{"id":13263,"date":"2017-12-13T11:05:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T05:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=13263"},"modified":"2017-12-13T11:05:26","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T05:35:26","slug":"must-read-news-articles-december-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/must-read-news-articles-december-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Must Read News Articles \u2013December 13"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Archives<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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GS-1<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Social issues<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Human rights and Indian values:<\/a> (Hindu, Editorial) Neither civilisational ethos nor the mere enshrining of constitutional morality is enough to deliver on basic rights<\/p>\n

Centre\u00a0to\u00a0give\u00a0\u0081500\u00a0to\u00a0TB\u00a0patients\u00a0every\u00a0month<\/a>: About 35 lakh identified tuberculosis patients across the country will soon get 500 every month from the Centre as social support.<\/p>\n

A job crisis, in figures<\/a>: Multiple data sets confirm sluggish pace of employment creation. Paucity of data can no longer be an excuse for the lack of debate.<\/p>\n

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GS-2<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Polity<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Special\u00a0courts\u00a0to\u00a0try\u00a0politicians<\/a>: The Centre on Tuesday informed the\u00a0Supreme Court\u00a0that it will set up at least 12 special courts to try exclusively criminal cases involving MPs and MLAs.<\/p>\n

Plea\u00a0on\u00a0\u2018Vande Mataram\u2019 dismissed<\/a>: The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea to provide equal statutory protection to \u2018Vande Mataram\u2019 as the national anthem \u2018Jana Gana Mana\u2019.<\/p>\n

With\u00a0EVMs,\u00a0no\u00a0room for\u00a0malpractice,\u00a0says\u00a0EC<\/a>: the Election Commission on Tuesday said there was no room for any electoral malpractice during the first phase of the Assembly elections due to its robust security and administrative protocols for the handling of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPATs).<\/p>\n

Information at the court\u2019s discretion:<\/a> (Hindu, Editorial) The judiciary\u2019s brazen disregard for the RTI has now got a stamp of approval from a high court<\/p>\n

International issues: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

India,\u00a0Australia\u00a0call\u00a0for \u2018open\u2019\u00a0Asia\u00ad Pacific\u00a0zone<\/a>: Continuing with the strategic bilateral discussion, Australia and India on Tuesday discussed the need to maintain the Asia-Pacific region as a \u201cfree\u201d and \u201copen\u201d zone under the \u201c2+2\u201d dialogue model which includes the foreign and defence secretaries of both sides.<\/p>\n

Economy:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Inflation\u00a0up, industrial growth\u00a0slows\u00a0<\/a>: A separate government release showed that industrial activity growth slowed sharply in October to 2.24%<\/p>\n

\u2018Fix\u00a0GST\u00a0credit\u00a0claims\u00a0or\u00a0face\u00a0scrutiny\u2019<\/a>: The Centre urged taxpayers to correct their TRAN-1 forms to avail transitional credit under GST by December 27, failing which the government would be forced to initiate audit proceedings in cases of high credit claims.<\/p>\n

Centre\u00a0issues\u00a0bid\u00a0guidelines\u00a0 for\u00a0procuring\u00a0wind\u00a0power<\/a>: The government on Tuesday issued guidelines for the procurement of wind power through a bidding process.<\/p>\n

Ministry\u00a0clarifies\u00a0tax norms\u00a0for\u00a0IT\u00a0exports<\/a>: The Finance Ministry on Tuesday clarified that apprehensions related to the negative effects of certain tax demands on the software industry were without basis.<\/p>\n

Investment\u00a0facilitation,\u00a0norms\u00a0for small\u008dfirms\u00a0gain\u00a0push\u00a0at\u00a0WTO\u00a0talks<\/a>: Midway through the negotiations involving 164 World Trade Organisation (WTO) member nations being held here, India is holding its ground on issues such as food security as well as the centrality of development in the talks.<\/p>\n

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GS-3<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Environment<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Toll\u00a0in\u00a0Cyclone\u00a0Ockhi crosses\u00a050\u00a0in\u00a0Kerala<\/a>: The toll in the Ockhi cyclone in the State has crossed 50 with the recovery of nine bodies off the coasts off Beypore and Tanur on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Yesterday\u2019s\u00a0 current affairs material by ForumIAS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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7 PM\u00a0 Editorial :<\/a><\/p>\n

9 PM current affairs brief:<\/a><\/p>\n

10 PM Current Affairs MCQs:<\/a><\/p>\n

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