{"id":13329,"date":"2017-12-15T10:16:42","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T04:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=13329"},"modified":"2017-12-15T10:16:42","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T04:46:42","slug":"must-read-news-articles-december-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/must-read-news-articles-december-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Must Read News Articles \u2013December 15"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

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

SC clears 12 special courts to try cases against politicians<\/a>: The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the green signal for the Centre\u2019s scheme to set up 12 fast track courts to exclusively prosecute and dispose of 1,581 criminal cases pending against Members of Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies within a year.<\/p>\n

\u2018Parsi woman allowed to perform last rites\u2019<\/a>: A Parsi Trust on Thursday informed a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court that it will allow a woman, who married a Hindu under the Special Marriage Act, to pray at the Tower of Silence and take part in the ceremonies following the death of her parent.<\/p>\n

Why Criminalise?<\/a>(Indian Express, Editorial): <\/strong>Centre\u2019s draft law on triple talaq misreads the Supreme Court judgment<\/p>\n

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

Govt. looking at JVs in ordnance sector<\/a>: The Defence Ministry is conducting a detailed performance audit of ordnance factories functioning under the Department of Defence Production, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

ill prepared for future<\/a>(Indian Express, Editorial) : There is a grave lack of engineering skills. This impacts industry, affects programmes such as Make in India.<\/p>\n

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

Looking for balance in power<\/a>(The Hindu, Editorial): The Russia-India-China trilateral meet is New Delhi\u2019s attempt to overcome challenges in ties with Moscow and Beijing<\/p>\n

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

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

Revival risks<\/a>(The Hindu, Editorial): The Centre\u2019s bid to dispel the pall of gloom over the economy has been helped in recent weeks by a sovereign rating upgrade from a global agency and a sharp improvement in India\u2019s rank on a World Bank index for ease of doing business.<\/p>\n

Aadhaar linking: CJI frowns upon hyperbole<\/a>: Heading a five-judge Constitution Bench, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra refused to be moved by the \u201chyperbole and rhetorics\u201d against Aadhaar linking.<\/p>\n

WTO meet ends without consensus:<\/a> Member countries fail to reach agreement on food security right, centrality of development.<\/p>\n

Income share of top 1% surged: report<\/a> : \u2018Inequality rose substantially since implementation of 80s\u2019 deregulation reforms\u2019.<\/p>\n

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

Haven\u2019t declared Amarnath a silent zone, clarifies NGT:<\/a> The National Green Tribunal on Thursday clarified its orders on \u2018maintaining silence\u2019 around the Amarnath shrine and said that its previous order had not been \u201ccorrectly reported in different quarters\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Disaster Management<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Whither disaster management after Ockhi?<\/a>(The Hindu, Editorial): More lives of fisherfolk would have been saved if disaster management action plans were implemented properly.<\/p>\n

Kalvari submarine a big step in defence preparedness: PM<\/a> : Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally commissioned the first of six Scorpene diesel-electric submarines into the Navy on Thursday.<\/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 :\u00a0SC\u2019s petition to drop adultery as a criminal offence<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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

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