{"id":47915,"date":"2019-05-29T11:23:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T05:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=47915"},"modified":"2019-05-29T11:23:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T05:53:22","slug":"must-read-news-articles-may-29th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/must-read-news-articles-may-29th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Must Read News Articles \u2013 May 29th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Archives<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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GS-2<\/b><\/p>\n

India gave right of passage to Pakistan Minister\u2019s plane<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

India had granted permission for Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi\u2019s aircraft to fly over the country for his visit to Male and Colombo<\/span><\/p>\n

UGC to review PhD theses over last 10 years<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The University Grants Commission has launched a review of PhD theses in Indian universities \u2014 Central, State and private \u2014 over the last ten years, amid concerns that doctoral degrees are being granted to candidates whose theses lack originality and quality.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Draft QC orders will raise cost of medical devices\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), through the Department of Pharmaceuticals, is in the process of finalising a quality-control mechanism for medical devices and has issued draft Quality Control Orders (QCO) for six categories of devices<\/span><\/p>\n

HC seeks Centre\u2019s response on plea for raising abortion time period<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Centre on a petition seeking to raise the time period for terminating pregnancy in case of health risk to the mother or the foetus from the current cap of 20 weeks to 24-26 weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sri Lanka, Japan & India sign deal to develop container terminal<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sri Lanka, Japan and India on Tuesday signed an agreement to jointly develop the East Container Terminal at the Colombo Port.<\/span><\/p>\n

Foreign occupation should end, says Taliban<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Senior Taliban officials, including the group\u2019s top political adviser, met with Afghan political figures in Moscow, saying that they were committed to peace in Afghanistan \u2014 even as U.S.-led talks appear to have stalled.<\/span><\/p>\n

China rejects U.S. call for dialogue with Dalai Lama<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

China has rejected U.S. Ambassador Terry Branstad\u2019s call to Beijing to engage in \u201csubstantive dialogue\u201d with the Dalai Lama, saying that it was firmly opposed to \u201cforeign interference\u201d in Tibet and its internal affairs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Attacks on Afghan schools tripled: UN<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The number of attacks on schools in Afghanistan nearly tripled last year, UNICEF has said, cutting children\u2019s access to education amid worsening security in the nation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Burnout is not a medical condition\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The World Health Organization said that \u201cburnout\u201d remains an \u201coccupational phenomenon\u201d that could lead someone to seek care but it is not considered a medical condition.<\/span><\/p>\n

Karnataka ordered to release 9.19 tmcft<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) on Tuesday ordered Karnataka to release 9.19 tmcft of water for the month of June from the Biligundlu reservoir to the Mettur Dam in Tamil Nadu.<\/span><\/p>\n

GS-3<\/b><\/p>\n

Scientists give the thumbs-up for Anthropocene epoch<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

On May 21, a 34-member panel of the Anthropocene Working Group (AWG) voted 29-4 in favour of designating a new geological epoch \u2014 the Anthropocene.<\/span><\/p>\n

Exotic Kappaphycus alvarezii seaweed poses threat to coral reef<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The invasive Kappaphycus alvarezii seaweed, which smothers and kills coral reefs, has spread its wings to coral reef areas in Valai Island in the Gulf of Mannar (GoM) and set to invade new coral colonies in the marine national park.<\/span><\/p>\n

Post Balakot, Indian Air Force zeroes in on key vulnerability<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Drawing lessons from the Balakot air strike, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has identified a shortage of Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft to provide round-the-clock surveillance as a major deficiency<\/span><\/p>\n

Malaysia to send back 450 tonnes of plastic waste<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Hundreds of tonnes of imported plastic waste will be shipped back to where it came from, Malaysia said, insisting that the country did not want to be a global dumping ground.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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