oh you got some pipe for us yeah must fit let's find out suppose that pipes for us don't we? look he's got a roof support package man what a good guy what a nice guy new saw horses to go with it wow ha we caught him caught him napping what type of paperwork it rolled rolled or flat waitin said he's taking care of paperwork yeah he was on the toilet he was on the scrolls yeah hey I see you've got a roof support package for our new p.m. we saw the pipe over here they wanted to tell you before I forget it you asked me one time for if I had a track yeah well I do have like a 10-foot section of a track you would use on a band door yeah crack it's like a u-shaped yeah piece okay well now I was looking for a track for this hole hey Charlie oh okay well there is one time there is one oh that's pretty cool yeah I'd like to hang it in here and so we can hang gear off in it yeah I do know there's one down in the band down the key I know but I don't know if I want to go in the band you're older than I can and so why don't you go in and then I heard Darryl Flyve bought the whole he bought he bought all the field yeah the land out back but I heard he bought the house and everything I don't know that I don't either I don't know yeah I'll be with you me for five hours we're headed to camp are yeah yeah well you must just Matt Ryan no we missed him last year we're not get fuel because he had trailer on with metal we've been over I didn't see an oven see you like so started the camp oh yeah we got it all up so we we're coming over to see Wayne because we got to pick up a couple nail guns and I wanted to see which ones to get because they're so darn many of these things I had a low-pass load I got two right there I picked out of it I picked out of a load of trash I was dropped my dump trailer off from people cleaning out a house the two pass loads this boss hammer drill wow that's nice the pitching machine oh geez them what dump was this now it was Karen Jamison the people clean out the house oh my key to table saw yeah look at this thing there's a picture machine work yes no kidding well Ryan saw the balls in the bottom of the tree yeah he's like those picture machine balls and they're expensive so we got rummaging around and we found the picture machine oh wow is this the one you like though well we got a big we got a big strong guy yeah right Stevie's pretty rugged because they make so darn many of these nail guns now it's getting hard to keep up so these up this one it takes the pass load nails oh nice it's all right if you're doing on the floor yeah but it's when you're up over here yeah and that's the framing one yep the framing one we usually do why no yeah get walls together down here but you know doing window framing out windows yeah is it real bad donny yeah it's got a little weight to it yeah yeah I guess if you're up here all day but it's good to have the weight because you don't get the recoil yeah it works great you know the old pass load they had the tubes of CO2 or whatever you can still get it and you know it wasn't as heavy as this it didn't feel as heavy as this no but I mean that's got a lot of a lot of power would you use that one for eight penny two or yeah okay should we get a should we get one for V matching and the finish gun yeah they we have a finished one and we don't really like it but they've changed the tip on them okay so when you go to there they work better that it's got a better tip it's more like the pass load finish gun what was this like the original first one they ever made yeah so here's the finish gun this one's got a nice tip on it yeah for doing V match okay and they don't weigh nothing that's no bad wow nothing to it was it just plastic oh yeah well you got to put out a battery oh yeah you know but that doesn't weigh a lot so those still take the old yeah no no we needed to make I mean where you have all yeah I got a ton of batteries yeah I just I just didn't know which one to get because they got so darn many of these some one of them the nails are on a plastic clip okay and you don't want that one because that you have to wear safety glasses all the time because it shoots shads of plastic oh always coming off okay so this is paper this is paper these are just regular pass loads yeah which are available all over the you know right and then it puts it's gonna adjustable tip so if you're doing we'll say dry hemlock yeah what about half dry hemlock yeah ain't quite dry I guess I guess the nail gun is gonna feel pretty light compared to the hemlock yeah yeah you know it doesn't get muscled into it yeah yeah so what's this move for echo over here oh somebody gave that around that's pretty sweet I don't think I've ever seen one of velvet like is he gonna clean it up or leave that's a pretty one yeah yeah corker I like that guard you got on that saw that saw I'm gonna say might have been my grandfathers oh no kid my mother gave it to me a while back and that's the only thing I can think of it because my grandfather was pretty he liked things meat and orderly and shot yeah yeah yeah is that a word they carry that over the yeah it's a piece of wood yeah they carry those like over their shoulder with the blade obviously point now right oh I'm sure that the old guys used to cut themselves all cheese I might know what yeah well now we need it we need a house clean well we can help you we'll load these right yeah okay it's the better yeah I'll pick up at least one of those you is this something I need I haven't bought one of these yet is that something I'd use enough to buy or okay okay it's a cutoff tool like for doing base cutting baseboard off or anything oh I see you can then you can get them that you saw nails right off with them okay so you want to take baseboard you can cut that baseboard right off yeah perfectly so I got that big skill so yeah and I like it a lot Donny's been using it do it should I get a smaller one no okay okay yeah I'm I think I'm gonna pick up a box or two for yeah well I like these for like the batteries but I he said you can leave them right outside yeah but on your fishing trips yeah these were full of gear they'd float probably that's pretty cool yeah at least for a little while yeah you know yeah in that it's something to think about you ain't kidding you know because of all your GoPro stuff yeah in one of these I mean even if it's was just great flush with the water yeah better than diving the bottom and if it keeps the water and snow out we had a guy in his wife stop at Joe's ice cream shop yesterday from Wisconsin what had watched the video watch the video and big fans he's just starting getting into sugar and oh really and we couldn't talk him talking about oh my god what a nice beautiful sugar shack that was and yeah and so he's getting all excited about doing something I said I got the best end of this whole deal all I have to do is put the sap in buckets and bring them over here and he has to do all the work and boiling it down yeah he liked that sugar shack where where are they staying they went to Acadia last night yeah he's he slept at Danny sent me a picture I guess they didn't get the rain we got you know I thought about you should they were they were running out running late yeah if he stops on his way back actually yeah if he stops on his way back he might really like to see that operation make an appointment yeah wicked nice guy yeah real nice and his wife too so holy cow that's the one I shot with black powder oh that's a beauty that one they away 229 30 December wow which was second week of black powder so done run oh yeah yeah what would that guy wait the first of November right yeah if you wait 229 270 maybe you know at least they say it's 30% yeah oh I heavy beams on him yeah he scored one what was it right around 140 yeah nice then isn't moves up there by the shot in the aligash oh no kidding yeah I didn't know you know that was I think around 800 yeah that's the perfect size moves right there yeah now this this buck here your uncle did for me donnie oh boy boy yeah that one I shot 1977 no way we 211 pounds I shot that on the hot top to the wildest point Stephen Stephen was the caretaker oh wow and yeah I mean look how close they are yeah wicked close you could put a basket you could set a basket yeah yeah you put a basketball there to never come out right so that hung at my mother's from the time I got it back until two years ago oh that's a beauty yeah it's getting a little crusty the mountain is yeah it's got some age on it yeah yeah he did my moves yeah I think that was the last thing he did yeah yeah I think it was a hundred and I might have paid $150 I know we paid I think Greg paid $500 to get my moves done yeah okay yeah full shoulder mouth right yeah he did a job yeah yeah yeah this is my redneck chandelier like that yeah was that made in Jefferson that was made right here I mean oh the yoke I don't know where they all come from I picked it up in a flea market place and came up with the idea hang those old decent yeah that's pretty because he's nice and jazz over here 1858 really yeah holy cow yeah yeah my mother's got some old you know caught yeah yeah yeah like that these half downs I had to find yeah do you ever hear about time his mother opened up a bottle of an old jar full of deer meat it was dated what 1950 something yes I don't know I can't remember me they ate it they ate it oh yeah yeah I mean yeah I can remember when I was a kid she used to can pork and beef and all that yeah well we can we can we froze meat from that big buck yeah and you would have been better off chewing on your shoe oh it was tough so we thought it out the next summer and canned yeah the only way you could eat right yeah and then it was just like oh my god I like it I like it can Mary can the most meat you know you get down on the lower legs and that's yeah all the crappy in it and it just breaks a pat when you take it out of the Ryan Ryan cans everything that's not a good steak yeah that's what I'm gonna do from now on yeah I like it I like the handbag and that's great for taking no off yeah right and then so in frying pan you have to worry about it make a stew or whatever yeah Ryan put carrots potatoes that's that's what I did that's what I did Wayne too oh look at that Kribbage Ward Donnie yeah that's cool where'd you get that sportsman show I think that is that really cool there's I think there's a name on the back nope like to you that is awesome it is well it took some time to make well the laser yeah laser they like a CNC machine yeah that's Donnie right there yeah no no no no no slip us today holy cow this is the one I shot this year that's the one yeah that's a beast what did that one way only weighed 192 geez and he's he looks way bigger than those other two yeah those back ones are 12 holy crap so when they scored him he only had three and five eights deductions total cuz how perfect it is how symmetrical yeah yeah and that is awesome that must have made it yes in the main school and out there yes it did and the guy said that's what it scored I had looked it up he said it that was a quarter score for eight point yeah because eight point is usually just make into the in a good honest eight pointer to yeah oh no I did a good job on the mount it looks like yeah this was Ed from Havis time he scored 150 and five eights that's big for an April here in Maine yep wow so here's a trail cam picture of him in no the third of November 8th of October excuse me wicked but look how symmetrical he is yeah oh yeah that's your target right there must have been some nervous when you saw no he come out of the fir trees he was off about a hundred yards he come out of the fir trees and he stepped behind a fir tree and I picked a gun up and when he stepped out I squeezed the trigger yeah and he went down in the heat well just right there right there a hundred yards with my trusty 30 30 you must have been pretty excited and not until I got over to see him because I just knew it was a buck with horns yeah that's all I knew the old 30 30 naughty strikes again yeah that shot that one yeah 11 that I shot in 77 and my brother Ronnie said you've got a gun safe follow them brown and expensive things he says and you're carrying the gun you've carried since you were 16 who made up the 30 30 is it where did your father have 30 he had a third 300 Winchester pump and a 30 30 Winchester yeah it was 300 Savage pump okay yeah and he had a 30 30 Winchester yeah and he had a 30 30 bolt action oh no kidding that which that shot some deer really you like the bolt I don't have any idea right yeah I know there was a wager one morning with dad and Steve we were gonna go push a piece and Stephen had just got home at about I'll probably two or three in the morning and he saw some deer going into this piece of woods so there was an island of trees in the field and he told dad he was gonna get down there and stand and shoot a deer and we were 100 200 yards from him when we started to push and sure enough the 30 30 bolt action went up and and that the wager was the gun or I don't know a hundred dollars or something and when dad was done hunting he turned the gun over to Caleb which is Stevens son and gave it to him yeah because that was the deal right right on the wager yeah wow no that's a big buck yeah one of you yeah 150 inch 8-pointers you don't see them every day yeah did you end up going to the show no I didn't go to the show yeah I was supposed to go because my buddy had a good one too I wished I had but I have some reason I can't remember why what was going on maybe I was cleaning sap buckets yeah it is here I went with David Ames one year that he shot a nice buck up north yeah and it had frigging brow times as long as these they were 13 inch it scored like 162 I think yeah I went to Ronnie had a turkey he shot a turkey that had four beads I saw that really yeah and it had a hundred I had 32 inches of beard yeah I saw that on him wow um he he had the state record for a couple of years with that bird I should say but no yeah that's quite a buck that is he was making a seven-day circle yeah really yeah so what time in November do you get a day before Thanksgiving oh really in the morning first thing in the morning yeah frosty morning yeah he was traveling long ways because a guy I know his father found the shed five miles in a straight line from here from two years earlier and it's a dead match because this side I think it's this side here this antlers got a bulge in it yeah right there that oh yeah and it's a dead match okay and then last year I've got a picture of him with a brow tying this brow tying come out like this hmm he was bigger last year really yeah and then guys have got pitches of him down on the Hinks Road which is four miles in a straight line here he was you know he was a so he's spread some genetics oh yes oh yeah there's a lot of there's a lot of his offspring so he what do you think a year past prime yeah wow that's awesome we figured around eight and a half maybe yeah wow yeah he's gray yeah yeah he is gray you know you don't realize it how gray he is compared to that one I shot in 77 he's he's a blonde yeah that was a young deer I think that one I shot the first one I shot oh that's a cock up yeah you don't see many of them no that's for sure yeah well thank you for sharing it with us playing here's my wife's first deer she shot she shot that out the back window of the shop last year I saw him Sunday morning under the apple tree I know where you can sit tomorrow morning no that's a beauty yeah yeah look how this one here compared to that one in there color and then that one's even lighter but this was a fairly young deer compared to that he's got some mass that one yeah you really get some mass yeah there's been a lot of good deer shot in Jefferson over the years yes yep and that week of Thanksgiving a lot of a lot of big deer following that week yeah yeah we're going north right after that are you last year we didn't see much and then day before veterans they started rolling into the tagging station yeah so what are you guys doing now though you're building a camp for I am yeah yeah well hope he doesn't sell this one you better not I don't know I don't have a third one in but we're going out they've got their dates out tomorrow tomorrow's youth day yeah oh okay Jason sitting yeah yeah they got a bunch of their coming in yeah well he said they were really rattling the barrels today huh they're out of well don't he'll make some they're hungry so that's all right they'll be they'll be there tomorrow yeah they've been he's got pitches of him all midnight six in the morning eight in the morning real all day long all day long that's good yeah on the barrels yeah so you could go if you had it could date it today you could probably go mom on it she's that'd be pretty cool yeah so do they have a ground blind or a tree tree stand tree stand yeah I've heard some people hug from ground boy I don't know I don't be so I'd be frigging my my buddy well Jeffrey you know Jeffrey yeah his dad the only guy I know has done it he shot a black bear with a predator call and a bow from the ground wow you gotta have you gotta have no good yeah yeah he was calling he tried for a little while he set up and it was just getting darkness he was gonna he was gonna quit for the day you had a predator call like one of them electronic ones yeah and he set it up like in an intersection one of them logging roads and kind of hid it was just coming out to pick it up and here here it comes down the hill so he hid back in and started really whaling on that call and she kept coming kept coming kept coming it was pretty close to dark he thumped her and as soon as that arrow hit she did like the bark you know that and he said there were like a dozen coyote within like 20 feet of him like all around really started screaming he said it was the eeriest feeling ever because he called the coyote in as well but he never knew the coyotes were there because they're too crafty so he left he left the bear because it ran in the woods and it was dark yeah he left it and he slept right there in his truck and then the first thing in the morning it was like 50 yards or whatever it was dead and it was already missing a high little limb the coyotes took the high well that's all they took yeah you know lucky yeah yeah I got a bear hanging in his tail but he's the only guy I know that's called that's predator called one in for one two from the from the ground and three with a bow and arrow unreal boy I would what do you think Donny would you do it there's no way in hell I'd do it no no I'd be nervous as a cat I always had a mutual understanding with the bears when I was trapping if they left me alone I left them alone yeah yeah we never had any problems yeah but then I ate some Jeffrey brought some out that he prepared ice fishing it was the best meat I've ever eaten oh so great and then I was like what we got to rethink our our contracts yeah well I mean it is good me yeah oh no I had a friend give me a great big one yeah it's kind of in a cooler on ice and when I opened that cooler you the swan you was in a slaughter shop in the cooler of beef really it smells just like beef huh the first one ivory was not prepared right you gotta get rid of that that what I call looks like Crisco the winter fat yeah that bear I shot way 229 it was that's good out of November I was deer hunting and I wanted to skin it so I could drop it off tax debits on the way home so we stayed away from the high and it had probably close to eight inches of the winter fat okay look just like Crisco to me like wow and I dropped it off the taxidermist called me the next day he took 65 pounds of that fat because see they that's a big you know you can sell that because there was a guy in Houston that wanted to buy like the renderer yeah render yeah they use for soaps and huh and hand creams I guess that does in fact last Christmas bought some lip balm and it was the bear fat yeah even bear fat huh and they was probably still a couple inches of that on the meat holy cow so they you know there's probably pushing close to a hundred you know at least 90 pounds of fat that she'd put on and when they tell you they drag had to drag that is an understatement where was that one up used this way or was up used this way up on a mountain and yes it was downhill but it still drag money mean I say the best way to describe it to 55 gallon drum half full of water and you put a rope around it because it rolls every bump it will roll over and in behind the tree yeah roll it back oh yeah I remember every every bump in the path that bear will roll up I remember when you got that were you deer hunting yeah we were deer hunting up on the mountain and then half the half of the walk up the mountain was an old wood drove this it was on state land on Bigelow preserve up there and they had just finished logging and they dug all the culverts out and that road was all gravel so my buddy's hiked down first to go by that jet sled yeah yeah yeah so we could put the bear in it so there'd be some hair left on the high by the time we got it to the truck it was a saw on all the sides that's a big one and so but yeah it was one of those unexpected things I was I was walking up the mountain I guess you call it and I decided that I said this is father enough so I turned around and took a shot right went down over and I heard something behind me and I turned around and this bear was running away from me so I up and fired which probably shouldn't have done and then she turned and I fired again and I went wow I must have walked right by that bear because it wasn't 50 yards from me home child and I walked back up it was kind of a game trail I walked back up and I looked over the right it's it looks like I shot myself a bit


Welcome to the Hindu News Analysis by Shankar IA's Academy, displayed at the list of news articles taken up for today's analysis along with the page numbers of Chennai, Bengaluru, Delhi and Trivandrum editions. The handwritten notes in PDF format and the timestamping of all the news articles taken up for today's analysis is available in the description section and also in the comment section for the benefit of the smartphone users. Let us now start our discussion. This news article states that India's campaign or movement for the expansion of the United Nations Security Council has slowed down. This is even after repeated assertions by India on its right to have a permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council or in short UNSC. Now, this slow pace is visible in the fact that India's campaign did not prompt or remind the United Nations General Assembly to move towards a resolution. The resolution is for the expansion of the United Nations Security Council. Now, resolution is important because the United Nations resolutions are formal expressions of the opinion or the will of the United Nations organs. So, until a resolution is undertaken, whatever decision that is taken in the meetings are not the formal decisions of the United Nations organs. And we are calling it slow pace because four years ago, if you see the United Nations General Assembly had declared plans for reform of United Nations Security Council in its landmark decision which was taken in the year 2015 and this also included expanding the United Nations Security Council. So, on 14 September 2015, the 69th General Assembly adopted a text without a vote. This text would be the basis for future negotiations on reform of the Security Council. This was adopted after several rounds of discussion. Currently, the main coalitions or the partnership on the issue of reform in the United Nations are the L69, the G4 and the African group. In this know that L69 is a group of developing countries from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, then the Asia and also the Pacific. It currently has 42 members, then the G4 consists of four nations namely Brazil, Germany, India and Japan. Here know that India is a leading country in the L69 grouping and also the G4 grouping. Then we have the African group which consists of 54 African countries from the five regions of Africa. Now, after this 2015 decision of the United Nations General Assembly, the Ministry of External Affairs of India had stated that the negotiations for a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly would begin from the year 2016. But if you see, it has not yet started. It is already 2019 now. The news article states that India seems to have depended on the argument that it is entitled to a seat at the United Nations Security Council. This dependency is because of multiple factors such as population, growing economic stature, then growing global responsibilities like peacekeeping. But the diplomat suggests that a more aggressive campaign within the organs of the United Nations is required. This is to push for United Nations General Assembly resolution to expand the United Nations Security Council. One of the key historic reasons for India's quest for a permanent seat at the United Security Nation is to ensure the protection of national interest. And this protection is needed especially in crucial diplomatic moments like when the United Nations Security Council takes up some controversial issues in India like the Kashmir issue. We know that when last week the United Nations Security Council members met for a closed meeting on Kashmir, India stood outside the meeting. That is, India was not allowed to attend the meeting. But if India had a permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council, this scenario could have been avoided. Therefore, the permanent seat for India becomes more important now. But if you have seen the recent years, India has insisted on getting bilateral assurance from the heads of states and governments who visit India for the expansion of United Nations Security Council. But even though the permanent member countries such as United Kingdom, the United States, Russia and France have expressed the support bilaterally, they have not actively collaborated with India in the United Nations for expanding the Council. So, now other than these reasons, why the expansion of United Nations Security Council is more important to India? India believes that the United Nations, especially the United Nations Security Council must reflect the contemporary or the current global realities. For this purpose, the reform of the United Nations including the expansion of the United Nations Security Council in both the permanent and the non-permanent categories is very much necessary and the reform is also necessary for the following reasons. Firstly, the United Nations Security Council still reflects the geopolitical architecture of the Second World War. This is because the victors or the winners from the Second World War, that is the countries like United States, France, the then Soviet Union, then England, then China all gave themselves a permanent membership on the Security Council. It was just to ensure that the world peace and security were in good hands, but if you see the world has changed drastically since the end of the Second World War, so a change in United Nations Security Council is very much needed. Secondly, the United Nations Security Council was last expanded only once in the year 1963. This expansion added four non-permanent members. Thirdly, if you see the membership of United Nations has increased over the years, but the United Nations Security Council is still without any change in membership having only just 15 members. Fourthly, there is no permanent member from Africa in the United Nations Security Council, but if you see actually 75% of the work of the United Nations Security Council is focused on Africa. Now, some of the diplomats have blamed China for this slow pace of why the United Nations Security Council is not getting expanded. They say that China has quietly carried out a campaign or a movement to stop the speeding process of the draft resolution. Even some veteran diplomats have said that the latest United Nations Security Council meeting on Kashmir, where India was not allowed to participate, was convened following an initiative from China. So, this shows that India will have to show more stamina or strength to stop China from using the United Nations Security Council against India's interests. The news article also states that the issue of expanding the United Nations Security Council and the text-based negotiation is expected to be discussed in the next United Nations General Assembly session, which is to be held in the month of September. So, let us now see what is United Nations Security Council in brief. The United Nations Charter established six main organs of the United Nations, including the Security Council. The United Nations Charter gives primary responsibility to the Security Council for maintaining international peace and security. So, the United Nations Security Council will meet whenever it thinks that the peace is threatened in any part of the world. All the members of the United Nations agree to accept and carry out the decisions of the Security Council. Actually, if you see other organs of the United Nations make recommendations to the member states, but only the Security Council has the power to make decisions, which the member states are obligated to implement under the Charter. And if you see the United Nations Security Council is composed of 15 members, where 5 are permanent members and 10 are non-permanent members. The permanent members are the countries of China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States. And if you see the 10 non-permanent members, they are elected for two year terms by the United Nations General Assembly. Currently, if you see the non-permanent members are the countries of Belgium, Côte d'Avore, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Germany, Indonesia, Kuwait, Peru, Poland and South Africa. Also know that India was a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for seven times in the following years. That is from 1950 to 51, then 1967 to 68, then 1972 to 73, then 1977 to 78, then 1984 to 1985, then 1991 to 1992, and lastly in the years 2011 to 2012. And also know that India is likely to get this non-permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council again in the years 2021 to 2022. So, when India will be celebrating its 75th year of independence, India is likely to be a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. Now, have a look at the practice question. Let us move on to the next news article. This news article discusses about paddy cultivation in Kuttanath region of Kerala. The syllabus relevant to the analysis of this news article is given here for your reference. This news article tells that the paddy cultivation has been destroyed in about 3,000 hectares of land in Kuttanath region. They were destroyed due to breaching of bunts and also because of flooding. The news also tells that the outer bunts of some of the paddy polders have breached. So, this has destroyed paddy cultivation. This news article also mentions Bhadasekara Samithis. So, let us see about the speciality of the agricultural practice in the area of Kuttanath. Know that Kuttanath is a region which is located in the central region of the state of Kerala. Kuttanath is known for its below sea level farming system. So, it is a only farming system in India that has been a practicing rice cultivation below sea level since the past two centuries. If you see the entire area of Kuttanath is a fragmented landscape. When we tell fragmented landscape, there are different types of landscape in small small portions like the coastal backwaters of the Vemannad lake, then reverse lake Chenankari river, then you have vast stretches of paddy fields, then marshes, ponds, garden lands and well-built canals. In this picture, the canal is running midway and here you can see the garden lands which are located above the mean sea level and then you can see the paddy fields which are located below the mean sea level on the Aether sites. So, this is the mean sea level. So, there are three major structures. One is the wetlands which are used for paddy activities and fish catching, then the garden lands which are used for coconut tubers and food crops, plantation and then the water areas which are used for inland fishing. Historically, the lands have been reclaimed from the Vemannad lake for practicing agriculture, then the bunts have been created to prevent the water from entering the paddy fields. These paddy fields are called as Padashekaram in Malayalam. So, such a piece of land which is located below mean sea level and which has been reclaimed from any water bodies like a lake or a river is called as a polder. The term is polder. If you see, flooding is an annual problem which happens in this agricultural system. The bunts breach and the floodwater enter the low-lying paddy fields. The bunts are repaired and strengthened whenever required. We can find this type of agriculture in India only in this Kuttanad area. So, know this area. It is for this reason Kuttanad below sea level farming system is a GIAHS site. Now, what is this GIAHS? GIAHS is the acronym for globally important agriculture heritage systems. Know that GIAHS was launched by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in the year 2002. It happened during the World Summit on Sustainable Development which was held at Johannesburg in South Africa. Now, the overall goal of this GIAHS program is to identify and safeguard globally important agricultural heritage systems that is the eco-friendly traditional farm practices and their associated landscapes, agricultural biodiversity, then the knowledge systems of the local communities and also their culture which is associated to that agricultural system. One example is the Padasekara Samithis or the Field Committees which is a social organization. Now, the main responsibility of these Padasekara Samithis are the maintenance of the bunts. Know that in India there are three GIAHS sites. The first GIAHS site that was declared from India was the saffron heritage of Kashmir in the year 2011. The second site was Koraput Traditional Agriculture which was declared in the year 2012. The third site is the one which we saw Kutanath below sea level farming system which was declared as a GIAHS site in the year 2013. Now, have a look at the practice question. Let us move on to the next news article. This news article states that the Indian Prime Minister will attend the outreach session of the G7 Summit or G7 Meet. The G7 Meet is held at Beirut city of France from 24th to 26th of August 2019 and know that India has a special invite to this meeting. The visit to Beirut is a part of the multinational tour that the Prime Minister of India will undertake from 23rd of August. First he will visit the United Arab Emirates then he will go to Bahrain and finally he will go to France and the invitation to visit France was extended by the French President after Mr Modi was re-elected. Moreover, a Prime Minister will visit the G7 summit as Beirut's partner. We will see what is this Beirut's partner later in this discussion. Then during the summit the Prime Minister is expected to speak in sessions on environment, climate, oceans and digital transformation. He will also be having bilateral meetings with leaders of other countries. Prior to the G7 Summit, a Prime Minister will be on an official visit to France on 22nd and 23rd of August 2019 where he will hold bilateral meetings with the President of the French Republic. If you see, India and France are strategic partners since year 1998. They share a comprehensive, dynamic and multifaceted relationship. The two countries have strong cooperation in the fields of defence, maritime security, space, cyber, counter-terrorism and civil nuclear energy. We also have a robust and strong trade and investment relations with France. So this bilateral visit of a Prime Minister to France and the invitation to G7 summit are to maintain the tradition of strong and close partnership. Not only this, the meetings are also to maintain high-level political contacts between India and France. So, let us first understand in brief about the G7 Summit. The group of seven or G7 is an informal group of seven countries where the heads of state and government meet at an annual summit. So, the members of the G7 are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Initially, the group started as the G6 in the year 1975. It became G7 when Canada joined in the year 1976. The European Union was gradually involved in G7 from the year 1977. It now takes part in all the discussions. It is represented jointly by the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission. Remember that G7 has no legal existence, no permanent secretariat and it has no official members. It is the presidency that provides the resources that are required for the group's work. If you see the presidencies held in turn by one of the seven countries every year, it means that every year the presidency is held by one of the member countries in the same order that is given here. First is France, it is followed by the United States, then the United Kingdom, then Germany, then Japan, then Italy and then Canada. The presidency is now with France. The G7 was created on France's initiative during the crisis following the first oil crisis in the year 1973. It was conceived as an informal forum. It is for the dialogue between the leading economic powers. It has the primary aim of acting as a forum to coordinate economic and financial policies which are free of any specific protocol. So, there is no protocol, but they will just discuss about the economic and the financial policies and try to coordinate amongst them. Also, know that currently the G7 members represent about 40% of global GDP and also 10% of the world's population. More importantly, all the G7 members are the members of the G20 grouping as well. In 2018, the President of the French Republic stressed one fact in his speech before the United Nations General Assembly. He said that the time when a club of rich countries could alone define the world's balances is long gone. So, as this year's presidency is with France, it has been decided to change the group's format. Throughout the year, several French ministers have therefore organized working meetings with their G7 counterparts and they have also invited certain partner countries to take part. In this way, four partner countries who are involved in protecting and promoting the democratic freedoms and who are with a major regional influence are also invited to the meeting. The four countries are Australia, Chile, India and South Africa. So, all these four countries are from four different continents. These partner countries are referred to as the Barrett's partners. So, India is also invited as a Barrett's partner. Now, after this, you can clearly say that India is not a member of G7. So, apart from the G7 members, the non-member countries also take part in the G7 meetings. This depends on the key themes that are chosen by the presidency. Based on the theme, the non-member countries and international organizations are invited to take part in the ministerial meetings and in certain summit sessions as well. This also includes an expanded meeting which is traditionally called the outreach session. Our Indian Prime Minister will attend this outreach session only. Now, you may think what is the actual benefit or outcome of G7 summits. The G7 has been behind very concrete or specific achievements. This includes the creation of the financial action task force, then the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, then the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, etc. The G7 also supports the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement. Then the news article also mentions that the Joint Secretary of the Western Europe Division in the External Affairs Ministry has told that India remains politically committed to the completion of the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project. He told this because this project is being built by India in partnership with France. Know that a landmark agreement on civil nuclear cooperation was signed between India and France on 30th of September 2008. This happened during the visit of the then Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, to France. After this, during the visit of the French President to India in December 2010, the General Framework Agreement and the Early Works Agreement between Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. that is NPCIL and a French corporate company named as AREVA. AREVA was signed. This agreement was for the implementation of European Pressurized Reactors or EPR for the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project. The Jaitapur site is situated in the western part of India along the Arabian Sea in the Ratnagiri district of the Maharashtra state. The environmental clearance and coastal regulatory zone clearance were obtained for this JNPP from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the year 2010. But the corporate company, AREVA, the French corporate company was restructured. So, a French utility named Electricity des France or EDF has been designated as the lead agency from the French site for negotiations and implementation of the JNPP. The EDF and the NPCIL has signed the revised memorandum of understanding in the year 2016 for the construction of 6 EPR units at Jaitapur. Then, in 2018, during the visit of French President to India, the NPCIL and EDF concluded an Industrial Way Forward Agreement. Now, this agreement prescribes a way forward for the implementation of the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project. That is why the Joint Secretary of the External Affairs Ministry has told that India remains politically committed to the completion of the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project. So, this is all about the discussion of this news analysis. Now, have a look at the practice question. Let us move on to the next news article. This news article speaks about the government's plan to reduce corporate tax gradually. The syllabus relevant to the analysis of this news article is given here for your reference. Before going into the news article, let us first understand what is corporate tax and its existing rates in India. Corporate tax is a tax that is imposed on the net income of the company. There are two types of companies, private companies and the public companies. So, both these private and public companies which are registered in India under the Companies Act of 1956 are liable to pay the corporate tax. Also know that both the domestic as well as the foreign companies are liable to pay the corporate tax. Well, a foreign company is taxed only on the income that is earned in India. The domestic companies are taxed on its universal income or the income earned within the country and also the income that is earned abroad. So, here a foreign company is a company which is not registered under the Companies Act of 1956 and which has control and management located outside India. Whereas a domestic company is a company which is registered under the Companies Act of 1956 and its control and management is entirely situated in India. So, this is the difference between the domestic company and the foreign company. Now, the tax rate varies for domestic and foreign companies. If you see the tax rate is 25 percentage for the domestic companies which has turnover of less than 250 crores. And for those companies whose turnover is exceeding 250 crores which is more than 250 crores, it is 30 percentage. And for the foreign companies, the tax rate is 50 percentage for the royalty that is received or the fees for the technical services from or any Indian concern under an agreement that was made before 1st of April 1976 and that agreement which has been approved by the central government. And for any other income apart from this, the tax rate is 40 percentage for the foreign companies. Now, the finance minister has said that the corporate tax rate for companies with over 400 crore rupees turnover would be gradually cut to 25 percentage. If you see in the 2019-20 budget speech, the finance minister had cut the corporate tax for companies with an annual turnover of up to 400 crore to 25 percentage which was 30 percentage earlier. And if you see this covers almost 99.3 percentage of all the companies that is registered in India. But the remaining 0.7 percentage of companies contribute the maximum in terms of economic output and also in terms of tax revenue to the government. In the year 2018, the then finance minister had cut the corporate income tax rate to 25 percentage for those companies with a turnover of up to 250 crore. So, if you see a cut in the corporate tax has usually been gradual. The finance minister has said that the corporate tax reduction for the rest of the corporates whose annual turnover is more than 400 crore would be gradual. But if you see there was no time frame that was given for the reduction. The finance minister also said that the government will give all kind of support to the wealth creator entrepreneurs that is those business people who create more wealth. Now, let us analyze the global trend in corporate tax. According to a report released by Tax Foundation which is a US based non-profit organization the corporate tax across the countries of the world has been reducing. The average global corporate tax if you see it stands at 23.03 percentage and the average corporate tax for the Asian countries is 20.65 percentage. So, whatever corporate tax that India has along with the surcharge then the health and the educational says is the largest among the brick nations and also among the Asia Pacific. The central government has said in the year 2015 that it has recognized the need for reducing the corporate tax. So, now let us discuss the implications of reducing the corporate tax. Now, there are both positive and negative implications. So, let us see all the implications one by one. If you see the corporate tax forms almost one by third of the total tax revenue in India. So, the tax revenue reduction will reduce the total tax revenue. So, if the revenues decrease then even the government's expenditure is likely to decrease in certain sectors. So, this is one implication. The next thing to see is that the corporate representatives have long been asking for reduction in the corporate tax and now the taxes have been reduced. So, the present reduction will increase the amount of surplus that is with the companies and now with this money they can use it for further capacity expansion or for adding on some other businesses to their companies. The next point to note is that it is believed that a decrease in the corporate tax would improve the tax compliance. So, more efficient scrutiny by the tax authorities can reduce tax evasion and increase tax collection. Next, a reduction on the corporate tax is expected to increase the investment inflow in India. So, if the taxes are reduced automatically the investors will be interested to invest in the companies in India. So, the investments will increase. Here inflows means the investment that is coming from the foreign countries to India. The next implication is that more investment will happen in capacity augmentation that is increasing the capacity of the businesses or we can tell that expansion of the businesses. So, this will make the Indian companies more competitive and increase in the capacity will increase the economic output as well and it will also generate more employment. So, this can be one another implication of the reduction in the corporate tax. Let us move on to the next news article. This discussion is based on this picture which depicts the bioluminescence. Know that this event happened in the Eliott's beach or the Besanagar beach that is situated at Chennai city in the state of Tamil Nadu. The beach sported a blue glow as you can see in this picture. The bioluminescence is also known as sea tinkle. The word bioluminescence comes from bio which means life and lumen which means light which typically means that it gives a glow which looks like as if the sea is tinkling or sparkling. This may be a beautiful scene to witness but actually it is harmful for the marine biodiversity. It is because the bioluminescence phenomenon occurs when Noctiluca algae emit light. The Noctiluca algae emit light when they are disturbed. Know that Noctiluca is a kind of micro algae or tiny plant like organism. This Noctiluca algae is known as Noctiluca scintillants which is a species of one-cell phytoplankton. Phytoplankton is the one-cell algae. It forms a base of the ocean's food chain if you see. Then you have larger phytoplanktons like diatoms and dinoflagellates which photosynthesize. They feed on the nutrients that float nearby. These phytoplanktons are gobbled or eaten up by small sea animals or we can call them as zooplanktons and these in turn are eaten by larger fish and sea creatures. But unlike most phytoplankton, the Noctiluca are not capable of photosynthesis. They survive by trapping smaller phytoplankton. Though its size is much smaller, it plays a very bigger role because these phytoplanktons produce half of Earth's oxygen and they also suck the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and sequester it into the ocean depths when they die and sink. Sequester means to hide it. The experts say that annually the phytoplankton absorbs 20% more carbon than the world's forests. So a small change in the phytoplankton growth can affect the global carbon cycle. But if you see the scientists, they are particularly interested in phytoplankton blooms that grow out of control. Here bloom means the rapid growth of the algae. The scientists are interested in this because some harmful blooms produce toxins and these toxins can kill marine animals and it can also poison humans when they venture or enter into these toxin containing water bodies. Now according to some experts in the last decade that is in the last 10 years, the Noctiluca had totally replaced the diatoms of the Arabian Sea. If you see these diatoms where the base of the marine food chain in Arabian Sea, the zooplanktons do not have any trouble eating the diatoms but they cannot eat Noctiluca because they are too big. So if zooplankton starve and die then the larger creatures which are present up in the food chain are compromised. Some experiments even confirm that Noctiluca were out competing or displacing the diatoms. Also only jellyfish, sea salts and turtles can feed on Noctiluca. So if this trend continues then it would turn the condition of Arabian Sea's fishing industries because other bigger fish cannot survive. So this is how Noctiluca affects the entire marine biodiversity. Let us move on to the next news article. This editorial speaks about the importance of the chief of the defense staff. The syllabus relevant to the analysis of this editorial is given here for your reference. Now let us see the editorial. We have been seeing in news continuously that in the Independence Day address the prime minister of India said that India will soon have a chief of the defense staff. The author of this editorial is telling that this announcement by the prime minister will fulfill a long felt need to strengthen India's defense. So this has been a long pending demand for decades. The author is also telling that once the chief of the defense staff is appointed he or she would act as a single point advisory to the ministry of defense. The author has also mentioned that the concept of the chief of defense staff was first suggested by the Kargil review committee after the Kargil war which happened in 1999. But once it was proposed it faced severe opposition from a section of the armed forces then from the bureaucracy circles and also from the political parties. But now again the appointment of chief of defense staff has been reconsidered by the present government because the present strategic environment has pushed it. Here by the term strategic the author means the important recent developments that has happened within and outside India. The first reason is the Pulwama attack then following this Pulwama attack Balakot strike happened during the starting of this year. If you see this surgical strike required a coordination between the armed forces and the intelligence agencies. So the first reason is the recent attacks that happened in India. The second reason is the repeated offers that has been made by the United States president for a mediation to solve the Kashmir dispute. So this mediation offer by the United States president would have internationalized the Kashmir issue. But we have been seeing that India has always insisted that Kashmir dispute is a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan. Now the third reason which has been given in the editorial is the pullout of the US troops from the country of Afghanistan. Now if US troops pull out from Afghanistan then this would leave Pakistan and its proxies such as the Taliban as the dominant players in that particular region that is in Afghanistan and Pakistan. So this will have serious issues or implications on Kashmir as it had happened in the past when Pakistan used proxy groups to carry out terrorist attacks in India. Now the last reason which is mentioned in this editorial is India's decision to modify article 370 and to remove the special and the temporary provisions with respect to Jammu and Kashmir that is article 35a. So all these factors have kept the strategic environment quite tense. So the author believes that all this has necessitated or it has made the situation compulsory to appoint a chief of defense staff who will be the soldier number one. Now the title of the editorial is soldier number one. It indirectly means the chief of defense staff. Now if you see the ambit of this office that is the scope of this office then the tenure and who will hold the post is all yet to be declared. Nothing has been finalized till now. The author is suggesting that the chief of defense staff should fill the existing dangerous gaps in the defense and reduce response time in case of an emergency. Now how it reduces the response time? To this author is given one example which happened during the 1999 Kargil war because during the 1999 Kargil war there were some differences of opinion between Indian army and Indian air force because of which there was a poor sharing of intelligence. So this led to an inadequate understanding of the ground situation. So the initial response during the 1999 Kargil war by India was very weak. So if there is a post of chief of defense staff then it is expected to solve these gaps. The author of this editorial is telling that the chief of the defense staff is expected to continuously update and advise the defense minister. And the author also suggests that the chief of the defense staff could be a member of the cabinet committee on security. So this would enhance the quality of the deliberations that is the discussions that happen in the committee meetings. So this will help to make efficient and quicker decisions. Then the author is telling that the chief of the defense staff can link all the three services that is Indian army, Indian navy and Indian air force in terms of planning, coordination and execution. So whenever there is a problem all these three services can be coordinated by the chief of the defense staff. And as a one point solution he or she will execute the actions. So this will result in the three service chiefs running their forces more efficiently as will. So the author is concluding this editorial by telling that the government should use this opportunity to revive the intelligence apparatus that is to bring back the intelligence apparatus since it works in tandem with the armed forces which means both work together. With this we have come to the end of the discussion of this editorial. Now let us move on to the practice questions discussion session. Consider the following statements with reference to the United Nations Security Council. And they have given three statements and I have asked you to choose the correct answer. The first statement tells that it has 10 permanent and 10 non-permanent members. During our discussion we saw that the United Nations Security Council has five permanent members not 10 permanent members and it has 10 non-permanent members. So the council is composed of 15 members. The five permanent members are China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States. So this statement is only partially correct or we can tell the first statement is wrong. Now let us see the second statement. The second statement tells that the 10 non-permanent seats are distributed on a regional basis in which there are five seats for African and Asian states. This statement is correct. The 10 non-permanent seats are distributed on a regional basis as follows. Five seats for the African and Asian states. Then one seat for the Eastern European states. Then two seats for the Latin American and Caribbean states. And two for Western European and other states. Now let us see the third statement. It tells that India is a non-permanent member. The third statement is wrong because the statement just says India is a non-permanent member. It does not mention a time period. So that means we have to take that as the current time period. But we know that India is not a permanent member as of now. Currently if you see the non-permanent members in the United Nations Security Council are the countries of Belgium, Côte d'Avore, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Germany, Indonesia, Kuwait, Peru, Poland and South Africa. Also know that India was a non-permanent member in the United Nations Security Council for seven times. Lastly it was a non-permanent member in 2011-2012. So the correct answer to this question is option C2 only since only the second statement is correct. Moving on to the next question. The question is which among the following sites are designated as globally important agricultural heritage systems. We saw during our discussion that there are three globally important agricultural heritage system sites in India. They are saffron heritage of Kashmir, then Kaurapur traditional agriculture from the state of Odisha, then Kuttanat below sea level farming system from the state of Kerala. So the correct answer to this question is option C 1, 3 and 4. Now just know that the Grand Anikot and associated farming system in Cauvery Delta zone of Tamil Nadu was a proposed GIAH site but it has not yet been approved. And there is no such below level sea farming system which exists in Ansupa lake. Know that Ansupa lake is a freshwater lake. Yesterday we discussed about Ansupa lake in one of our discussion. It is located in the state of Odisha and in our today's discussion we saw that only Kuttanat agriculture system is being practiced below sea level in India. So it is the only below sea level farming system in India. So the correct answer to this question is option C 1, 3 and 4. Moving on to the next question. The question is consider the following statements with reference to G7 summit. They have given two statements and have asked you to choose the correct answer. The first statement tells that the European Union is a part of G7. This statement is correct. The members of G7 are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Also the European Union was gradually involved in G7 from 1977. The European Union is represented jointly by the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission. So you can remember like 7 countries plus EU in G7. Now the second statement tells that it is formally known as summit on financial markets and the world economy. Now this statement is incorrect because G20 only is formally known as summit on financial markets and the world economy and it is not G7. Here the question is asked you to choose the correct statement. The correct answer is option A 1, 1 only. Moving on to the next question. Consider the following statements. The first statement tells that all the G7 members are the members of G20. The statement is correct. All the G7 members are members of G20. G20 consists of 19 countries in the European Union. The 19 countries are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Republic of South Africa, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States of America. And just known the last question we saw that the members of G7 are the countries of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States plus the European Union. This means G7 members are the members of G20. Here you have to remember one thing. G7 is 7 countries plus EU and G20 is 19 countries plus EU. After including EU only it becomes a group of 20 or G20. Now from this you can easily say that India is a member of G20 and not a member of G7. So the statement 2 is incorrect. The question is asked for the wrong statements. The correct answer to this question is option B 2 only. With this we come to the end of the analysis of today's news articles and also the practice questions discussion session. Do like, comment and share the video and do subscribe to Shankar IA's Academy YouTube channel for latest videos and updates. Stay focused and motivated friends. Thank you.


What is up, you guys? I'll go back to another one. If you are new to the channel, I am Gold Pony, I do new car track SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we're in the brand new 2023 Nissan Kix, courtesy of younger Nissan in Frederick, Maryland, for more information on their inventory. Please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. So I am in this one today because this thing's got unique styling. I absolutely love that it differentiates itself from other vehicles on the road, not only with the styling itself, but also this awesome blue color that we have with us here today. You got an excellent starting price point as well. And that's going to be the first thing we touch on here in this video. It starts at right around $20,000. So that's definitely very nice. So ultimately in this video, we will be testing out going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering field, ride quality, sound system, exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So having said all that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. So as you can imagine, there are a few different trim levels for the 2023 Kix. First one being the S, starting at $20,290. SV for $22,150. And lastly, the SR being the one we have today, starting at $22,850. All very reasonable for which you're getting here just to also note, that's only a $590 jump from the 2022 model year with inflation, everything is jumping basically. Usually I see around $700, $800 jumps for most manufacturers out there. But regardless of trim level that you go with, the power plant on the Kix is going to be the same. Powering this little beast is a 1.6 liter naturally aspirated inline four cylinder, 122 horsepower at 6,300 RPM, 114 pound feet of torque, coming in at 4,000 RPM. Power set to front wheels through a CVT, zero to 60 time, approximately 10.1 seconds with MPG numbers coming in at 31 in the city, 36 on the highway taking regular unleaded fuel. And so do want to mention one thing before we do the acceleration test here in the Kix, there is a hidden sport mode. And that is going to be simply that horizontal line located just underneath of the shifter there. If you press that, essentially it's going to adjust things like the shift points and the throttle response. So I do want to mention it because quite often it goes overlooked because it doesn't say sport. It doesn't say drive mode. It is simply just hidden and it is a horizontal line. So who would have thunk it? But that's what it's there for. So now having got all of that out of the way, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a straightaway. Let's put this thing to the test and let's see how quickly we can get our new 2023 Nissan Kix here up to speed. All right, so I pushed our hidden little sport mode here. It's actually displaying a little S on the gauges here. And not bad. Not a bad initial kick, but this thing's not the quickest. All right, it's not the fastest thing in the world. It's to be expected. You shouldn't have any issues in merging onto the highway. But having said that, it is one of the slowest cars I've driven in quite a while. But the sport mode is there. So if you're going to be merging onto the highway, it's a quick, simple push of a button and you got a little bit of extra power there. So I do like that. But again, not the quickest thing. But anyways, to go along with that acceleration as always, braking is equally important. So four wheel disc brakes will come standard. But here's the best part. 60 is your stopping distance comes in at an insanely impressive 119 feet. So, brake you feel is wonderful. I'll just say that leans towards the firmer side of things. It's honestly just right. It's definitely not a softer squishy braking feel which I definitely appreciate. So it still brings you to a stop here in the kick. So the big fan of that, the touching on suspension and handling up front, you're going to get an independent strut type front suspension in the back, torsion beam rear axle, front stabilizer bar as well. As far as ride quality goes and my short little test drive here today at least, it's been perfectly fine. Honestly, the roads aren't too punishing at the very moment, but it's been perfectly fine. The steering feel is definitely weighted on the heavier side of things. And that's something Nissan and Honda and Mazda typically do. But definitely on the firmer side of things for the steering feel, which I personally appreciate. Again, it's not as loose as Hyundai and Toyota typically have it. So big fan of that as well. As far as cabin noise goes, you can hear a good bit of the engine when you first hit the gas, but other than that, as far as road noise and wind noise, it's pretty subdued for what this vehicle is quite honestly. So again, haven't had any issues there either in touching on visibility, I can see perfectly fine out the back. So 100% not going to have any issues there. There's headrest in the second row. They do take up a little bit of room, but with a vehicle of this size, you really should not have any issues with visibility whatsoever. So anyways, that about rounds up the performance segment of this review, you guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2023 Nissan Kicks. All right, so here she is, you guys. The new 2023 Nissan Kicks, finished in blue. I love this exterior color. Definitely looks very good on the Kicks. It makes it stand out even more so other than just the unique styling because it's got the black roof to go along with it. So definitely a nice color combination. That is not always going to be the case. You can get the Kicks in either a body colored roof or you can get it with a gloss black roof to match the gloss black A-pillar in the floating roof line towards the back. So didn't want to mention that to go ahead and get started, but also wanted to mention, as I'm always going to do from here on out, if you take a look at the van, starting character is going to be a three, meaning this thing is made in Mexico. So let's go ahead and start up front on this one here. V-Motion front grill in typical Nissan fashion is going to be finished in chrome. If you were to go with the S or SV trims and then finished in a dark chrome, if you were to go with the S or that we have with us here today to the sides, halogen headlights are going to come standard on the S and SV trim levels. Automatic feature of course coming with that, meaning when it starts to get dark in at night, the headlights are going to turn on automatically for you there. But if you were to go with the SR that we have with us here today, you will get LED headlights. So little added illumination there along with LED signature lighting and LED daytime running lights. And down below, I think you guys can see that. We do have LED fog lights as well. Again, just for the SR trim level. So I do want to specify that. I like the dark chrome accenting found on the very front lip of this thing as well. So overall, good looking front end of my personal opinion. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the side of the kicks. All right, so now since we are around to the side of this one, silver roof rails are going to come on the SV. Black roof rails, however, are going to come on the SR to go with our black roof, of course. Silver exterior door trim on the SR as well. You guys can see that kind of towards the bottom portion of the doors there. Of course, floating roof line towards the back, meaning that C pillar is going to separate the roof from the rest of the body. Body colored door handles coming with the SV and SR. Then taking a look at the side mirrors, there will be body colored for the SV and then gloss black for the SR. However, there will be heated for both the SV and SR, but you will get LED integrated turd signals if you were to go with that SR that we have with us here today. But then take a look down at the wheel setup, 16 inch steel wheels with covers coming with the S, 17 inch aluminum alloy stand coming with the SV and SR trims. And I do like the gloss black finish because it does go good with the roof that we have on this one. But anyways, that pretty much rounds out the side profile. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the back. All right, so now since we are around to the back of this one, gloss black shark fin antenna all the way to the top. Just below that rear spoiler, definitely looks good. Rear window wiper affixiated to the rear glass there. Trim level badging found on the bottom right hand portion of that lift gate there. So if you wander on to an Nissan lot, maybe on a Sunday, that's how you're gonna determine what trim level you're actually looking at. You also have a body colored rear diffuser towards the bottom. I'm a big fan of that. That definitely looks good down there. And there is a single exhaust outlet tucked away beneath the passenger side in the back here. So having said that, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next. As always here is that exhaust clip. So now since we are around to the back of the kicks, when it comes to opening that rear lift gate, it is a manual lift gate. This is simply just lift up. There's a rubberized button towards the bottom. You just press that and open it up. But once opened up, cargo capacity comes in at 35.4 cubic feet. If that was not enough space, there's a 60-40 split, meaning the rear seats do fold down for quite a bit of extra space then if you needed it. There are some cargo tie-down hooks back there. There is a cargo cover that's gonna be optional. That one doesn't come standard, but it's available for you. Cargo lighting does come standard back there. There are actually a couple of grocery bag hooks on both sides. I definitely like seeing those back there. And then if you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor, you are going to find a spare tire then as well. So then making our way to the rear legroom, that is going to come in at 33.5 inches. So for reference, I'm in even six feet tall. This is how much space I have back there. We'll also find dual rear USB charging ports coming standard for all trims. Gotta love that. But there is no rear ventilation or rear center armrest unfortunately, but there is a passenger side seat-bat mat pocket. So that's always gonna be there for you as well. But then making our way to the front seats, manually adjustable claw seats come standard for all trim levels. But it did what I say for the SR, you do get a sport cloth with orange stitching. That's of course what you guys are looking at right now. And I like how the orange continues onto the doors. And then there's more orange stitching above the passenger side glovebox there too. But leatherette seating is gonna be optional on the SR. We don't have that, but heated seats are also gonna be optional on the SR. But honestly, overall seating was plenty comfortable. I didn't have any issues here in the SR. Then taking a look at the steering wheel is tilt and telescoping. It is leather wrapped for the SR. It is also a flat bottom though for all trim levels. So I'm a big fan of that. And there is a heated steering wheel available for the SR. It does not come standard again though. But then making our way to the startup, let me start by showing you guys the brand new key for 2023. You got your Nissan logo all the way to the top. Lock on lock. And then that circular button is actually gonna be a remote start, which is going to come on the SV and SR trim level. So you have the ability then to start this one up on cold days here in Western Maryland.  So that is a pretty cool feature there. But it is all keyless entry with a push button start. Actually for all trim levels across the board. So you don't always get that this price point today. But it's all I'm going to do here is simply put my foot on the brake and press that circular engine start button located just to the left of the shifter. And so once started up, gauges are going to be kind of a half digital, half analog style. Speedometers on your right, that's gonna be the analog setup. And then the digital portion is gonna be on your left. That's gonna be customizable, giving you things like your tachometer, of course. How many miles you have left until you hit empty. There's your trip information. There's the time of the day. There's outside temperatures. So pretty much everything you could possibly want on the digital portion of the gauges there. Then make your way to overall interior quality. If you wanted automatic climate control, go with the SV or SR trims, meaning you just set a temperature. It's gonna automatically reach that for you. There isn't available frameless rear view mirror with homely controls. It goes for $110 if you wanted to go that route. Just in front of the shifter, you have a bit of rubberized storage, along with the USB charging port, phone charging port, 12 volt power outlet, electromechanical parking brake. Just behind the shift you have dual cup holders and within a center armrest, probably the least amount of storage I have ever seen in a vehicle. So not a whole lot of storage going on there. But I will say, I like the gloss black finish surrounding the shifter. You don't always get that. A lot of times at this price point, this'll be like a great plastic. So I like that. Also like that they finish the door handles in chrome. Sometimes that's plastic at this price point as well. Orange contrast stitching, like I said, just above the passenger side glove box, big fan of that. So honestly, it's a decent job for the price point. So even the top trim level, it's only $22,000 in something. So that's not that bad for what you're getting right here. I'll just put it that way. But now let's go ahead and take a look at the infotainment screen. It's a seven inch color touchscreen display for the S. But then for the SV and SR, you're going to get an eight inch color touchscreen display. Bluetooth and audio streaming coming standard, Android Auto Apple CarPlay as well. So you have a smartphone with data, just soak it up to the car. You can get free navigation up there. Radio information, you can check out up there as well, of course. And so when it comes to the sound systems, six speakers is going to come standard across the board. So every term is going to get that. But I did want to mention, there's an optional eight speaker Bose sound system for the SR. We do not have that option. So having said that, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and turn on the radio, see what we got playing today. And let's test out the six speaker sound system that we have with us here today. ["Song of the Year"] All right, ton of bass that I don't know why they'd always surprise me. It doesn't matter what Nissan sound system that you go with, even if it's not one of the Bose sound systems that they have available, you still get a ton of bass because that's just the way Nissan and Infinity for that matter does it. They give you a ton of bass no matter what. So honestly, that's not a bad six speaker sound system for the kick. So I actually don't really mind that. Again, the bass was on point, but last thing I want to mention to you guys on the infotainment screen is when you do put this thing in reverse, you will find a rear view camera coming standard across the board with a 360 degree monitor available that we are looking at right now on the right hand side of the screen, letting you know what is completely all around you, which is always is going to lead us into safety. And so front side, side career airbags you come standard driver and passenger knee airbags as well.  So overall, when it comes to my final thoughts, excellent starting price point, especially for the way things are right now in the economy. So I'm a big fan of that unique styling, definitely love the styling of this thing. Like I said, it's different from other vehicles on the road. Lots of advanced safety as well. That was a lot I just read off when it comes to standard safety on all trim levels. So like the blind spot monitoring system, for example, you usually don't get that standard on bottom trim levels of other vehicles at this price point. So that's a good example or the high beam assist, automatic high beams. That's another one. As far as improvement goes, this thing is slow. We'll see that. But on the flip side of that, typically slower naturally aspirated engines are going to have better reliability long-term. So it's kind of a sacrifice made for reliability sake, I guess you could say. Basic interior quality as well, although I will say the SR that we have today really isn't horrible, but still at this price point, it's on the basic side of things. Honestly, overall for the price point, it's really not all that bad. But let me know what you guys think of the kicks in the comment section below. And that is about it for this one. Thank you guys, thank you so much for watching. If you're free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen if you want to see what's coming next on the channel before it gets to YouTube, be sure to hit the subscribe or the bell notification button. If you're in the new car reviews, that is what we do here on this channel after all. Do appreciate you guys watching more than you know and I will see you guys all in the next video. Stay gold.