Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 24 August 2022
Contents
- Releasing convicts on grounds of Remission
- Tomato Flu
Releasing Convicts on Grounds of Remission
Context
- Public-spirited activists are challenging the premature release of 11 convicts serving life sentences for the gang-rape of a woman and the murder of at least seven people during Gujarat’s anti-Muslim pogrom in 2002.
- The survivor, Bilkis Bano, has not yet approached the courts, but it is clear that the Gujarat government’s order granting remission to the convicts should be subject to judicial review.
- People are raising questions that why those found guilty of multiple murders, including the murder of a three-year-old child, and gang rapes were considered suitable candidates for early release.
Relevance
GS Paper 2: Indian Constitution—historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure
Mains Question
Compare and contrast the pardoning powers of India’s president and governor as outlined in the constitution. (250 words)
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Tomato Flu
Context
In the most recent issue of the Lancet Respiratory Journal, doctors issued a warning about the emergence of a new non-life-threatening virus known as tomato flu among children under the age of five.
Relevance
GS Paper 2: Health
Mains Question
What exactly is Tomato Flu? What are your concerns about this? How the virus has affected India over time? (150 Words)
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