THE HINDU 8TH AUG IMPORTANT ARTICLESMany have faith in unelected !die"# ut India value" di""ent A substantial number of Indians support undemocratic modes of rule, yet identify themselvesas democrats, new numbers from a global survey show. The report, Democracy in India: A Citiens! "erspective#, is part of a global survey on attitudes to democracy conducted in India by $o%niti at the Delhi&based Centre for the 'tudy of Developing 'ocieties in ()*+, covering over ,,))) respondents in (( 'tates. The sample was selected to be representative of gender, caste, religion and class. The proportion of Indians who prefer democracy is significantly lower than in -angladesh or 'ri $an%a, but higher than in "a%istan. 'upport for authoritarianism was higher among richer, better educated people and those with a high media e.posure. /early 0) per cent of all people approved of the statement that India should get rid of "arliament and elections and have a strong leader decide things, while +1 per cent disagreed 2the rest had no response3. 4owever more people disagreed with the Army ta%ing over to govern the country 20, per cent3 than agreed 2+) per cent3. 2Can be used in Example for GS Paper 1- Society; Paper 2- Governance3Ra$in% &!' !ve& O"(ania h!")ital*Read a!ut Rive& Mu"i# 'h!"e T&iuta&y it i"+ Ta(a&ind t&ee and it" u"e"+ ,hat a&e he&ita%e "t&uctu&e" and 'hethe& Cent&e !& State %!ve&n the( t! )&!tect-T&i)u&a )a""e" &e"!luti!n a%ain"t death )enalty The Tripura Assembly has passed a resolution re5uesting the Centre to amend 'ection +)( ofthe I"C to abolish capital punishment. moved a motion in the Assembly on its opening day on 6riday against the death penalty and replaced it with life sentence unto death. 2Read Capital Punishment and its related cases held3Mu(ai %et" a fla(in%! "anctua&y Sanay Gandhi !ational Par" is right in the heart of the city, the #hane Cree" $lamin%o Sanctuary, which came into being on 6riday, is on its periphery.7aharashtra 8evenue and 6orest Department notified the northern part of the cree" as a &ildlife sanctuary under 'ection *9 of the 'ildlife (Protection )ct*+ 1,-2. The sanctuary will be the State/s second marine sanctuary after the one at 0alvan. The*,,:)&hectare bird haven ; 9:, hectares of man%rove forests and nited 'tates has drastically increased the supply of oil. And several international events are li%ely to further boost supply to levels far e.ceeding demand. The nuclear deal between Iran and the ?est has further depressed prices owing to the e.pectation that sanctions on Iran would soon be lifted, allowing it to again supply oil to the world.'audi Arabia is moving strongly to increase refinery capacity, which will further add to global supplies. @n the demand side, the increased supply has been met by recessionary or slow&growth conditions in most industrialised countries, which have greatly moderated their consumptionsince the economic crisis. 8ussia, for e.ample, has .'., Aurope, "a%istan, China, -angladesh, -rail, Tur%ey, Iran, 7orocco, 'audi Arabia, Algeria and the >AA (Read about Cyber #errorism+ CER#-3n- GS Paper :*3a&"itie" face %&ant cut if they fail t! )&!vide inf!&(ati!n !n faculty >niversities ; the Central, the 'tate and deemed&to&be under 'ection + of the >niversity Brants Commission 2>BC3 Act, *:1, ; have been warned that they could face a (1 per cent cut in grant&in&aid if they failed to upload the necessary information re5uired by AI'4A in time. The 4GC ($urnishin% of 3nformation by 4niversities* Rules 2;19 ; to give the commission more teeth in dealing with non&compliance. 2Read about 4GC and its role; 4GC Rules 2;19- GS Paper 2*H!(e Mini"t&y "ee0" Na%a deal detail" f&!( inte&l!cut!& The group has been assured of autonomous councils# as per the agreement signed in the presence of "rime 7inister /arendra 7odi, but all the three 'tates ; Assam, Arunachal "radesh and 7anipur ; which have a sieable /aga population, have opposed it.One4thi&d !f c!al l!c0" u) f!& aucti!n in 'ildlife haitat" The latest survey conducted using Blobal Information 'ystem 2BI'3 by Breenpeace India shows that of the *)* coal bloc%s that are up for auction this year, +1 are in the habitats of tigers, leopards or elephants. Twenty of these bloc%s are within *) %m of a protected forest area or within *1 %m of an identified &ildlife corridor. The bloc%s are spread across eight 'tates & 7adhya "radesh, Char%hand, @rissa, Chhattisgarh, 7aharashtra, Andhra "radesh, Arunachal "radesh and ?est -engal.7any village boundaries overlap with the areas of the listed bloc%s, which call for approvals from %rama sabhas under the $orests Ri%hts )ct+ 2;;