Archives GS: 1 Society related issues: People as auditors(The Hindu Opinion) The social audit is conceptually simple. Information is to be proactively shared amongst people so that they can “performance audit” a service or programme, from planning, to implementation and evaluation. Scary, yet banal(The Hindu Opinion) India has come a long way from the small,… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – April 30, 2018
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Must Read News Articles – April 29, 2018
Archives GS: 2 International Relations: Modi, Xi detail measures to resolve border issue(The Hindu) India and China have decided to reboot efforts to resolve their border row so that they can focus on Asia’s rise in a post-western world. GS:3 Economy: Draft mission to kick-start renewable energy storage(The Hindu) The draft National Energy Storage Mission… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – April 29, 2018
Must Read News Articles – April 28, 2018
Archives GS: 1 Art and Culture: Archaeologists find child sacrifice site in Peru(The Hindu) Archaeologists in Peru have found evidence of the biggest-ever sacrifice of children, uncovering the remains of more than 140 youngsters who were slain alongside 200 llamas as part of a ritual offering some 550 years ago, National Geographic announced in a study. GS:… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – April 28, 2018
Must Read News Articles – April 27, 2018
Archives GS: 1 Society related issues: Nutritional politics(The Hindu Opinion) Data on malnutrition should serve as a wake-up call for the government: 38% of children are stunted and 35.7% are underweight in India. About 21% of children under the age of five are wasted (low weight for height), according to the National Family Health Survey-4… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – April 27, 2018
Must Read News Articles – April 26, 2018
Archives GS: 2 International Relations: Cautionary notes for Wuhan(The Hindu Opinion) As a vantage point in Nepal, Mount Everest is an important symbol for India and China. What is not well known is the mountain’s contribution to the term “summit” to describe meetings between world leaders seeking to resolve monumental issues between them. The… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – April 26, 2018
Must Read News Articles – April 25, 2018
Archives GS: 2 International Relations: The dragon beckons again(The Hindu Opinion) Prime Minister Narendra Modi goes to China on April 27, against the background of turbulence in global geopolitics and some domestic disquiet about “softening” of India’s China policy. Iran may quit NPT if Trump scraps deal’(The Hindu) A senior Iranian official said on Tuesday… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – April 25, 2018
Must Read News Articles – April 24, 2018
Archives GS: 2 International relations: The Asian ripple effect(The Hindu Opinion) China, Japan and India seem to be adapting quickly to the possibility of a post-U.S. world order ‘India, China are guardians of multipolar world’(The Hindu) Looming trade war with the U.S. could form the basis for a new bilateral bonding, says Chinese Foreign Ministry… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – April 24, 2018
Must Read News Articles – April 23, 2018
Archives GS:1 Society and Women related issues: Limits to maximal rhetoric(The Hindu Opinion) The World Health Organisation has made this difference clear: “‘Sex’ refers to the biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women. ‘Gender’ refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – April 23, 2018
Must Read News Articles – April 22, 2018
Archives GS: 2 International relations: U.S. raises spectre of Russia sanctions(The Hindu) India and the U.S. are engaged in senior-level consultations over recent American sanctions against Russian entities, even as two visiting U.S. defence officials have told New Delhi that India is not fully immune to the sanctions under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – April 22, 2018
Must Read News Articles – April 21, 2018
Archives GS: 2 Indian Constitution and Polity: Congress, six other parties move to impeach CJI Misra(The Hindu) The Congress, supported by six other Opposition parties in the Rajya Sabha, on Friday took the unprecedented step of moving an impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra on grounds of ‘misbehaviour’ and levelled five… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – April 21, 2018
