Category: Must Read News Articles

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Archives GS 2 Nepal to skip BIMSTEC military drill in India The Nepal Army has withdrawn from the first BIMSTEC military exercise to be held in India following a political row in the country over the participation in the event, a media report said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

Archives GS 2 Trade talks stuck as U.S. presses gas, aircraft sales to India India and the United States are in a deadlock over contentious trade issues after the Donald Trump administration sought a formal commitment of additional purchases of $10 billion annually for the next three years, as part of a trade agreement under… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – September 6, 2018

Archives GS 2 Green shoots of revival The road to the fourth summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) in Kathmandu, Nepal, last week was marked by scepticism and hope. Beyond uniformity The Law Commission’s advice to end discrimination in personal laws is persuasive Talks on for logistics… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – September 4, 2018