India and Pakistan.
• But India refuses to permit external influence in its bilateral dealings with Islamabad.
• The SCO should promote security cooperation to combat the “three forces” of terrorism, separatism, and extremism in a more precise and efficient manner, so as to safeguard the sovereignty and homeland security of all members and maintain the regional peace and stability.
• China is willing to work with Russia and other member countries to promote the SCO solidarity and make cooperations among SCO members more efficient and more effective.

Context: Days after Prime Narendra Modi launched the country’s longest bridge linking Assam with Arunachal Pradesh .

In news:

• China asked India to be “cautious” and exercise “restraint” over building infrastructure in Arunachal Pradesh.

Key Fact:

• China and India fought a brief war in 1962 when the Chinese entered Arunachal Pradesh and un ilaterally declared a ceasefire after withdrawing to the McMahon Line.
• China has long been building infrastructure along the border unlike India, which, experts say, avoided building roads in the region, fearing a repeat of the 1962 war when the People’s Liberation Army troops entered Assam.

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