Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – August 24

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Read the following questions and answer them by clicking on the links in not more than 200 words

Time: 30 Minutes

Kindly review each others answers.

1. The Supreme Court Constitution Bench gave a historic 3:2 majority judgment and has set aside instant talaq as a “manifestly arbitrary” practice not protected by Article 25 (freedom of religion) of the Constitution. What are the significant things about the SC’s verdict? Discuss. Will all personal laws be now decided in the court? (GS 2)

The Hindu | TOI

2. NITI Aayog has recently issued a set of three documents which give us a fair idea about where national economic policy is headed in the coming years. Discuss the key objectives of the Action Plan proposed by NITI Aayog. Suggest strategies to promote labour-intensive and export-oriented industrialization in India. (GS 3)

Live Mint

3. “The threat to China from a rising India is not military. It is from the demonstration effect of a successful democracy which could prove potentially destabilising to a totalitarian system under visible signs of strain.” Critically examine this statement. (GS 2)

ET | Indian Express