Category: Must Read News Articles

Today’s Newspaper – Paperwise GS – 1 Nothing in this section today [read more] GS -2 Editorial [Issues Related to health] Fighting COVID-19 together for shared future Parliament Bill Bills on Bankruptcy Code, Mineral Law get RS nod GS -3 Environment [Environment Impact Assessment] New Environment law cuts time for hearing Infrastructure [Roads, Road Safety]… Continue reading Must Read News Articles I 13th March 2020

GS – 1 Nothing today in this section GS -2 SC/HC Judgements LG is a bridge between govt and centre: HC Role of LG and elected govt intertwined: Madras HC SC comes down on sexual harassment at work place Forcible dispossession of a person’s property is a human rights violation GS -3 COVID-19 WHO declares… Continue reading Must Read News Articles I 12th March 2020

GS – 2 For a universal status of personhood The article talks about the Foreigners Act (which stipulates that burden of proof lies on individuals) denies the weakest their rights to have citizenship and treats them less equal beings. It states that we must recognise a universal status of personhood of every human being independent… Continue reading Must Read News Articles I 11th March 2020

GS -2 SC upholds 2018 order on land acquisition A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Friday held that land acquisition proceedings under the 1894 Act will not be deemed to have lapsed under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transpa­rency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettle­ment Act, 2013, if the… Continue reading Must Read News Articles I 7th March 2020

GS -2 NPR data useful for welfare schemes, says Home Ministry The Union Home Ministry has informed a parliamentary panel that it proposes to collect details of National Population Register to “facilitate back-end data processing and making the data items of date and place of birth complete for all household. The Ministry said that NPR… Continue reading Must Read News Articles I 6th March 2020

GS -2 The Sum and Substance of Afghan Deal The USA has signed peace deal with the Taliban.  The article argues that the peace deal means two things – First is that USA is on its way out from Afghanistan and second is that it does not ensure peace for the people of Afghanistan. Right… Continue reading Must Read News Articles I 5th March 2020

GS -2 UN Rights Body to move SC on CAA The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has filed an Intervention Application in the Supreme Court against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). In the application,  the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has offered to assist… Continue reading Must Read News Articles I 4th March 2020

GS -1 A plural legacy more vital than ever The article talks about the importance of Jawaharlal Nehru legacy especially in the present time. His commitment to liberal democracy and plural democracy is more important today than ever. GS -2 A big, bad deal The USA signed deal with the Taliban in Doha, Qatar. The… Continue reading Must Read News Articles I 2nd March 2020

GS -2 Regional Bonding The article mentions that India needs to engage with its neighbours for the realisation of its global ambitions SC to hear Sabarimala case before contempt pleas on police reforms The Supreme Court on Fri­day made it clear that it would hear Sabarimala peti­tions on the extent of reli­gious freedom available to… Continue reading Must Read News Articles I 29th February 2020

GS -2 Aadhaar, no standout performer in welfare delivery A team of professors has published a new working paper in the National Bureau of Economic research. It provides a detail findings from an extensive empirical study of the impact of Aadhaar in reducing leakages and accruing fiscal savings. The professors conducted a scientifically designed study… Continue reading Must Read News Articles I 28th February 2020