{"id":41105,"date":"2019-01-25T08:56:01","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T03:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=41105"},"modified":"2019-01-25T11:40:24","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T06:10:24","slug":"must-read-news-articles-january-25th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/must-read-news-articles-january-25th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Must Read News Articles \u2013 January 25th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mustread\/\">Archives<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>GS 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/lead\/a-tragedy-that-was-long-in-the-making\/article26082607.ece\">A tragedy that was long in the making<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Illegal rat-hole mining in Meghalaya persists despite ruinous effects on the environment<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/are-we-undermining-our-scientific-temper\/article26082694.ece\">Are we undermining our scientific temper?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The British understood that scientific temper would result in a questioning of their rule and preferred to keep their subjects subservient. It was only after Independence that the need for scientific temper was considered to be important.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/sc-refuses-to-stay-amendments-to-scst-act\/article26077798.ece\">SC refuses to stay amendments to SC\/ST Act<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stay the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act of 2018, which nullified the controversial March 20 apex court judgment diluting the stringent provisions of the Dalit protection law.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/report-on-al-qaeda-in-the-indian-subcontinents-growing-influence-alarmist-official\/article26082410.ece\">Report on AQIS\u2019s growing influence alarmist: official<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A top intelligence official on Thursday dismissed as \u2018alarmist\u2019 a U.S.-based think tank\u2019s report that contends that the Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) was exploiting the growing incidents of violence against Muslims in India and attacks in the name of \u201ccow vigilantism\u201d to recruit cadres<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/india-south-africa-to-revise-20-year-old-strategic-partnership\/article26082497.ece\">India, South Africa to revise 22-year-old Strategic Partnership<\/a><\/p>\n<p>India and South Africa will update their Strategic Partnership by agreeing on a comprehensive \u201croadmap\u201d on the way ahead, as well as relaxing visa restrictions, when South African President Cyril Ramaphosa meets with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, officials said here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GS 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/glimmer-of-hope-for-state-in-bandipur\/article26083200.ece\">Hope for Kerala in Bandipur deadlock<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SC asks Environment and Transport Ministries to arrive at a consensus in 6 weeks<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/isro-tastes-first-success-of-2019\/article26083813.ece\">ISRO tastes first success of 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The mission with the modified PSLV with just two strap-on motors, dubbed the PSLV-DL (dual strap-ons), marked another first for ISRO as it provided an alternative to its normal six strap-on motors. This will enable it to carry slightly higher payloads than its Core-Alone version.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/18-indian-institutions-to-study-nitrogen-pollution\/article26082806.ece\">18 Indian institutions to study nitrogen pollution<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eighteen research institutions in India are among a group of 50 institutions \u2014 called the South Asian Nitrogen Hub (SANH) \u2014 in the United Kingdom and South Asia that have secured \u00a320 million (about \u20b9200 crore) from the U.K. government to assess and study the quantum and impact of \u201cnitrogen pollution\u201d in South Asia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/editorial\/seasons-worst\/article26082786.ece\">Season\u2019s worst<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A concerted public health push is required to tackle periodic outbreaks of influenza<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archives GS 2 A tragedy that was long in the making Illegal rat-hole mining in Meghalaya persists despite ruinous effects on the environment Are we undermining our scientific temper? The British understood that scientific temper would result in a questioning of their rule and preferred to keep their subjects subservient. 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