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GS 2<\/strong><\/p>\n Modi letter calls for positive engagement<\/a><\/p>\n In the first official communication with the new administration in Islamabad, Mr. Modi called for building good neighbourly ties for security and prosperity in the region.<\/p>\n Stay with RCEP<\/a><\/p>\n India must not take the easiest way out on the trade deal and walk out of talks<\/p>\n An enduring threat<\/a><\/p>\n Intelligence agencies have a terrible track record in anticipating religious-oriented terrorism<\/p>\n GS 3<\/strong><\/p>\n A brief history of the rupee<\/a><\/p>\n The rupee\u2019s depreciation to more than 70 to a dollar just ahead of Independence Day led to historical comparisons of the value of the rupee. These can be misleading, as political freedom did not automatically result in India\u2019s monetary independence in 1947. The rupee\u2019s association with Britain was prolonged by factors beyond India\u2019s control.<\/p>\n What Swachh Bharat Abhiyan ignores<\/a><\/p>\n The profession of of waste removal needs to be made caste-neutral through adoption of technologies<\/p>\n Educating people about climate change<\/a><\/p>\n The World Bank projects that climate change could cost India 2.8% of its GDP, and diminish living standards for nearly half the country\u2019s population, in the next 30-odd years.<\/p>\n NDRF aid only for severe calamities<\/a><\/p>\n There are no legal provisions to designate a disaster a \u2018national calamity\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Archives GS 2 Modi letter calls for positive engagement In the first official communication with the new administration in Islamabad, Mr. Modi called for building good neighbourly ties for security and prosperity in the region. Stay with RCEP India must not take the easiest way out on the trade deal and walk out of talks… Continue reading Must Read News Articles \u2013 August 21, 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":[11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-must-read-news-articles","category-public","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":1704644207},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24426","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=24426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24426\/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=24426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Prelims-Test-Series-2019-Batch-1-13-08-18-1000-x-150-pixel.png?resize=750%2C114\"){kind=tracking}
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