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International relations:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Willing to talk to Kim, says Trump<\/a> (The Hindu)<\/strong><\/p>\n

U.S President Donald Trump said talks between North Korea and South Korea scheduled for next week was an outcome of his \u201cfirm stance\u201d and he could talk to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the phone. \u201cAbsolutely I would do that. No problem with that at all,\u201d he said, when asked whether he was \u201cwilling to engage in phone talks\u201d with Mr. Kim. Mr. Trump was interacting with reporters at the Camp David Presidential retreat on Saturday.<\/p>\n

US couldnt forsee North Koreas strides(The Hindu)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

At the start of Donald Trump\u2019s presidency, U.S. intelligence agencies told the new administration that while North Korea had built the bomb, there was still ample time \u2014 upward of four years \u2014 to slow or stop its development of a missile capable of hitting a U.S. city with a nuclear warhead.<\/p>\n

Sushma urges NRIs to come back (The Hindu)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Setting the tone for the government\u2019s outreach to the Indian diaspora, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday urged people of Indian origin to take advantage of India\u2019s projects for connectivity to Southeast Asian countries.<\/p>\n

Indian Constitution and Polity:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Re-examine the Bil<\/strong>l<\/a>(The Hindu)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0winter session of Parliament\u00a0saw more political positioning than appraisal of a legislation to make instant triple talaq a criminal offence. With the\u00a0Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill\u00a0pending in the Rajya Sabha, the best option would be to refer it to a select committee to help bring about a consensus on how to address the problem of talaq-e-biddat, as there is no serious opposition to the principle that it is morally abhorrent and legally impermissible.<\/p>\n

Standing up for human rights (The Hindu)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In his new year message, UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres referred to the pervasive and large-scale infraction of human rights across the world as a global challenge that defies our vision of a humane and just world order. The message is particularly relevant for us.<\/p>\n

Dont divest AI, give it 5 years to revive: panel (The Hindu)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is not the appropriate time to divest government stake in Air India (AI), which should be given at least five years to revive and its debt written off, a Parliamentary panel is likely to tell the government.<\/p>\n

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Security and Defense:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

INS Arihant left criopled after accident 10 months ago<\/a> (The Hindu)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Indigenous nuclear submarine\u00a0INS Arihant<\/em>\u00a0suffered major damage because of possible human error and has not sailed now for months, according to Navy sources.\u00a0Arihant<\/em>\u00a0is the most important platform within India\u2019s nuclear triad covering land-air-sea modes.<\/p>\n

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

UIDAI under fire for FIR against scribe<\/a> (The Hindu)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which has filed an FIR against a journalist who exposed a breach in its Aadhaar database, denied that it was trying to gag the media or whistleblowers.<\/p>\n

Jaitley bats for electoral bond scheme<\/a> (The Hindu)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stressing that the electoral bond scheme is a \u201csubstantial improvement\u201d in transparency over the present political funding system, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said the government is open to suggestions to further cleanse the process.<\/p>\n

Food poisoning, a common outbreak in 2017<\/a> (The Hindu)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recent data put out by the Union Health Ministry\u2019s Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) has indicated that food poisoning is one of the commonest outbreaks reported in 2017. This is apart from acute diarrhoeal disease (ADD).<\/p>\n

Mankidia denied habitat in Simlipal<\/a> (The Hindu)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mankidia, one of the 13 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) in Odisha, were denied habitat rights inside the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) under the historic Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, as the State Forest Department has objected on grounds that\u00a0 tribals \u00a0<\/a>could be attacked by wild animals, especially tigers.<\/p>\n

Evidence of fragility<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Underwhelming growth estimates come amid worrying data on agriculture<\/p>\n

The problem of land hoarding<\/a>(The Hindu)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The government owns more land than it admits, large swathes of which are unused or underutilized<\/p>\n

On way to insolvency, firms scout for fronts<\/a>(The Hindu)<\/strong><\/p>\n

A number of insolvency-bound companies, reeling under huge unserved loans, are scouting for front entities to buy them out in a distress sale under an \u2019asset reconstruction\u2019 model with the help of \u2018friendly\u2019 IRPs, but have landed themselves under the regulatory scanner.<\/p>\n

FRDI: depositer trust is the key to banking<\/a>( The Hindu)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The banking system of any country is built on an edifice of trust that depositors have in their banks. The confidence that money is safe, keeps depositors away from withdrawing their funds unless they really need it. Meanwhile, it allows banks to lend out the money to borrowers which generates interest income for the depositor, profit for the bank and larger economic growth.<\/p>\n

Environment:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

A sum of contributions<\/a> (TheHindu)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Emissions Gap Report 2017, released last year ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference, underlined that fulfilment of national pledges related to carbon emission reductions under the Paris Agreement would be inadequate to keep global warming below 2\u00b0C. Thus, a renewed focus on climate governance is imperative.<\/p>\n

Science and Technology:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Arihant: top gun for second strike<\/a> (The Hindu)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Indigenous nuclear submarine\u00a0INS Arihant<\/em>\u00a0suffered major damage because of possible human error and has not sailed now for months, according to Navy sources.\u00a0Arihant<\/em>\u00a0is the most important platform within India\u2019s nuclear triad covering land-air-sea modes.<\/p>\n

Boost to gravitational wave study<\/a> (The Hindu)<\/strong><\/p>\n

India\u2019s role in studying gravitational waves \u2014 touted as one of the most important discoveries of the recent past \u2014 will increase once the proposed gravitational wave observatory is set up in the country, said David Reitze, executive director of Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO).<\/p>\n

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