Category: Must Read News Articles

Archives GS 2 Niyamgiri’s Dongria Kondh gird for ‘resistance’ after SC order With a recent Supreme Court order triggering panic among forest dwellers over possible eviction, Odisha’s Dongria Kondh tribals have resolved to resist any attempt to force them out. Safety, pollution top issues among women voters: survey When women exercise their ballot, they are… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 24th, 2019

Archives GS 2 Home Ministry puts Assam Rifles notification on hold The Union Home Ministry has kept its order that empowered Assam Rifles, deployed along the Myanmar border, to arrest anyone and search a place without warrant in border districts of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram “in abeyance.” Ensure safety of Kashmiris, orders… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 23rd, 2019

Archives GS 2 Assam Rifles granted power to arrest anyone in the Northeast Assam Rifles, deployed along the Myanmar border, has been empowered by the Centre to arrest anyone and search a place without warrant in the border districts of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram. Picking sides in West Asia India could find… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 22nd, 2019

Archives GS 2 India pitches for global action against terrorism The joint statement urged for early adoption of the UN Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism and pitched for “comprehensive sanctioning of terrorists and their organisations by the UN.” Odisha forum comes up with ‘six Cs’ for voters Odisha’s Jan Jagran Abhiyan has decided to start… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 21st, 2019

Archives GS 2 Quash Kulbhushan verdict, says India The first day of oral arguments in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case at the International Court of Justice in The Hague concluded with India accusing Pakistan of “knowingly, wilfully and brazenly” flouting the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. The contractual functionary From the early 1990s, government jobs could… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 19th, 2019

Archives GS 2 How the 16th Lok Sabha fared Though there were no extreme incidents — an MP used pepper spray in the 15th Lok Sabha — MPs often broke the rules. The House was often disrupted by MPs carrying placards, entering the well, and even on occasion, blocking their colleagues from speaking. The challenge… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 18th, 2019

Archives GS 2 Iran to promote Chabahar as curbs will hit main port With U.S. sanctions threatening Iran’s main port of Bandar Abbas, the Iranian government is planning to promote the Chabahar port being developed by India in a major conference on February 26, highlighting the potential of the Indian Ocean port beyond India-Afghan trade… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 17th, 2019

Archives GS 2 India revokes Pak.’s MFN status day after terrorist strike in J&K India on Friday revoked the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status of Pakistan and warned of more measures in response to its support for terrorist groups targeting India. Inter-State frictions are back in the Northeast Several people, including women, were injured during… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 16th, 2019

Archives GS 2 SC sends Delhi power tussle case to larger Bench The issue is now referred to CJI to be placed before a three-judge Bench Stress points of democracy Across the world, democracy is in obvious retreat, with authoritarian tendencies on the ascendant. Russia’s Vladimir Putin, China’s Xi Jinping and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 15th, 2019