 Hello aspirants welcome to daily news analysis by Shankar IS Academy the list of topics chosen for today is displayed on the screen We have also provided page number of these topics in various editions Interested aspirants can go through them now. Let us begin our discussion now look at this article This article is regarding Cilumbum see according to this article as both women has won two gold medals in the martial art of Cilumbum so in this context Let us learn about Cilumbum in addition to Cilumbum. We will also discuss some other martial arts of India very important topic from prilims as well As mains perspective see in prilims you can expect questions from culture area Similarly in mains GS paper one you can expect one or two questions from culture So this topic is very important from that perspective the syllabus relevant to this article is displayed on the screen Interested aspirants can go through it first. Let us see about Cilumbum See Cilumbum is an ancient traditional martial art Cilumbum involves the act of fencing It uses a long staff staff means stick. So we can say Cilumbum is a weapon based martial art It uses punching it uses kicking knee strikes elbow strikes and weapon strikes These are the basic techniques of Cilumbum now. Let us come to the most important point Cilumbum was developed in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu See in prilims you can expect the correctly matched questions right in let's say they can give the martial arts on the right State they can give the states. So remember Cilumbum was developed in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu See initially Cilumbum was used for war. It was used as a defense technique in war But later it is now used for show purposes now It is also used as a self-difference technique many people are now learning Cilumbum as a self-defense technique See Cilumbum is not only found in Tamil Nadu its variations can be seen throughout India For example take Kerala in Kerala. We can find Neduvadi take Andhra Pradesh in Andhra Pradesh We can find Karasamu take Karnataka in Karnataka. We can find Dantavarissai in Uttar Pradesh We can find Lathi in Maharashtra. We can find Marithani in Gujarat We can find Dallakadi in Punjab and Arayana. We can find Patta Pachi in Jharkhand beaker We can find Katka. These are all martial arts which are similar to Cilumbum They are almost similar to Cilumbum though. There are slight variations So we can see Cilumbum is one of the important martial arts of India Culturally it has a very important place in India. It is mentioned even in Sangam literature See Sangam literature is a Tamil literature which was published around 4th century BC In Sangam literature you can find the significance of Cilumbum being mentioned For example take Silaparigaram. In Silaparigaram Cilumbum is mentioned as the mother of all martial arts such as the significance of Cilumbum Even the international community is recognizing the martial arts of Cilumbum For example take the year 2019 In 2019 Cilumbum was declared as non-olympic sports by the international non-olympic committee INOC. So we can say that Cilumbum is internationally recognized as non-olympic sport In addition to that INOC has declared 14th April as International Cilumbum Day So we can see that this martial art is getting international recognition Now let us come to India See Indian government has taken several steps to preserve and promote Cilumbum For example take the scheme called IGMA IGMA stands for indigenous game and martial arts scheme Under the scheme Cilumbum has been included by the sports ministry See IGMA scheme is aimed at preserving and promoting indigenous sports in the country And under the scheme the sports ministry has included Cilumbum So far IGMA scheme has 9 indigenous games disciplines They are Kalaripayathu of Kerala, Cilumbum Tamil Nadu, Kabadi Telangana, Archery Jharkand, Malakam Maharashtra, Mukna, Thangta, Komlanai, Azam, Ghatka, Panjab So these 9 sports are included under IGMA So these are the basic information regarding Cilumbum Now let us discuss some other important martial arts of India We will discuss about them very briefly First is Kalaripayathu See Kalaripayathu is an ancient martial art indigenous to Kerala Very important point Now moving on to Thangta Thangta is a Manipuri martial art Moving on to Ghatka Ghatka is a martial arts of Panjab Ghatka was used as self-defense by the Sikh warriors So these are the other important martial arts of India Kalaripayathu, Thangta and Ghatka With this we have come to the end of the discussion In this discussion we saw both Cilumbum The significance of Cilumbum The origin of Cilumbum And the international recognition and the national recognition of Cilumbum In addition to that we also discussed about Kalaripayathu, Thangta and Ghatka Now moving on to the next discussion Now let us take up this news article for our next discussion This article is about Norway First let us discuss the news mentioned in this article See the oil and gas sector is the most important sector of Norway It is responsible for over 40% of Norway's exports Also the oil and gas sector of Norway employs over 5% of the total Norwegian workforce This is why this sector is very important It has been Norway one of the wealthiest countries in the world This is the crux of the news in this article Now in this context let us discuss some important points regarding Norway We learn about Norway from a map perspective It will be beneficial in the upcoming pralams See in pralams you can expect map-based questions And most of the time the question is from the places in the news So with this knowledge in mind let us discuss about Norway from a map perspective Now look at this map for better understanding See as you can see from the map Norway is a narrow country It is located in the northern part of Europe We can also observe that Norway occupies the western off of Scandinavian peninsula This is the Scandinavian peninsula This peninsula is located in the northern Europe And Norway occupies the western off of the Scandinavian peninsula In addition to that we can see Sweden and Finland Which is a part of this peninsula See Scandinavian peninsula is the largest peninsula in Europe And Norway is a part of this peninsula I hope aspirants can follow Now coming back to Norway Now look at this map about my Norway You can see the capital is Oslo It is located in the southern part of the Norway See nearly half of the inhabitants of Norway live in the southern part of Norway It is usually around the Oslo region Almost 50% of the population is located in the southern region This is because Norway has extreme climate And it has also difficult terrain This is why the northern part of Norway is parsley populated Almost two-thirds of Norway is mountainous It experiences difficult terrain See when we are talking about Norway We should also learn about fjords Spelling is F-J-O-R-D-S But the pronunciation is fjords Norway coastline is famous for its fjords Now aspirants may have a question What is a fjord? See fjord is a sea inlet between cliffs, okay You can see this picture We have cliffs on the other side And we have an inlet between the cliffs This sea inlet is called as fjords A Norway coastline is famous for the fjords These fjords are generally carved by glaciers I will look at this picture for better understanding Now let us discuss about the boundaries of Norway What are the countries and water bodies around Norway? See Norway has Barents Sea in the north You can see from the map Barents Sea is located in the north It has Norway GNC and North Sea in the west And it finally has Skager Strait in the south These are the water bodies surrounding Norway As you can see from the map The northern, western and southern part of the Norway Are surrounded by water bodies But it has land borders in the east Remember Norway has got land borders only in the east What are the land borders? Sweden, Finland and Russia These are the countries bordering Norway in the east Sweden, Finland and Russia So these are the important points regarding Norway From the map perspective Now let us move on to the next part of our discussion Now look at this article This article is regarding Nat Grid So let us discuss in brief about Nat Grid Nat Grid stands for National Intelligence Grid See we all know about Mumbai terror attacks It happened in 2008 It was one of the worst terror attacks witnessed by India See many experts believe that Our weakness in intelligence gathering Was the main reason behind Mumbai terror attacks So as a solution to this The project Nat Grid was conceived in 2009 This is the history behind Nat Grid Mumbai terror attacks 2008 Nat Grid's ultimate aim is to counter terror and terror activities Now look at this figure We have Nat Grid in the middle We have the data providers on the left side And we have the user data on the right side Now let me explain how Nat Grid works See Nat Grid has been created as an IT platform It will assist the intelligence and law enforcement agencies See as you can clearly see from the figure Nat Grid is in the middle So it will connect the approved user agencies With the data providers User agencies in this context mean Security or law enforcement agencies Data providers in this context means Airlines, Banks, SEBI, Railways, Telecom industries Uber can provide information They are the data providers So Nat Grid will collect the information from the data providers And it will give to the user agencies This is how Nat Grid works For example, take information like Mobile call details, telephone connections Bank account details, passport details Immigration entry and exit data Income tax returns These kind of information will be available with the data providers Nat Grid will collect the information from the data providers And it will provide this data to the user agencies As I already said, user agencies are Security and law enforcement agencies These user agencies will collect information from the Nat Grid They will analyze the data And they will prevent the terror attacks This is how Nat Grid works It is an IT platform For example, take National Investigation Agency Intelligence Bureau Research and Analysis Wing, RAW These kind of agencies will have access to Nat Grid They will get information from the Nat Grid They will analyze it And they will prevent the terror attacks See, Nat Grid will be an important platform to prevent terror attacks This is because Nat Grid will provide real-time information to the agencies See, real-time is the actual time during which an event occurs It is like getting live information So as soon as the event has taken place Nat Grid will provide information to the user agencies Imagine getting live updates We'll have better chances of preventing terror activities, right? This is how Nat Grid functions It provides real-time information It can play a huge role in preventing terror attacks It will play a huge role in our national security But there is a problem See, we all know about the privacy versus national security debate This debate is constantly going on How much privacy can be violated in the name of national security? This dilemma has always persisted Now Nat Grid has caught up in this debate Privacy versus national security debate See, as I already said Nat Grid will have access to a lot of private data So these data can be stolen It can experience data theft Also, the data with the Nat Grid can be misused So it is a security breach So because of these reasons Many people are questioning the validity of Nat Grid They are raising concerns regarding Nat Grid Sensitive private information could be leaked And they can be misused Many experts are questioning the data security of Nat Grid So it is the responsibility of Indian authorities To put extra care to ensure the safety of the Nat Grid database So these are the important points regarding Nat Grid With this we have come to the end of the discussion In this discussion we saw about Nat Grid How it functions The origin behind Nat Grid And finally we discussed about the issue regarding Nat Grid Now let us move on to the next discussion Now look at this editorial This editorial is regarding North Korea nuclear threat So in this context, let us discuss about Nuclear Deterrence Doctrine In addition to that, we will also discuss about IAEA Now let us begin this discussion The syllabus relevant to this article is displayed on the screen Interested aspirants can go through it First, let us see about Nuclear Deterrence Doctrine See, this doctrine is important from Pilliam's as well as Main's perspective What is Nuclear Deterrence Doctrine? See, in simple language, Deterrence means I have weapons I have powerful weapons So if you hit me or attack me, I am going to retaliate harder This is Deterrence So the enemy or the potential threat Will not have the audacity to take you for granted This is what is called Deterrence See, let me explain this with a simple example Imagine two people fighting in a ground If they do not have any weapons, then there will be no Deterrence They will keep on fighting Whereas if one person has a gun, then another person will Acitate to hit that person He will fear that person He will not have the audacity to take the other person for granted This is Deterrence The same concept can be applied for Nuclear Weapons also When we have a lot of Nuclear Weapons Other countries will not have the audacity to attack us They will be Deterred I hope aspirants can follow So we can basically say Deterrence is based on two assumptions First, my weapons will make you think twice before attacking me Second, I have weapons so powerful It will cripple you These are the two assumptions behind Deterrence And this Deterrence method is used in Nuclear Weapons And it is called as Nuclear Deterrence Doctrine Many countries justify their use of nuclear weapons Through Nuclear Deterrence Doctrine They use this doctrine as a reason To stockpile many nuclear weapons Even India uses this doctrine to justify the Stockpiling of Nuclear Weapons We call this policy as Credible Minimum Deterrence Very important keyword Credible Minimum Deterrence You can use it as a value addition in your main's answer So we can say that Many Nuclear Powers Are using the Nuclear Deterrence Doctrine To Stockpile Nuclear Weapons But there is a problem See this Doctrine Only encourages the stockpiling of Nuclear Weapons It encourages nuclear proliferation For example, one country will have under Nuclear Weapons So another country will go for 120 Nuclear Weapons Then another country will go for 150 Nuclear Weapons So it encourages the usage of Nuclear Weapons It encourages Nuclear Proliferation The Nuclear Power Will continuously increase the Nuclear Weapons To show their power This is the major drawback of this Doctrine I hope aspirants can follow See so far we saw about Nuclear Deterrence Doctrine Now let us discuss the important points in this editorial See in recent years North Korea has stockpiled a lot of Nuclear Weapons They are using this Doctrine They are using the Nuclear Deterrence Doctrine To justify their stockpiling of Nuclear Weapons They use this Doctrine as an excuse To stockpile a huge quantity of Plutonium They are building a lot of Nuclear Facilities See this is danger Now have a look at this map This map shows the missile reach of North Korea We can see India is within the range of North Korean missiles Russia is within the range of North Korean missiles China, Japan, Canada, United States of America All these countries are within the reach of North Korean missiles So this poses a danger North Korean nuclear missiles can reach these countries As we all know North Korea is ruled by an unstable government It is ruled by a dictator So it poses a challenge The United States of America Got paranoid about the Nuclear Buildup in North Korea This is because any missile from Korea Can easily reach United States of America So tensions were building between the two countries North Korea and the United States of America Were almost on the verge of war But things started changing Take there 2019 In this year a bilateral summit was held between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un And US President Donald Trump In this bilateral summit the North Korean leader Offered to fully dismantle the Nuclear Facilities But in exchange North Korea asked for a Complete relief from international economic sanctions See lot of economic sanctions have been imposed on North Korea So in exchange North Korea asked for relief from international economic sanctions So this summit was a start of peace between North Korea and United States of America Things were moving in the right direction North Korea started to reduce its nuclear facilities But the problem is US did not honor the promise It did not remove the economic sanctions from North Korea So to get revenge North Korea started building Lot of nuclear facilities I hope aspirants can follow See another problem is North Korea has kept the nuclear program opaque It does not have a transparent nuclear program North Korea keeps its nuclear program A done from IAEA inspections See IAEA stands for International Automic Energy Agency And North Korea is not allowing International Automic Energy Agency to inspect its nuclear program So this has again increased the tensions between North Korea and United States of America Now countries like India is also worried about North Korea Because as I already said the missiles of North Korea can easily reach India This is the gist of this editorial See before concluding this editorial Let us see about International Atomic Energy Agency See International Atomic Energy Agency is a world's central intergovernmental forum For cooperation in the nuclear field This agency is responsible for inspection of nuclear reactors around the world Now coming back to the editorial See the North Korean nuclear agenda has got the international community worried But the new US administration under Joe Biden has taken a more practical route The new US administration has expressed Willingness to resume talks with North Korea But North Korea is not showing any interest North Korea wants to remove the economic sanctions Only after that it is ready for any talks with United States of America So we have to wait and watch how the things proceeds So these are the important points highlighted in this editorial We have come to the end of the discussion In this discussion we saw about nuclear deterrence doctrine We saw about North Korean nuclear program We also discussed about 2019 bilateral summit And we also discussed about the rising tensions between US and North Korea Now let us move on to the next discussion Now look at this editorial article This editorial article is regarding US-Afghanistan relationship Very very important topic from Main's perspective See this editorial article discussion is very important Because we will be discussing about the impacts in India We will be discussing how the failure of US-Afghanistan relationship has impacted India Now let us begin this discussion The syllabus covered by this editorial is highlighted below for your reference Interested aspirants can go through it See before discussing the editorial first let us have a refreshment Let us briefly discuss about the events that took place between US and Afghanistan It will help us to understand this editorial better See the US-Afghanistan relationship can be traced back to September 11 attacks So when you are writing your Main's answer Have a rough idea regarding the chronology of events It will make your thought process organized It will make your recollection better See we all know about the September 11 attacks It is also called as 9 11 attacks It caused lot of destruction to life and property Almost 3000 people lost their lives in this attack And we also know that this attack was planned by Osama Bin Laden He is the leader of Al Qaeda and he planned this attack See after this attack Bin Laden took refuge in Afghanistan He was protected by the Taliban's in the Afghanistan And the Taliban's were refusing to hand over Osama Bin Laden This is where the problem started So following the refusal of Taliban's The United States of America intervened in the Afghanistan It removed Taliban from Afghanistan To be precise it removed the Taliban government from the Afghanistan In place of the Taliban's The United States of America placed a democratic government in the Afghanistan I hope aspirants can follow But the thing is this move was a failure The democratic government in Afghanistan failed And the US withdrew in February 2020 It started withdrawing from Afghanistan in February 2020 The United States of America completely departed from Afghanistan on August 30th 2021 And the Taliban took control of the country again This is the rough timeline of events I hope aspirants can follow See the 9-11 attacks took place in 2001 We are now in 2021 So it has been 20 years since the 9-11 attacks taken place So after 20 years occupation of the United States in Afghanistan Again Afghanistan is in the control of Taliban We are back to the square zero So in this context this editorial has been written Now let us discuss the important points in this editorial See first of all according to the author of this editorial The United States of America decision to leave Afghanistan is not a good idea He is against it According to the author This decision of United States of America has made the world less safe It can lead to high chances for the spread of transnational terrorism Very important keyword Transnational terrorism Terrorism which can threaten multiple countries across regions This terrorism is called as transnational terrorism And according to the author the US decision to leave Afghanistan Will increase the spread of transnational terrorism See after the 9-11 attacks United States of America took a resolution It launched a global war on terrorism It not only invaded Afghanistan It launched a global war on terrorism See this global war on terror is an American-led Global counter-terrorism campaign Through this campaign America targeted extremist groups Located throughout the Muslim world But the thing is this initiative did not yield tangible results We can say it is almost a failure This is the first important point conveyed by the author of the editorial United States of America by withdrawing from Afghanistan Is going against the global war on terror It can lead to spread of transnational terrorism Now moving on to the second point See according to the author United States of America is not learning from the past lessons To be precise it is not learning from the lessons of the 9-11 attacks This is because many United States presidents Like Joe Biden, Obama, Donald Trump has called Taliban as good terrorist They are trying to create distinction between the terrorist groups They have classified Taliban as good terrorist Whereas they have classified ISIS, al-Qaeda, Aquania Network as bad terrorist But according to the author These distinctions are misleading Because many terrorist organizations have interlinked networks They are entwined They don't operate alone So according to the author Classifying terrorist as good terrorist and bad terrorist Will create lot of problem It will be misleading And it will act against the global war on terror This is another important point highlighted in this editorial According to the author of the editorial U.S. should not draw distinctions between terrorist groups It can only result in failure Instead of differentiating the terrorist groups United States of America should target all terrorist cells and networks Irrespective of the place or region This is the important solution given in this editorial Do not classify terrorists They should be equally targeted Only such a strategy can help in achieving enduring results I hope aspirants can follow Now let us move on to the most important topic How it impacts India How the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan And Taliban control of Afghanistan Impacts India Very important You can use it as value addition in your main censor See India is in a tough situation Because India is a close partner to America And India is also near Afghanistan We are geographically located nearer to Afghanistan and Pakistan So we have to balance both these issues And with the reemergence of Taliban India is likely to face more loss than gains This is because Taliban's encourage terrorism They have made Afghanistan as a epicenter for terrorism So India's close proximity to Afghanistan Will create problems Terrorist incidents in India can increase The Afghanistan and Pakistan excess Will increase terror incidents in India So India will be negatively impacted From the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan There is also another problem See China is ready to work in close with Taliban's They have supported the Taliban government in Afghanistan So China will take control in Afghanistan It will have another country under its control This is a problem for India Will be surrounded by Chinese allied countries So this puts us in a tricky situation These are the important points highlighted in this editorial So finally the author of the editorial concludes by saying We have to address these changes in a strategic manner We should not take any hasty decisions We have more to lose So we have to approach this problem in a strategic manner With this we have come to the end of the discussion In this discussion we saw about the events that took place between U.S. and Afghanistan We discussed about the consequence of U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan Spread of transnational terrorism We also discussed about the problems associated with the classification of terrorists Good terrorists, bad terrorists, those concepts How it affects the results And finally we discussed about the impacts of India How U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan And Taliban re-emergence will affect India What are the negative consequences we will face Now let us move on to the next discussion Now moving on to reference articles Look at this article This article is regarding elephant corridors Interested aspirants can go through May 31st Daily News Analysis May 31st 2021 In this news analysis we have discussed about elephant corridors in great detail Interested aspirants can go through it Now moving on to the next article The next article is regarding Chief Justice of India We have talked about Chief Justice of India in great detail In our March 25th Daily News Analysis So go to March 25th 2021 Daily News Analysis You can get all relevant information regarding Chief Justice of India Appointment process, removal process, powers and functions All those basic details you can find in that Daily News Analysis video Now next topic Next topic is regarding Chief Minister of Appointment March 27th 2021 The Daily News Analysis on this day Has all relevant information regarding Chief Minister's appointment, removal, powers and functions Interested aspirants can go through that video Now let us move on to practice problems questions First question With reference to India's culture and tradition What is common to the terms Kalaripayattu, Silambam, Tangta, Ghatka? A. Music tradition in North West India B. Traditional martial arts of India C. Classical local music in South India D. Pictradura tradition of India The correct answer is B. Traditional martial arts of India Kalaripayattu, Silambam, Tangta, Ghatka As we discussed in the article discussion They are the traditional martial arts of India The correct answer is option B Now moving on to the next question Conses of following statements regarding National Intelligence Grid Not Grid First statement It is an IT platform to assist the intelligence and law enforcement agencies In ensuring national and internal security With an ultimate aim to counter terror Second statement It is an attached office under Ministry of Defense Which of the statements given above are incorrect? See they are asking the incorrect statements A. One only B. Two only C. Both one and two D. Neither one nor two See the first statement is correct Not Grid is an IT platform to assist the intelligence and law enforcement agencies In ensuring national and internal security Since they are asking incorrect statements We can eliminate statement one So A is eliminated C is also eliminated Now moving on to the second statement It is an attached office under Ministry of Defense This statement is wrong Not Grid is attached office under Ministry of Home Not Ministry of Defense Since the question is asking incorrect statement The correct answer is option B Two only Only the second statement is incorrect Ains practice questions are displayed on the screen Interest or aspirants can write the answer and post in the comment section below If you like this video click like If you want to post a comment Post a comment in the comment section below And don't forget to subscribe to Shankan Isakini's channel Thank you all the best