Category: Must Read News Articles

Archives GS 1 — GS 2 India and neighbors Diplomacy at work to end border stand-off with China: (The Hindu) MEA strikes measured note on the situation at the Sikkim tri-junction. Healing The Sea: (Indian Express, Editorial) India must learn from Sri Lanka’s ban on bottom-trawling. Why the visit of Myanmar’s military chief is important… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – July 14

Archives GS 1 Social issues A Crisis Of Male Identity: (Indian Express, Editorial) Communal and gender violence in India points to the same backlash. GS 2 India and neighbors India-China trade talks deadlocked: (The Hindu) Trade talks between India and China remained deadlocked with neither side willing to offer concessions to end the impasse. Game… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – July 13

Archives GS 1 Geophysical phenomena Monsoon to cover entire country this week: (The Hindu) Monsoon rains are expected to cover the whole country in the next week and are likely to strengthen over central India. GS 2 Government policies SC stays cattle sale rules across nation: (The Hindu) The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – July 12

Archives GS 1 Urbanisation The great Indian migration: (The Hindu, Editorial) The socio-economic aspects of north-south migration need to be analysed. GS 2 Indian Constitution Do what is good for your faith, says CJI: (The Hindu) Every person has the right to do what he feels is good for his faith. Bring the House up… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – July 11

Archives GS 1 Social issues Seeds of a million tyrannies: (Indian Express, Editorial) The anti-minority violence India is witnessing is significant not principally because of its scale but because of the processes engendering it. Law, morality, triple talaq: (Indian Express, Editorial) The issue is not whether triple talaq is an essential practice of Islam, but… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – July 10

Archives GS 1 —  GS 2 Government policies Aadhaar not ‘totalitarian’: Centre: (The Hindu) After Aadhaar, people are getting their money and benefits. International groupings and agreements Substance and optics: (The Hindu, Editorial) Though successful summitry depends on personal chemistry, there is enough content in India-Israel ties. India and neighbors Delhi has ‘ulterior motives’, asserts Beijing: (The… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – July 8

Archives GS 1 Social issues Crime and context: (Indian Express, Editorial) Lynchings draw upon the master narrative of cow protection promoted by the current political elites.  GS 2 India and neighbors Modi, Xi will not hold talks at G-20 summit: (The Hindu) With India and China asserting on Thursday that no bilateral meeting between Prime… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – July 7

Archives GS 1 Social Issues Before the sluice gates close: (The Hindu, Editorial) The Sardar Sarovar project cannot be complete without resettlement of the thousands displaced or affected.  GS 2 International groupings and agreements India, Israel to set up $40 mn research fund: (The Hindu) Form strategic partnership, call for strong measures against terrorists, terror organisations,… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – July 6

Archives GS 1 Social issues The terrorisms we overlook: (The Hindu, Editorial) The state’s association with terror — in mob lynchings or in extortion — is not compatible with freedom.  GS 2 Issues related to governance SC open to liquor sale on city highways: (The Hindu) The Supreme Court on Tuesday prima facie observed that there… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – July 5

Archives GS 1 Social issues The organising principle of lynch mobs: (The Hindu, Editorial) Logically, the one right that enables us to possess and exercise other rights is the right to life granted by Article 21 of the Fundamental Rights Chapter of the Constitution. Towards unfreedom: (Indian Express, Editorial) There is little cogent or visionary opposition to… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – July 4