Archives GS 2 Citizenship, triple talaq Bills lapse The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, that had set off a series of violent protests across the northeastern States, lapsed on Wednesday as the government failed to push it through Rajya Sabha despite a last- ditch effort on Tuesday. Along with the Citizenship Bill, the triple talaq Bill… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 14th, 2019
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Must Read News Articles – February 13th, 2019
Archives GS 2 Ageing revolution: on discontent in Iran Iran has concluded the formal celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the Islamic revolution at a time when the regime is under serious global, regional and domestic pressure. India, Maldives reverse visa stand-off India and Maldives on Tuesday exchanged an agreement to facilitate visas for travel… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 13th, 2019
Must Read News Articles – February 12th, 2019
Archives Rajasthan to scrap education criterion The Rajasthan Assembly on Monday passed two Bills which seek to end the minimum education criterion for panchayat and civic poll candidates. 60% children adopted in India between 2015 and 2018 are girls India may have a skewed gender ratio, but the female child happens to be the first… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 12th, 2019
Must Read News Articles – February 11th, 2019
Archives GS 1 Links beyond boundaries Problems with the definition of ‘Aryan’ continue even though the term was first used a couple of centuries ago, writes eminent historian Romila Thapar in the foreword to Which of Us Are Aryans: Rethinking the Concept of Our Origins. GS 2 Venkaiah disapproves of competitive populism Competitive populism among… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 11th, 2019
Must Read News Articles – February 10th, 2019
Archives GS 2 Rajapaksa underlines need to sustain Delhi-Colombo ties Calling for strong people-to-people relations, he said the civil services of the two countries — not just the Foreign Ministries — must have institutional mechanisms to foster better bilateral ties. India rebuts China on Modi’s visit to Arunachal China had objected to Prime Minister Modi’s… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 10th, 2019
Must Read News Articles – February 9th, 2019
Archives GS 2 Govt. grants divisional status to Ladakh Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Friday granted Ladakh a divisional status, thus creating three administrative units of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh in the State. Forty years after the Iranian revolution The Iranian revolution was surprising not because it caused a monarch to collapse,… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 9th, 2019
Must Read News Articles – February 8th, 2019
Archives GS 2 The road to peace runs through Tehran Iran is not a newcomer to regional diplomacy in Afghanistan. First and foremost, India should try to dissuade the U.S. from dealing with Iran, Russia and China as enemies. Irking the Dragon By walking out of the INF treaty, the U.S. may have dragged China… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 8th, 2019
Must Read News Articles – February 7th, 2019
Archives GS 2 SC may curb advocates from speaking on cases The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine the possibility of imposing curbs on advocates airing their views in the media about pending cases and the judges handling them, during a hearing on contempt petitions filed by the government and the Attorney General of… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 7th, 2019
Must Read News Articles – February 6, 2019
Archives GS 2 Cracks in the framework In a democracy, individuals are governed by institutions, and not by men. If we do not live in an institutional universe, we will be at the mercy of capricious individuals. Democrats would rather be administered by a system of rules we can scrutinise and evaluate. A series of… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 6, 2019
Must Read News Articles – February 5th, 2019
Archives GS 2 A national register of exclusion There are few parallels anywhere else of the state itself producing statelessness in the manner that it is doing in Assam An appeasement Budget The Interim Budget makes clear the class hierarchy in the Modi government’s scheme of populism Visa crackdown The arrest of 129 Indians on… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 5th, 2019
