Archives<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n GS 2<\/strong><\/p>\n SC sends Delhi power tussle case to larger Bench<\/a><\/p>\n The issue is now referred to CJI to be placed before a three-judge Bench<\/p>\n Stress points of democracy<\/a><\/p>\n Across the world, democracy is in obvious retreat, with authoritarian tendencies on the ascendant. Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin, China\u2019s Xi Jinping and Turkey\u2019s Recep Tayyip Erdogan are constantly projected as the faces of authoritarianism, but many democratic leaders reveal a similar authoritarian streak, which adds to democracy\u2019s woes.<\/p>\n India signs defence pacts with Germany and Sweden<\/a><\/p>\n India concluded defence cooperation and security protection agreements with Germany and Sweden during the ongoing visit of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman there.<\/p>\n GS 3<\/strong><\/p>\n Wasted effort: half of India\u2019s waste-to-energy plants defunct<\/a><\/p>\n Nearly half of India\u2019s waste-to-energy (WTE) plants, meant to convert non-biodegradable waste, are defunct. Further, the country\u2019s inability to segregate waste has resulted in even the existing plants working below capacity, says an analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment.<\/p>\n Panel moots minimum wage of \u20b9375 per day<\/a><\/p>\n In a report submitted to the Ministry of Labour and Employment on Thursday, an Expert Committee on Determining the Methodology for Fixation of the National Minimum Wage has also recommended different national minimum wages for \u201cdifferent geographical regions of the country to suit the local realities and as per socio-economic and labour market contexts.\u201d<\/p>\n Is the unemployment crisis for real?<\/a><\/p>\n Leaked data from the National Sample Survey Office\u2019s (NSSO) latest labour force survey suggests that unemployment rose to an all-time high of 6.1% last year. This is, no doubt, a worrying trend.<\/p>\n Low velocity of cash circulation in large States hints at sluggish economy: report<\/a><\/p>\n While the currency in circulation has surpassed what it was in the pre-demonetisation days, it is still short of what it should have been and the lower velocity of circulation in larger States points to sluggish economic activity, says a report by the State Bank of India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Archives GS 2 SC sends Delhi power tussle case to larger Bench The issue is now referred to CJI to be placed before a three-judge Bench Stress points of democracy Across the world, democracy is in obvious retreat, with authoritarian tendencies on the ascendant. Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin, China\u2019s Xi Jinping and Turkey\u2019s Recep Tayyip Erdogan… Continue reading Must Read News Articles \u2013 February 15th, 2019<\/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-42018","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":1704900491},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42018","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=42018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42018\/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=42018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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