Must Read Current Affairs Articles I 23rd December 2020

Good Morning dear reader.

We are posting Today’s Must Read Current Affairs Articles below:

GS Paper 1

• Health data shows India does not need a two-child policy: PCI

The Hindu Page – 10

Syllabus Topic – Population and associated issues

• Explained: Jupiter and Saturn will meet again — but the Great Conjunction is still on

Indian express page – 10

Syllabus Topic – Geography

GS Paper 2

• Parliamentary panel’s call for a new health law post-COVID-19 is a kernel for reform

The Hindu Page – 1

Syllabus Topic – Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health

• No appetite in rural India for paid vaccines, finds survey

The Hindu Page – 10

Syllabus Topic – Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health

• COVID-19 and limits of political accountability

The Hindu Page – 6

Syllabus Topic – Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability

• For India, despite a rising China, this is a favourable geopolitical moment which it must seize (indianexpress.com)

Indian express page – 10

Syllabus Topic – Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India

GS Paper 3

• Restructuring of bad loans will get tardier as the bankruptcy code is kept in abeyance

The Hindu Page – 6

Syllabus Topic  – Indian Economy and issues related to growth and development

• Put the farm laws on hold, uphold farmers’ rights

The Hindu Page – 6

Syllabus Topic  – Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices

• It is astonishing that farmers are speaking up to protect traders’ interests (indianexpress.com)

Indian express page – 10

Syllabus Topic – Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices

• Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules, 2020: Norms bring in compensation mechanism | The Indian Express

• New electricity rules aim to make discoms more accountable to consumer, placing him at the centre of the regulations (indianexpress.com)

Indian express page – 10

Syllabus Topic – Indian Economy – Energy related issues

• Western Ghats home to 3,387 leopards

The Hindu Page – 8

Syllabus Topic – Environment and Bio-diversity: Conservation

• ‘Fireflies’ to shine a light for Great Indian Bustards

The Hindu Page – 1

Syllabus Topic – Environment and Bio-diversity: Conservation

• Five years since Paris, an opportunity to build back better – The Hindu

The Hindu Page – 7

Syllabus Topic – Environment degradation and conservation