Must Read Current Affairs Articles I 16th October 2020

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#1 TV rating agency BARC suspends ratings for news channels 

Syllabus Topic: Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies 

#2  Should the government regulate TRPs? 

Syllabus Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation

# 3 No end to violence against women: SC 

# 4 SC: Woman has right of residence in ‘shared household’ of in-laws (Indian Express) 

mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections 

 # 5 The message in the Peace Nobel — multilateralism 

Syllabus Topic – Issues relating to poverty and hunger 

Syllabus Topic 2 – Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate 

 # 6 The road to zero hunger by 2030 

Syllabus Topic – Issues relating to poverty and hunger 

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# 7 GST shortfall | Centre to borrow ₹1.1 lakh crore on behalf of States 

# 8 Centre gives in, says will borrow to make up for states’ GST shortfall (Indian Express) 

Syllabus topic – Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment

# 9 Explained: The comparison between India, Bangladesh per capita GDP 

# 10 Explained: What IMF data say about per capita GDP of India and Bangladesh 

Syllabus topic – Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment. 

# 11 Bhubaneswar’s Nandankanan zoo revives ‘adopt-an-animal’ scheme 

Syllabus Topic – Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment 

# 13 Dealing with a deluge: On Hyderabad floods:  As floods swamp Hyderabad, the focus is on the inadequacy of drainage infrastructure 

Syllabus Topic – Disaster and disaster management 

# 14 Move to delete ‘ineligible’ names from Assam NRC: who, and why 

Syllabus Topic – GS – 2 -Significant provisions of Indian Constitution,

Syllabus Topic – GS – 3 -Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security

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