Category: Must Read News Articles

Archives GS–1 Social Issues Karnataka HC strikes down rule on stringent tobacco pack warnings: The Karnataka High Court on Friday declared the Cigarette and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Amendment Rules, 2014 as unconstitutional. Make offices accessible to disabled: SC: The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the right to dignity of the disabled while directing that government buildings providing public services should be made… Continue reading Must Read News Articles –December 16

Archives GS-2 Polity and Constitution SC clears 12 special courts to try cases against politicians: The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the green signal for the Centre’s scheme to set up 12 fast track courts to exclusively prosecute and dispose of 1,581 criminal cases pending against Members of Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies within a… Continue reading Must Read News Articles –December 15

 Archives GS-1 Social Issues Health tips (Indian Express, editorial): Instead of cancelling hospital licences, bring in patient centric laws, institutional capacity to enforce them. Crime & punishment(Indian Express, editorial): There can be no impunity for those who kill in the name of honour. Coastal literacy project to be rolled out in 3 more districts: the… Continue reading Must Read News Articles –December 14

 Archives GS-1 Social issues Human rights and Indian values: (Hindu, Editorial) Neither civilisational ethos nor the mere enshrining of constitutional morality is enough to deliver on basic rights Centre to give 500 to TB patients every month: About 35 lakh identified tuberculosis patients across the country will soon get 500 every month from the Centre as social support. A job crisis, in figures:… Continue reading Must Read News Articles –December 13

 Archives GS-1 Social Issues Max, Fortis effect: IMA for self-regulation for doctors : No hospital can force its consultants to work on targets and the choice of drugs and devices should rest with the doctors based on the affordability of a patient and not the hospital management. Powering rural healthcare(The Hindu, Editorial) : Around 38 million Indians… Continue reading Must Read News Articles –December 12

 Archives GS: 2 International relations: A game of chicken in the Korean Peninsula (The Hindu) On North Korea, the world is way past tactical solutions. Only a comprehensive diplomatic solution will work Next Door Nepal: Virtues of soft power (Indian Express) Beijing finds a binding thread in Buddhism as India pursues hard diplomacy. Indian Constitution and… Continue reading Must Read News Articles –December 11

Archives GS: 2 Indian Constitution and Polity: 24 years on, OBC workforce in Centre still short of Mandal mark (The Hindu) At a time when President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed a five-member commission to examine sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) “to achieve greater social justice,” a reality check shows that representation of OBCs… Continue reading Must Read News Articles –December 10