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About Must Read News Articles for UPSC: Must Read News Articles is an initiative by Team ForumIAS to provide links to the most important news articles of the day. It covers several newspapers such as The Hindu, Indian Express, Livemint, etc. This saves the time and effort of students in identifying useful and important articles. With newspaper websites requiring a paid subscription beyond a certain number of fixed articles, we believe that it is one of the best ways to cover all major newspapers in the shortest amount of time.
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GS Paper 1
Fossils of ‘Dickinsonia’ found at Bhimbetka
Syllabus Topic – aspects of Art Forms, literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times
GS Paper 2
The legal regime that enables the government to block websites needs urgent reform
Syllabus Topic – Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors
When Twitter was in the right
Syllabus Topic – Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors
Finance Commission dips into states’ share for Centre’s expenditure, makes system more discretionary (indianexpress.com)
Syllabus Topic – devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein
The government should ensure that the available stocks of vaccine are used efficiently
Syllabus Topic – Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health
Scheduled Tribe seats for Ph.D. programmes in IIT-Bombay remain unfilled
Syllabus Topic – mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of vulnerable sections
Pragya Akhilesh writes: Vaccination of manual scavengers must be prioritised (indianexpress.com)
Syllabus Topic – Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health
A disengagement deal better than expected
Syllabus Topic – India and its neighbourhood- relations
GS Paper 3
PM hands over Arjun Mk-1A tank to Army
Syllabus Topic – Achievements of Indians in science & technology
Ashok Gulati writes: Agri-market freedom, water accounting could address few problems of agriculture in India (indianexpress.com)
Syllabus Topic – Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices
Mahesh Zagade writes: In the backdrop of the challenges of fourth industrial revolution, agriculture needs disruptive digital thinking (indianexpress.com)
Syllabus Topic – Public Distribution System- objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security; Technology missions
