{"id":23809,"date":"2018-08-04T08:53:32","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T03:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=23809"},"modified":"2018-08-04T11:01:32","modified_gmt":"2018-08-04T05:31:32","slug":"must-read-news-articles-august-4-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/must-read-news-articles-august-4-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Must Read News Articles \u2013 August 4, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/mustread\/\">Archives<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/academy.forumias.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Upcoming-Current-Affairs-1000-x-150-20-8-18.jpg?resize=750%2C135\" alt=\"Upcoming Current Affairs &amp; Essay Test Series\" width=\"750\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GS 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/centre-pushes-for-quota-in-promotion-for-scssts\/article24595870.ece\">Centre pushes for quota in promotion for SCs\/STs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Citing \u201c1000 of years of deprivation\u201d suffered by Dalit communities, the government on Friday began its push for providing \u201caccelerated promotion with consequential seniority\u201d for Scheduled Castes\/ Scheduled Tribes (SC\/ST) members in public employment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/editorial\/impasse-ends\/article24595931.ece\">Impasse ends<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, a fresh memorandum of procedure for judicial appointments must be agreed upon<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/checking-the-new-abnormal\/article24595595.ece\">Checking the new abnormal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. experience shows that anti-lynching laws are not enough \u2014 this must be a political battle<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/social-media-hub-plan-dropped\/article24597790.ece\">Social media hub plan dropped<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A proposal to have hubs to monitor social media traffic and trends has been withdrawn, the Union government informed the Supreme Court<\/p>\n<p class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-opinion\/engaging-naya-pakistan\/article24597741.ece\">Engaging Naya Pakistan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The victory of Imran Khan\u2019s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the recent general elections in Pakistan poses both challenges and opportunities for India.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GS 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/who-thumbs-up-for-swachh-bharats-rural-component\/article24595986.ece\">WHO thumbs up for Swachh Bharat\u2019s rural component<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is estimated that the Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin (SBM-G) will result in preventing more than three lakh deaths due to diarrhoea and protein-energy malnutrition between 2014-October 2019, notes a World Health Organisation (WHO) report<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/hrd-ministry-approves-norms-against-plagiarism\/article24595892.ece\">HRD Ministry approves norms against plagiarism<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Student researchers found guilty of plagiarism may lose their registration and teachers could lose their jobs as the Human Resource Development Ministry approved new regulations on plagiarism drafted by the University Grants Commission (UGC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archives GS 2 Centre pushes for quota in promotion for SCs\/STs Citing \u201c1000 of years of deprivation\u201d suffered by Dalit communities, the government on Friday began its push for providing \u201caccelerated promotion with consequential seniority\u201d for Scheduled Castes\/ Scheduled Tribes (SC\/ST) members in public employment. 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