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Government policies

SC wonders whether privacy could be an absolute right:

Right to privacy is not absolute and cannot prevent the state from making laws imposing reasonable restrictions on citizens, the Supreme Court observed on Wednesday.

New social security net planned:

Scheme will provide universal coverage to workers in formal, informal sector.

International groupings and agreements

BITs and pieces of trade with Israel: (The Hindu, Editorial)

An India-Israel investment treaty would have to reconcile investment protection with the state’s right to regulate.

Effects of developed and developing countries policies Target Tehran: (The Hindu, Editorial) The Trump administration’s new sanctionson Iran threaten stability in West Asia.

U.S. blames Pakistan for going soft on Lashkar and Jaish:

The report said the “Indian leadership expressed resolve to redouble efforts, in cooperation with the United States and other like-minded countries, to bring to justice the perpetrators of terrorism.”

India and neighbors

Malabar naval exercise: Powerplay in the Indo-Pacific region: (Live Mint, Editorial)

Maritime power projection, and not sea denial, is the answer to China’s creeping assertiveness in South Asia.

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Indian Economy. Planning, Growth and Employment

Buffalo meat exports fall 4.35% in April-May:

Centre has been trying to ban cattle sale for slaughter.

Ministry, NITI Aayog moot privatisation of select services in district hospitals:

As a part of a radical ‘privatisation project’, the Health Ministry and the NITI Aayog have developed a framework to let private hospitals run select services within district hospitals, on a 30-year lease.

‘Banks may need to forgo Rs. 2.4 lakh crore’:

60% haircut needed to settle 50 large stressed assets with Rs. 4 lakh cr. debt.

Who cares about monetary policy?: (Live Mint, Editorial)

If monetary policy does not provide relief in terms of a rate cut for some reason, fiscal discipline will have to be given up.

Cropping pattern, Agriculture,

e-technology Think beyond loan waivers: (The Hindu, Editorial)

Strengthening the repayment capacity of farmers by improving and stabilising their income is the only way to keep them out of distress.

Prelims Related News

India hit by 34 ransomware attacks:

CERT-In has advised remedial steps to contain damage.

World’s first child hand transplant a success:

The first child in the world to undergo a double hand transplant is now able to write, feed and dress himself.