Category: Must Read News Articles

Archives GS-1 Social Issues Will Swachh Bharat Abhiyan be a success?: (The Hindu, Editorial) The mission for a clean India will not work without breaking the link between caste and occupation. GS-2 Government Policies VVPAT to be used in Gujarat polls: (The Hindu) This is the first time an entire assembly poll will be conducted using… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – September 29

Archives GS-1 Social Issues  Confusing consent: (The Hindu, Editorial) The Farooqui verdict risks widening the notion of ‘consent’ as a defence in rape cases. Falling off the health-care radar: (The Hindu, Editorial) Care for the elderly needs to be better targeted by the health system and social networks. For The Children’s Sake: (Indian Express, Editorial) Why India… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – September 28

Archives GS-1 Geophysical phenomena Why the sizes of earthquakes multiply rather than add up: (Indian Express, Explained) Magnitude is derived from a formula involving a logarithm, which makes the scale exponential rather than linear. GS-2 India and neighbors All help, but no troops to Afghanistan: (The Hindu) India will expand aid to strife-hit nation. U.S. nudges… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – September 27

Archives GS-1 Social Issues Consent key factor in defining sexual assault, says Delhi HC: The High Court discusses the various “models” of sexual consent in the modern world. UN human rights review: What India ‘accepted’, what it merely ‘noted’: (Indian Express, Explained) Between May 1 and May 12, 14 states were reviewed, including India. Then Attorney… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – September 26

Archives GS-1 Social Issues A Blinkered Justice: (Indian Express, Editorial) Rape laws have changed but the temptation to shame and blame the victim remains. Turn the economic ship around: (The Hindu, Editorial) We need to apply the potential of social business to solve problems of inequality and unemployment. GS-2 Government Policies Dialling The Wrong Number: (Indian Express, Editorial)… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – September 25

Archives GS-1 — GS-2 India and neighbors Strident Pakistan presses for UN envoy on Kashmir: Pakistan blamed India and Afghanistan for the volatile security situation in the region, while denying charges that it is harbouring terrorists who target both the countries. Hasina floats five-point peace plan: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has floated a five-point… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – September 23

Archives GS-1 Population and poverty Stairway to prosperity: (Indian Express, Editorial) India’s record of reducing poverty pales in comparison to China, Brazil and Mexico. It needs to build social infrastructure capable of providing quality education, health, and nutrition to buck the trend. Globalization Globalization is not ending, it’s changing: (Live Mint, Editorial) What we are… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – September 22

Archives GS-1 Social Issues Call to wipe out modern slavery: (The Hindu) India to implement labour law protections more effectively to eliminate modern slavery and forced labour in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Who knew healthcare was so complex: (Live Mint, Editorial) The government is right about the private sector’s role in healthcare but… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – September 21

Archives GS-1 Urbanisation Business Of Cleanliness: (Indian Express, Editorial) A national policy is in place; cities, state governments must operationalise it. GS-2 Government policies ‘Finalise body for Cauvery water sharing’: (The Hindu) T.N. insists that the Supreme Court appoint an authority. Across faiths, personal laws debated in courts and Parliament: (Indian Express, Explained) In the wake of… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – September 20

Archives GS-1 Social issues Reimagining the OBC quota: (The Hindu, Editorial) Regardless of the political impulse that led the government to announce creation of a committee to look into sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes (OBC), it provides an opening to ensure social justice in an efficient manner. Population and poverty What does the wage data… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – September 19