Category: Must Read News Articles

Archives GS 2 UAE’s top honour for Modi UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has awarded Prime Minister Narendra Modi the country’s highest civilian award, ‘the Order of Zayed’, its crown prince Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan announced on April 4, a decision that has given rise to speculation PM Modi could travel to… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – April 5th, 2019

Archives GS 2 ‘RTI scrutiny will ruin judicial independence’ Opening up the “highly-sensitive” correspondence of the Supreme Court’s collegium and its workings to the Right to Information (RTI) regime would make judges and the government “shy” and “destroy” judicial independence, Attorney General K.K. Venugopal submitted on Wednesday. Group chats: WhatsApp users get more control The… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – April 4th, 2019

Archives GS 2 Reconsider poll boycott: Mizoram CEO The NGO Coordination Committee had on Monday said that it would boycott polls to the lone Mizoram parliamentary seat if special polling booths were established in the State for Bru refugees staying in neighbouring Tripura. Pakistan airspace closure hits Afghan, Kazakh, Russian airlines Thousands of passengers travelling… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – April 3rd, 2019

Archives GS 2 SC questions Assam govt. over untraced foreign immigrants The Supreme Court on Monday raised questions over the Assam government’s efforts to trace over 70,000 illegal immigrants who have already mixed with the local population. Kuki militants to cast vote by postal ballots The Election Commission on Monday notified that the cadres of… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – April 2nd, 2019

Archives GS 2 The arrogance of the ignorant It is tragic that ‘New India’ chooses to attack Adivasis and forest-dwellers instead of those destroying its ecology Kartarpur focus Security concerns are high-priority, but blocking work on the corridor is not right Taking a chance with Imran Imran Khan is India’s best bet in years to… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – April 1st, 2019

Archives GS 2 Will VVPAT silence those sceptical of EVMs? The Election Commission indicated to the Supreme Court on Friday that if the 50% Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slip verification is carried out, it will delay counting by six days. The probe on Trump and its aftermath Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who was… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – March 31st, 2019

Archives GS 2 Increase in VVPAT numbers will delay counting by six days: EC The Lok Sabha poll results will be delayed by six whole days if the Opposition parties’ demand to increase VVPAT (Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail) slips counting by 50% became a reality, the Election Commission of India (ECI) indicated to the… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – March 30, 2019

Archives GS 2 U.S. circulates draft resolution on Azhar in Security Council The U.S. on Thursday took the lead in bringing sanctions against Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar at the United Nations by circulating a draft resolution among Security Council members. SC to hear plea against 10% economic quota The court is concerned with Mr.… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – March 29, 2019

Archives GS 2 Electoral bonds will affect transparency, EC tells SC The Election Commission of India (ECI) has told the Supreme Court that electoral bonds, contrary to government claims, wreck transparency in political funding. In 2018, Official Secrets Act invoked in five cases As per the latest data available with the National Crime Records Bureau,… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – March 28, 2019

Archives GS 2 ‘Political parties most distrusted, Army, judiciary win people’s trust’ Ahead of the Lok Sabha election, a public opinion survey in 12 States has found that political parties are the most distrusted political institutions in the country. Very, very serious matters in CBI report on Saradha case: SC Former Kolkata police chief connived… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – March 27, 2019