Archives GS: 2 International relations: India rejects Maldives offer (The Hindu) India rejected an offer by Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen to send a special envoy to discuss the ongoing emergency in the country, calling instead on the embattled President to first address its concerns over the suspension of constitutional rights in the Maldives. The response… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 9, 2018
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Must Read News Articles – February 8, 2018
Archives GS: 1 Society related issues: Khap menace(The Hindu Opinion) Each time the Supreme Court feels impelled to remind khap panchayats and the society at large that they have no business interfering in the life choices of individuals regarding marriage and love, it is an implicit commentary on our times. GS: 2 International relations: Sushma… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 8, 2018
Must Read News Articles – February 7, 2018
Archives GS: 2 International relations: ‘It’s about saving Britain, it’s not about Brexit’(The Hindu Opinion) A second referendum is not a good idea, says the campaigner who took the British government to the Supreme Court over Brexit Indian Constitution and Polity: A roster of questions (The Hindu Opinion) It would be absurd to construe the… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 7, 2018
Must Read News Articles – February 6, 2018
Archives GS: 1 Social issue: ‘When 2 adults marry, none should interfere’ (The Hindu) Two adults are free to marry and “no third party” has a right to harass or cause harm to them, said Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, speaking against honour killings on Monday. The anatomy of another riot (The Hindu Opinion)… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 6, 2018
Must Read News Articles – February 5, 2018
Archives GS: 1 History: Alam Beg, martyer of sepoy Mutiny, wants to return home(The Hindu) Headhunting is usually associated with primitive tribes and contemporary terrorists, but the colonial rulers of India also collected heads of Indian soldiers as war trophies. Pre-Christian era artefacts unearthed in Odisha(The Hindu) The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has discovered… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 5, 2018
Must Read News Articles – February 4, 2018
Archives GS: 1 Society related issues: It’s complicated, say Delhi’s ‘notionally unwanted girls’(The Hindu) Economic Survey puts their number at 21 million nationwide The lowdown on pulse polio(The Hindu) On January 28, India carried out the first of its two national rounds of the Pulse Polio Campaign for 2018. The second is on March 11.… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 4, 2018
Must Read News Articles – February 3, 2018
Archives GS: 1 Society related issues: Supreme Court dismisses plea to make rape a gender-neutral offence(The Hindu) The judges on the Bench led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra reacted with different questions, all voicing an opinion that it is up to Parliament to gauge the changed social circumstances, and may be revamp the colonial penal… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 3, 2018
Must Read News Articles – February 2, 2018
Archives GS: 2 International relations: Nepal gets a high Rs. 650 crore outlay(The Hindu) India’s annual financial allocation to Nepal for 2018-19 has nearly doubled under the Union Budget presented on Thursday. Indian Constitution and Polity: Should India have simultaneous elections? (The Hindu Opinion) Free and fair elections are integral to democracy. Continuity, consistency and… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 2, 2018
Must Read News Articles – February 1, 2018
Archives GS: 1 Art and Culture: ‘Indus script was written from right to left’(The Hindu) Two scientists working at The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, (IMSc) have figured out a way to computationally estimate whether a language is written from left to right or otherwise. Most interestingly, they have studied the Indus script and calculated that… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 1, 2018
Must Read News Articles – January 31, 2018
Archives GS: 2 International relations: The balancing act (The Hindu Opinion) When you stand at the peak of a mountain, you get a full view of the path travelled and the road ahead that will take you to the next peak. The principal gain of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-India Commemorative Summit, held… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – January 31, 2018
