{"id":42571,"date":"2019-03-01T09:24:16","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T03:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=42571"},"modified":"2019-03-01T09:24:16","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T03:54:16","slug":"must-read-news-articles-march-1st-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/must-read-news-articles-march-1st-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Must Read News Articles \u2013 March 1st, 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<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/jk-ordinance-cleared-by-union-cabinet-doesnt-tinker-with-35a-or-370\/article26401411.ece\">\u2018J&amp;K ordinance cleared by Union Cabinet doesn\u2019t tinker with 35A or<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/jk-ordinance-cleared-by-union-cabinet-doesnt-tinker-with-35a-or-370\/article26401411.ece\"> 370\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 that will pave the way to extend reservation in jobs, promotions and education to people living 10 km from the International Border (IB) in Jammu.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/no-agreement-reached-at-trump-kim-nuclear-talks\/article26395188.ece\">\u2018No agreement\u2019 reached at Trump-Kim nuclear talks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The nuclear\u00a0<strong>summit\u00a0<\/strong>between United States President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in Hanoi ended without an agreement on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/other-states\/labourers-sore-over-wait-for-wages-under-rural-jobs-scheme\/article26400704.ece\">Labourers sore over wait for wages under rural jobs scheme<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NREGA Sangharsh Morcha files complaints against \u2018main accused\u2019 Centre. The complainants said that the government\u2019s failure to pay wages and ensure the basic NREGA entitlements to workers \u201camount[ed] to a crime\u201d, as per the Supreme Court\u2019s judgment of May 13, 2016.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/cabinet-clears-voluntary-use-of-aadhaar-as-identity-proof\/article26401163.ece\">Cabinet clears voluntary use of Aadhaar as identity proof<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday approved the promulgation of an Ordinance to allow voluntary submission of Aadhaar as identity proof for use by private entities such as banks, telcos and fintech firms.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/photo-voter-slip-no-longer-a-standalone-identification-document\/article26400004.ece\">Photo voter slip no longer a standalone identification document<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Election\u00a0<\/strong>Commission on Thursday said those not having their Electors Photo Identity Cards can now show any of the 11 alternative documents, including Aadhaar card, for exercising their franchise.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>GS 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/sc-stays-feb-13-order-for-eviction-of-tribals-forest-dwellers\/article26396154.ece\">SC stays Feb 13 order for eviction of tribals, forest dwellers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed its controversial February 13 order\u00a0directing the eviction of lakhs of Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers \u00a0whose claims for forest land rights have been rejected under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/business\/govt-cuts-fy19-growth-estimate-to-7\/article26400575.ece\">GDP growth slows again in third quarter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to data released on Thursday. Growth fell to 6.6% in the third quarter, the lowest in the last six quarters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/railways-on-drive-to-purge-ghost-staff\/article26401217.ece\">Railways on drive to purge \u2018ghost\u2019 staff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Railways has directed all general managers of zonal railways and production units to \u201csanitise\u201d employee data by reviewing the Management Information System (MIS) reports.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/amended-rules-to-benefit-air-travellers\/article26401135.ece\">Amended rules to benefit air travellers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Air travellers will be able to cancel or amend a ticket within 24 hours of making a reservation without incurring any penalty, according to the passenger charter released by the government.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/us-uk-and-france-ask-un-security-council-to-ban-jem-chief-masood-azhar-in-a-fresh-proposal\/article26394423.ece\">U.S., U.K., France ask U.N. Security Council to ban Masood Azhar in a fresh proposal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Three permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the U.S., U.K and France, have made a \u2018listing request\u2019 to the UNSC on Wednesday, asking for a travel ban, arms embargo and asset freeze on Pakistan-based Jaish-e Mohammad (JeM) leader Masood Azhar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/business\/rbi-forms-panel-to-keep-rupee-stable\/article26400627.ece\">RBI forms panel to keep rupee stable<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has formed a task force on the offshore rupee market. It will be headed by former Deputy Governor Usha Thorat and will recommend steps for ensuring the stability of the currency.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/other-states\/rhinos-without-borders-is-conservation-credo\/article26400633.ece\">Rhinos without borders is conservation credo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The New Delhi Declaration adopted at the second meeting of the Asian rhino range countries that ended on Thursday underscored trans-boundary collaboration among India, Nepal, and Bhutan for the conservation and protection of the greater one-horned rhino.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archives GS 2 \u2018J&amp;K ordinance cleared by Union Cabinet doesn\u2019t tinker with 35A or 370\u2019 The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 that will pave the way to extend reservation in jobs, promotions and education to people living 10 km from the International Border (IB) in Jammu. \u2018No&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/must-read-news-articles-march-1st-2019\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Must Read News Articles \u2013 March 1st, 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-42571","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":1700780003,"cached_date":1704782650},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42571","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=42571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42571\/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=42571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}