Category: Must Read News Articles

Archives GS 2 Lethal filth The death of five young men who were employed to clean a septic tank in an upmarket residential community in New Delhi is a shocking reminder that India’s high-profile sanitation campaign has done little to alter some basic ground realities. The power of Kudumbashree The Kerala model can be implemented… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – September 17, 2018

Archives GS 2 does U.S. want India to import more? According to the U.S. Census Bureau, India imported $25.7 billion from the U.S. in 2017 while it exported $48.6 billion to the largest economy in the world. GS 3 Call for policy, action in diabetes prevention, management The recently-released Global Burden of Disease Study 2016… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – September 16, 2018

Archives GS 2 Govt. moves to stabilise rupee The government announced a set of five measures late on Friday aimed at supporting the rupee, which has been under pressure in the last few weeks, and ensuring that the current account deficit stays in control. Welfare panels can’t evaluate dowry complaints: SC The Supreme Court on… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – September 15, 2018

Archives GS 2 When it isn’t right to forget Justice BN Srikrishna Committee’s draft Personal Data Protection Bill 2018 is introducing a new right — the right to be forgotten, to remove very old, irrelevant and unnecessary information links from social media networks. No right of way for the majority By rejecting homogenisation of cultures,… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – September 14, 2018

Archives GS 2 ‘25 States, UTs did not respond to SC orders’ A total of 25 States and Union Territories did not bother to respond even once, between November last year and August 2018, to repeated Supreme Court orders for information about the number of criminal cases pending against their MPs/MLAs and the setting up… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – September 13, 2018

Archives GS 2 Delhi launches doorstep delivery of govt. services From driving licences to marriage certificates, Delhiites can now apply for 40 government documents to be delivered at their homes for a fee of ₹50 per service. Tejas clears maiden mid-air refuelling trial The first ever mid-air refuelling of the indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – September 11, 2018

Archives GS 2 T.N. recommends release of all seven Rajiv case convicts A meeting of the Tamil Nadu Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami, on Sunday evening recommended to Governor Banwarilal Purohit that all seven life convicts in the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case be released under Article 161 of the… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – September 10, 2018

Archives GS 2 Nepal to skip BIMSTEC military drill in India The Nepal Army has withdrawn from the first BIMSTEC military exercise to be held in India following a political row in the country over the participation in the event, a media report said on Saturday. LEMOA already fully operational he India-U.S. foundational agreement for… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – September 9, 2018

Archives GS 2 Supreme Court refuses to stay amendments to SC/ST Act The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the recent amendments to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. 2+2 = ? India must watch its side of the ledger while deepening defence ties with the U.S. COMCASA to… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – September 8, 2018