Archives<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n GS 2<\/strong><\/p>\n SC irked after poll panel\u2019s counsel says it is \u2018powerless\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n The Supreme Court on Monday gave the Election Commission of India (ECI) exactly 24 hours to explain its lawyer\u2019s submissions that the poll body is largely \u201cpowerless\u201d and \u201ctoothless\u201d to act against religious and hate speeches by candidates during the on-going Lok Sabha election campaigning.<\/p>\n \u2018CCS to decide on dual control over Assam Rifles\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n Assam Riffles, the 184-year-old paramilitary force of the country, is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Home Affairs while the operational control lies with the Ministry of Defence.<\/p>\n Sub-sonic cruise missile \u2018Nirbhay\u2019 successfully test-fired<\/a><\/p>\n The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Monday successfully test fired the underdevelopment long range subsonic cruise missile Nirbhay from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur in Odisha.<\/p>\n Rawat bats for indigenisation<\/a><\/p>\n He was speaking after commissioning the Indian Coast Guard Ship Veera, third in the series of seven offshore patrol vessels built by L&T Shipbuilding.<\/p>\n Centre extends truce with Naga militants by a year<\/a><\/p>\n The Centre on Monday extended the ceasefire agreement by one year with two insurgent groups in Nagaland, while a fresh pact for suspension of operations was signed with another outfit, the Home Ministry said.<\/p>\n 10% quota: Cabinet nod for funds<\/a><\/p>\n Central educational institutions across the country will together create over two lakh additional seats over the next two years to implement the 10% reservation for economically weaker sections<\/p>\n An India without the Left?<\/a><\/p>\n To understand the Left\u2019s central role, one has to take stock of the mass mobilisations to highlight injustice and inequity<\/p>\n Weathervane of democracy<\/a><\/p>\n The Election Commission\u2019s weakening commitment to the Model Code of Conduct is cause for concern<\/p>\n A mammoth election<\/a><\/p>\n Indonesia\u2019s single-day presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections on April 17 will be a mammoth exercise<\/p>\n Respecting leaders in a democracy<\/a><\/p>\n Respect for politicians is in short supply in our times. Most citizens of contemporary democracies seem to tolerate, not respect, those they elect<\/p>\n The road to Kashmir<\/a><\/p>\n Respecting human rights is not at odds with providing security, but an essential component of it<\/p>\n China is using AI to profile Uighur Muslims<\/a><\/p>\n Facial recognition technology being used not just in Xinjiang but also in wealthy cities like Hangzhou<\/p>\n China ready to wait for India\u2019s BRI participation<\/a><\/p>\n China on Monday signalled that it was ready to wait for India\u2019s participation in President Xi Jinping\u2019s signature Belt and Road Initiative, but also pointed to possible downside to New Delhi\u2019s delay in participating in the giant connectivity project.<\/p>\n GS 3<\/strong><\/p>\n Monsoon likely to be \u2018normal\u2019 this year, says meteorological dept.<\/a><\/p>\n Monsoon rains in India are likely to be \u201cnormal\u201d this year, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday. However, uncertainty clouds this optimism as the agency\u2019s own assessment suggests a significant probability for rains falling in the \u2018below normal\u2019 category.<\/p>\n More GSLV launch vehicles in the offing<\/a><\/p>\n The Union Cabinet on Monday approved five more GSLV satellite launch vehicles for the period 2021-24 under the next phase 4 of the ongoing GSLV continuation programme.<\/p>\n Slowing down fast<\/a><\/p>\n The downturn in industrial activity and the spike in retail inflation pose a policy challenge<\/p>\n Public sector enterprises to get 12 months to sell non-core assets<\/a><\/p>\n State-run companies will have 12 months to monetise non-core assets identified by a ministerial panel headed by the finance minister, failing which the finance ministry may restrict budgetary allocations to the CPSEs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Archives GS 2 SC irked after poll panel\u2019s counsel says it is \u2018powerless\u2019 The Supreme Court on Monday gave the Election Commission of India (ECI) exactly 24 hours to explain its lawyer\u2019s submissions that the poll body is largely \u201cpowerless\u201d and \u201ctoothless\u201d to act against religious and hate speeches by candidates during the on-going Lok… Continue reading Must Read News Articles \u2013 April 16th, 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-45506","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":1704697631},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45506","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=45506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45506\/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=45506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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