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GS-2 Supreme Court upholds Speaker’s disqualification of 17 Karnataka MLAs The Supreme Court upheld the disqualification of 17 dissident Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) legislators by then Karnataka Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar under the Tenth Schedule (anti-defection law) Supreme Court opens CJI office to RTI The Office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI)… Continue reading Must Read News Articles-November 14th 2019

GS-2 India’s cancer care facilities highly inadequate, says parliamentary panel Systematic failure to address needs results in 20% higher mortality, says the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science, Technology and Environment. Progress on childhood pneumonia, diarrhoea falling short, finds global study India too lags behind as rising air pollution places additional stress on children BRICS Bond… Continue reading Must Read News Articles-November 13th 2019

GS-2 Capacity-building programme for Afghan diplomats begins Two-week intensive course is part of India-China initiative Anaemia among men a major public health problem Its prevalence is 23.2% among men, finds study The extra mile: on Kartarpur corridor Kartarpur corridor has realised the dream of devout Sikhs, but done little for India-Pak. ties GS-3 Committee to… Continue reading Must Read News Articles-November 12th 2019

GS-2 After RCEP reticence, need for reform recalibration India needs to prepare for the next round of structural reforms to join global value chains and unleash manufacturing A reward for ‘egregious’ violations A balance sheet would show that more has been lost than retrieved in the Ayodhya judgment Centre gets responses to draft Social Security… Continue reading Must Read News Articles-November 11th 2019

GS-2 Maternal death rate declining: report India’s Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) has seen a decline from 130 per 1 lakh live births in 2014-2016 to 122 per 1 lakh live births in 2015-2017. Goyal lays out nuts and bolts of RCEP decision Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal has briefed the Union Council of Ministers on the… Continue reading Must Read News Articles-November 9th 2019

GS-2 Maharashtra tops in justice delivery: Report Maharashtra has topped the list of states in delivering justice to people followed by Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Haryana, according to a report by Tata Trusts. Junking fast food: On norms against food rich in fat, sugar and salt Enforcement is key in preventing school children from… Continue reading Must Read News Articles-November 8th 2019

GS-2 India, Russia to form aftersales support groups India and Russia on Wednesday agreed to form specific working groups for aftersales support of key defence platforms and intensify efforts to finalise a cooperation programme for 2021-2030. ‘Give report on CIC postings’ SC has asked the govt. to look beyond retired bureaucrats An unwanted booster dose… Continue reading Must Read News Articles-November 7th 2019

GS-2 Ban proposed on sale, ads of junk food in school Aimed at enabling children to eat and grow healthy, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) released draft regulations titled Food Safety and Standards (Safe Food and healthy diets for School Children) Regulations, 2019 Lung infections accounted for 69% morbidity in 2018:… Continue reading Must Read News Articles-November 6th 2019

GS-2 India storms out of RCEP, says trade deal hurts Indian farmers India had made a strong case for an outcome which is favourable to all countries and all sectors. India, Russia to conclude mutual logistics agreement India and Russia are expected to conclude a mutual logistics agreement and review the setting up of joint… Continue reading Must Read News Articles-November 5th 2019

GS-2 Intransigence as villain of the peace? In Nagaland, aspirations of a new era can seldom be seen from an aging, fixed vision; the NSCN (IM) must recognise this NRC exercise only to update 1951 list: CJI Document meant as base document for future claims, says Ranjan Gogoi GS-3 ISRO’s NavIC set to be commercialised… Continue reading Must Read News Articles-November 4th 2019