The Hindu Editorial Analysis : 30th May 2024

The Hindu Editorial Analysis

We all are aware of the importance of reading The Hindu newspaper with the aspect of improving reading ability, easily comprehending paragraphs, getting updated with the current events, improving essay writing and many more. For a banking aspirant it becomes necessary to read editorials for vocabulary. In this article we are going to discuss the points of today’s editorials with practice questions and important vocabs.

Insidious, Incendiary

• India has witnessed severe fires during this summer and they caused around 30 deaths. It reminds us of one of the dangerous threats of India which is not taking the fire safety of buildings seriously by many stakeholders and responsible authorities and this is a pervasive nature of negligence in India.
• A detailed fire safety protocol was included in the National building code of india 2016 by the Bureau of Indian Standards. Fire safety is a state subject and it is implemented at the municipality level.
• We can easily find the negligence in India about the fire safety, one of the example can be seen on the fire service website under the Ministry of Home Affairs where it is clearly mentioned that fire safety norms in India are not well organized in India and if we talk about the recent years, development of fire safety has not increased however the requirements of fire safety cover have been increased.
• If we go back a little back, the 13th finance commission was recommended to allocate 7000 crore for revamp the fire safety around the country by the National Disaster Management Authority.
• According to a home Ministry response in 2019, there were around 3357 fire stations where the need was more than doubled.
• In 2019, there were only 55,000 fire servicemen around the country where India needed 5,60,000 fire servicemen seven years earlier.
• As the heatwaves and extreme weather events are increasing around the country, we need a holistic approach to deal with fire safety, and the government needs to introduce the standards for electrical wires, construction materials, air conditioner and cooling equipment.

Important Questions:

• Why are the incidents of fires increasing around the country?
• What are some important precautions to combat the fires during summer?

Important vocabs:

• Bonhomie- cheerful friendliness; geniality.
• Awash- covered or flooded with water, especially seawater or rain.
• Apposite- apt in the circumstances or in relation to something.
• Kindred- one’s family and relations.
• Befitting- appropriate to the occasion.
• Lays bare- to reveal or uncover private information or feelings

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