Category: Must Read News Articles

Archives GS 2 West Bengal renames itself as ‘Bangla’ The West Bengal Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution to change the name of the State as ‘Bangla’ in three languages — Bengali, English and Hindi. India denies any change at Doklam Responding to the comments by a U.S. official during a U.S. Congressional hearing that… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – July 27, 2018

Archives GS 1 The Sabarimala singularity If the Supreme Court looks beyond the essential practices doctrine, it can lead to a radical re-reading of the Constitution India’s Magna Carta Marking the 100th year of the Montagu-Chelmsford Report GS 2 Different messages, different methods How India and China are developing their engagements with Africa Sanctions relief… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – July 26, 2018

  Archives GS 2 SC pulls up Centre for its delay in appointing a Lokpal The court was reacting to an affidavit filed by the government, the stated aim of it being to specify the exact time frame by which it would appoint a Lokpal. Instead, the government, represented by Attorney General K.K. Venugopal, said… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – July 25, 2018

  Archives GS 2 Changing the order of battle Traditional diplomacy appears to be giving place to big power summitry as the way to get things done The art of writing a judgment Judicial academies must focus on equipping trainee judges with skills to write accurate, simple, bias-free orders Befriending the neighbour Bhutan and India… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – July 24, 2018

Archives GS 2 July 30 NRC list only a draft: Rajnath Mr. Singh’s statement comes amid apprehensions expressed by several groups in Assam that the NRC was being used by the government for “religious polarisation” and that several residents would end up in detention centres if their names did not figure in the draft list.… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – July 23, 2018

Archives GS 2 The lowdown on row over Section 377 What is it?How did it come about?Why does it matter?What next? In Karnataka, Cauvery in spate After four years of deficit rains, it is a season of plenty in the Cauvery basin in Karnataka, which has brought much cheer to farmers — and neighbouring Tamil… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – July 22, 2018

Archives GS 2 Fault lines in a ‘landmark’ judgment The verdict on the SC/ST Atrocities Act marks the collapse of the constitutional scheme to protect the weaker sections GS 3 WhatsApp to cap number of forwards to five chats per user To address the profusion of fake news being spread through forwards, and the government’s… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – July 21, 2018

Archives GS 1 Making it difficult to ‘Other’ the Muslim A new hashtag, #TalkToAMuslim, began trending on Twitter earlier this week. In what is an ironic comment on the times, a campaign seeking to counter communal polarisation itself fell prey to polarisation. GS 2 Details of 2015 Naga agreement emerge The government has informed a… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – July 20, 2018

Archives GS 1 ‘Nobody has an exclusionary right of temple entry’ “In a public place of worship, a woman can enter, where a man can go. What applies to a man, applies to a woman,” Chief Justice Misra observed on Wednesday in the Sabarimala temple entry case. GS 2 LS clears detention policy A Bill… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – July 19, 2018

  Archives GS 1 Accept gay relationships, says SC judge Public acceptance of people in gay relationships will help meet health concerns and control the spread of HIV A review of Mandela’s legacy He expanded our capacity to rethink politics in terms of empathy, forgiveness, and values GS 2 Make lynching a separate offence, SC… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – July 18, 2018