{"id":18486,"date":"2018-04-11T10:26:59","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T04:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=18486"},"modified":"2018-04-11T10:45:50","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T05:15:50","slug":"must-read-news-articles-april-11-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/must-read-news-articles-april-11-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Must Read News Articles \u2013 April 11, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/mustread\/\">Archives<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>GS: 2 <\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><u>International relations:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-opinion\/a-new-beginning-with-nepal\/article23497734.ece\">A new beginning with Nepal<\/a>(The Hindu Opinion)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is a long-standing tradition that Nepali Prime Ministers make Delhi the first foreign port of call after taking over. The only exception was Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal \u2018Prachanda\u2019 in 2008 who visited China first and found his tenure cut short months later when his coalition collapsed, forcing him to resign and adding a touch of superstition to the tradition.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Indian Constitution and Polity:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/new-norms-for-global-projects\/article23497850.ece\">New norms for global projects<\/a>(The Hindu)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Central Vigilance Commission has drawn up a new set of guidelines for projects funded by international agencies such as the World Bank, IMF and Asian Development Bank.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/aadhaar-pan-link-doesnt-vitiate-privacy\/article23497852.ece\">Aadhaar-PAN link doesn\u2019t vitiate privacy\u2019<\/a>(The Hindu)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Noting that the usages like \u2018legitimate State interest\u2019 and \u2018larger public interest\u2019 mean one and the same, the UIDAI on Tuesday argued that linking of PAN card with Aadhaar does not amount to a violation of fundamental right to privacy.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-opinion\/a-fresh-deadline\/article23497730.ece\">A fresh deadline<\/a>(The Hindu Opinion)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Centre cannot continue to evade its legal obligation to create a mechanism to implement the Supreme Court\u2019s final verdict in the Cauvery dispute. This was the broad message conveyed by the court on Monday when it admonished the government for failing to frame a scheme within the six-week time limit given earlier.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/editorials\/hadiya-marriage-supreme-court-inter-religion-muslim-hindu-5132097\/\">Supreme order<\/a>(Indian Express)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Judgment in Hadiya case is a robust defence of the individual\u2019s rights against the writ of clan, community, family<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/state-election-panels-independent-of-central-ec-with-similar-powers-5132220\/\">State election panels: Independent of central EC, with similar\u00a0powers<\/a>(Indian Express)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amid a standoff between the Bengal State Election Commission and BJP over the withdrawal of a notification that had extended the last date for nominations in panchayat polls, Indian Express explains an SEC\u2019s role and powers.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/arun-jaitley-15th-finance-commission-centrally-sponsored-schemes-modi-govt-terms-of-reference-5132081\/\">The anatomy of\u00a0equity<\/a>(Indian Express)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Debate around terms of reference of the 15th Finance Commission ignores the evolution of constitutional mechanisms for devolution of public finance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>GS: 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><u>Economy:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/internal-e-waybills-in-5-states-from-april-15\/article23498389.ece\">Internal e-waybills in 5 States from April 15<\/a>(The Hindu)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Union government on Tuesday announced that it would be rolling out the e-waybill system for intra-State transport of goods in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh on April 15.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/business\/banking-and-finance\/banks-seek-review-of-rbi-norms-on-restructuring-of-stressed-assets-5132177\/\">Banks seek review of RBI norms on restructuring of stressed\u00a0assets<\/a>(The Hindu)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The central bank has issued new rules to ensure faster recovery of bad loans, as banks could recover only Rs 7,106 crore of written-off loans till December 31, 2017 while a total of Rs 84,272 crore worth of bad loans were written-off during the same period.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Environment:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-opinion\/a-register-by-the-people\/article23497728.ece\">A register by the people<\/a>(The \u00a0Hindu Opinion)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The draft National Forest Policy identifies threats to forests, but does not provide systems for public involvement.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Yesterday\u2019s current affairs material by Forum IAS<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/rbis-bi-monthly-monetary-policy-review-of-2018-19\/\">7 PM Editorial: RBI\u2019s bi-monthly monetary policy review of 2018-19<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/10-pm-current-affairs-quiz-april-10-2018\/\">10 PM Current affairs MCQs:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archives GS: 2 International relations: A new beginning with Nepal(The Hindu Opinion) It is a long-standing tradition that Nepali Prime Ministers make Delhi the first foreign port of call after taking over. The only exception was Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal \u2018Prachanda\u2019 in 2008 who visited China first and found his tenure cut short months&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/must-read-news-articles-april-11-2018\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Must Read News Articles \u2013 April 11, 2018<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":3533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-must-read-news-articles","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/newspaper.jpg?fit=1000%2C500&ssl=1","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704637135},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}