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Archives GS-2 Bhutan PM says China must maintain status quo on Doklam Bhutan’s Prime Minister has said that China should maintain status quo on Doklam. It’s too early to call off SAARC and say it isn’t relevant or viable: Bhutan PM Bhutan’s Prime Minister has said that it’s too early to call off SAARC and… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – June 17th, 2019

Archives GS-2 India to impose retaliatory tariffs on 29 American goods India has decided to impose retaliatory tariffs on 29 goods imported from the USA fr5om June 16th. Shaky building blocks Professor Shailaja Menon argues that the draft National education policy reinforces outdated ideas about the goals of a foundational literacy programme. PM hits out… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – June 15th, 2019

Archives GS-2 U.S. open to talks on GSP with India, says Pompeo U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo has hinted that it was possible to reinstate the Generalised System of Preferences, a scheme for preferential access to certain goods markets in the U.S., for India PM to chair NITI Aayog meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – June 14th, 2019

GS-2 Quad one way to fix regional issues: Australian envoy Australia’s High Commissioner in India has said that there is need for flexibility, agility and speed in solving regional problems and the Quad is “one of many such small groupings” in solving them Virendra Kumar is pro- tem speaker BJP MP from Madhya Pradesh Virendra… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – June 12th, 2019

GS-2 Modi to meet Xi, Putin at SCO The External Affairs Ministry has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. PM seeks five-year road map for each Ministry In their first meeting with Prime Minister… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – June 11th, 2019

GS-2 Draft NEP proposes education from age of three The draft National Education Policy has recommended an expansion of the Right to Education Act to cover the three years of preschool before Class 1. All states Union territories can now setup foreign tribunals The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has laid out specific guidelines to… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – June 10th, 2019

GS-2 RBI cuts interest rate by 25 bps, revises GDP growth to 7% The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India reduced the repo rate at its second meeting this year by 25 basis points to 5.75% to address growth concerns. CCI imposes penalty on pharma companies, trade associations The Competition… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – June 7th, 2019