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GS-1
2017 is set to be in top three hottest years: WMO: (The Hindu & BBC)
All-India rainfall for the 2017 monsoon season was 5% below average.
Plotting social progress: (The Hindu, Editorial)
We need a cohesive measure of social progress in individual States.
On the margins: (The Hindu, Editorial)
How demonetisation has affected refugees in India.
GS-2
Commonwealth in the time of Brexit: (Indian Express, Editorial)
Britain is showing renewed interest in the 52-nation forum. India could play a key role in its revival.
The new oil game: (Indian Express, Editorial)
China is showing increasing interest in the Middle East. India must track its moves.
Probe ordered into ‘Paradise Papers’: (The Hindu)
Centre reconstitutes Multi-Agency Group to investigate disclosures on offshore accounts of 714 Indians.
Eliminating the mafia from Indian politics: (Live Mint, Editorial)
Fast-track courts will do little to break the symbiotic relationship between politicians and criminals.
GS-3
‘Public credit registry to speed up digitisation’: (The Hindu)
Relevance of ‘brick and mortar’ banking diminishing: RBI.
How demonetisation affected the Indian economy, in 10 charts: (Live Mint, Editorial)
The potential benefits of demonetisation are not clear yet, but the costs are clear.
GS-4
Teaching ethics to aspiring civil servants: (The Hindu, Editorial)
The question is, is this instance of misconduct by a public official, chosen on merit and pampered later with enviable perquisites, a mere aberration or is it symptomatic of a wider malaise?
Prelims Related News
Proxima Centauri may host planetary system:
Scientists detect dust belts around it.
Mammals gave up night life only after dinosaur doom:
This evolution would explain why relatively few in this class of animals follow a daytime-active or ‘diurnal’ lifestyle today, says study.
