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Urbanization, Government policies Jobs, facts and fiction: (Indian Express, Editorial)

India has more formal non-farm jobs than we think. Creating millions more needs labour, education reforms

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Government policies

Centre’s ‘no’ to SC appeal on old notes: (The Hindu)

The Centre told the Supreme Court on Monday that it took a conscious decision to not give any grace period for citizens to deposit their demonetised notes after the cut-off date of December 30, 2016.

Centre seeks debate in SC on J&K special status: (The Hindu)

The Centre on Monday asked the Supreme Court to debate on the special status granted to the State of Jammu and Kashmir, saying it was both a sensitive and constitutional matter. Effects of developed and developing countries policies Spaces, not embraces: (The Hindu, Editorial)

For India, the impact of a closer camaraderie with the U.S. is better judged by the challenges the superpower’s receding global role presents.

The post-IS proxy war: (The Hindu, Editorial)

The defeat of the Islamic State is inevitable. But the next conflict has already begun, with Iran in the gunsights of U.S.

India and neighbors

China holds live drills near Arunachal border: (The Hindu)

China on Monday held live-fire exercises in Tibet, in an area facing Arunachal Pradesh, which it calls South Tibet, escalating its “mind games” with India amid the standoff in the Doklam area.

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Science and Tech

GM mustard policy: SC gives govt. time: (The Hindu)

The government on Monday informed the Supreme Court that a policy decision on the commercial release of the Genetically Modified (GM) mustard crop is yet to be finalised.

Eco-bridges for the movement of tigers: (The Hindu)

In a first of its kind, Telangana State will have eco-friendly bridges over a canal cutting across the tiger corridor linking the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in the Chandrapur district of Maharashtra with the forests in Telangana’s Kumram Bheem Asifabad district.

The intervention requires the laying of fertile soil to grow grass and plants over the structure, so that fragmentation of the reserve forest is camouflaged. Indian Economy.

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