Archives GS 2 Capable even if disabled An institutional display of pure and simple discrimination dressed up as legal reasoning is unacceptable U.S. declares it has agreed upon peace framework with Taliban American and Taliban officials have agreed to the framework of a peace deal in which the insurgents guarantee to prevent Afghanistan from being… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – January 29th, 2019
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Must Read News Articles – January 28th, 2019
Archives GS 2 Dancing around the Supreme Court On January 17, the Supreme Court struck down several statutory provisions and rules governing Maharashtra’s dance bars. This decision forms part of an iterative game that has evolved over 14 years between the Maharashtra government and the courts. Seven northeastern States lag behind in toilets for schoolgirls… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – January 28th, 2019
Must Read News Articles – January 27th, 2019
Archives GS 1 Soon, you can see how the Harappans looked A team led by Prof. Vasant Shinde, Vice-Chancellor, Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Deemed University, Pune, is on the brink of recreating the faces of a few skeletal remains, dug up during the excavation of a Harappan site at Haryana’s Rakhigarhi village in… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – January 27th, 2019
Must Read News Articles – January 26th, 2019
Archives GS 2 SC upholds bankruptcy code, cites improved financial flows In a whoop of victory for credits markets and entrepreneurship, the Supreme Court on Friday upheld the constitutionality of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), saying the law sends a clear message that India is no longer “the defaulter’s paradise”. Crisis in Caracas The… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – January 26th, 2019
Must Read News Articles – January 25th, 2019
Archives GS 2 A tragedy that was long in the making Illegal rat-hole mining in Meghalaya persists despite ruinous effects on the environment Are we undermining our scientific temper? The British understood that scientific temper would result in a questioning of their rule and preferred to keep their subjects subservient. It was only after Independence… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – January 25th, 2019
Must Read News Articles – January 24th, 2019
Archives GS 2 Oral mentions in SC will soon be history Oral mentioning is a convention by which lawyers short-circuit the long-winded filing procedures and make a direct appeal to the CJI, who is the court’s administrative head and master of roster, for early hearing. India conducts ‘largest coastal security drill’ Ten years after the… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – January 24th, 2019
Must Read News Articles – January 23rd, 2019
Archives GS 2 ILO urges universal labour guarantee In a report on the ‘Future of Work’, released in Geneva on Tuesday to mark its centenary, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) warned that “without decisive action we will be sleepwalking into a world that widens inequality, increases uncertainty and reinforces exclusion, with destructive political, social and… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – January 23rd, 2019
Must Read News Articles – January 22nd, 2019
Archives GS 2 Centre proposes to hike pensions Ahead of the 2019 election, the Rural Development Ministry has proposed that the monthly pensions of the elderly poor, disabled and widows be increased from the current ₹200 to ₹800. For those above the age of 80, the proposal is to increase the pension from ₹500 to… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – January 22nd, 2019
Must Read News Articles – January 21st, 2019
Archives GS 2 Figures for long-term visas to minorities don’t add up These visas were introduced in 2011 for persecuted Hindus from Pakistan by the then United Progressive Alliance government. Those granted to Pakistani Hindus from 2011 to 2014 stood at 14,726. Aadhaar is now passport to Nepal and Bhutan Aadhaar cards are now valid… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – January 21st, 2019
Must Read News Articles – January 20th, 2019
Archives GS 1 In one of India’s oldest port cities A walk through Lothal takes you back 4,500 years to the Harappan Civilisation GS 3 Swine flu resurfaces in Capital; two deaths reported Doctors advise maintaining hydration, hand hygiene, cough hygiene (coughing and sneezing into the disposable tissue), suitable disposal of this infected waste material.… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – January 20th, 2019
