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. NEWS ITEM SYLLUBUS ESSENCE OF THE ARTICLE 1. Asian giants promise jobs, trade (Page 12) a) I.R a) Sixty years after the Bandung Conference, China, Japan and India are opening their wallets to support Asia and Africa – signaling how development economies has upstaged the non-aligned doctrine that was the flavor of the day in 1955. 2. In step with Ghanis Afghanistan (Page 8) a) I.R a) As India prepares to welcome Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, it must recognize that political changes and new regional equations will be the most important determinants of the future course of relations. 3. No new judges till SC verdict on NJAC, says Centre (Page 10) a) National b) Polity a) The Centre told the Supreme Court that the NJAC may be constituted before May 11, but assured the apex court that it will not appoint new judges till it gives the green signal to the law. 4. Unequal scales for juveniles (Page 8) a) National b) Polity a) It is unfortunate that the govt seems determined to introduce legal provisions to ensure that children between the ages of 16 and 18 are tried as adults if they commit horrible offences such as murder and rape. 5. Juveniles need reform, not prison (Page 9) a) National b) Polity a) The Cabinet has decided to treat 16 to 18 year olds as adults for horrible offences. This satisfies rage but strongly violates the rights of the child. 6. Govt performs poorly in rural job scheme (Page 11) a) National b) Social issue a) In the one year since the Modi govt assumed power, progress in implementation of some of rural development schemes (particularly MGNREGA and the Indira Awas Yojana) has been poor. 7. Smart maps for smart cities (Page 1) a) National a) According to a study, the use of smart maps in PM Modis ambitious smart cities project will lead to $8 billion in savings and value in a year. 8. What makes cities really smart (Page 9) a) National a) Rather than ambitious plans, smart cities should focus on just three things – transportation, e-governance and easy land titling. Nirbhaya