{"id":55505,"date":"2020-02-17T11:44:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T06:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?p=55505"},"modified":"2021-03-13T12:05:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T06:35:23","slug":"must-read-news-articles-i-17th-february-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/must-read-news-articles-i-17th-february-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Must Read News Articles I 17th February 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

GS -2<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Will stand by decision on Art. 370, CAA: Modi<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

PM Modi has said that despite international pres\u00adsure, the government will continue to stand by its deci\u00adsion to revoke Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and in\u00adtroduce\u00a0 the\u00a0 Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

New Accord divides Bodos<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Centre had signed third Bodo accord with all factions of the National Democratic front of Boroland (NDFB) and two other organisations on Jan 27. It appears to have unsettled another set of extremists who signed the second accord in Febru\u00adary 2003 and went on to rule the Bodoland Territo\u00adrial Council (BTC).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Madhya Pradesh grapples with spiralling neonatal deaths<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

According to National Health Mission, Madhya Pradesh has record\u00aded the highest percentage of newborn deaths of 11.5%against the total admissions to government\u00adrun sick new\u00ad born care units (SNCUs) in the past three years across the country. The country\u2019s average is 7%.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Staff crunch, low community referrals, absence of a spe\u00adcial neonatal transport ser\u00advice to health centres, and the\u00a0 non\u00adavailability\u00a0 of enough units to cater to in\u00adcreasing institutional deliver\u00adies had contributed to the spike in the percentage of deaths.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

India inks 14 MoUs with Russia for defence support, spares<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

India and Russia have signed 14 MoUs for setting up joint ventures covering a range of defence support equipments. The MoUs were signed during the 5th India Russia military industry conference held during the Defexpo 2020 in Lucknow. It will help in addressing the issue of regular spares and support for Russian military equipment with the armed forces<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

GS – 3<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Wayanad Tiger Reserve proposal fails to find favour<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Kerala Forest Department had push forward the proposal to notify Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary a Tiger Reserve. However, the State Wildlife Advisory Board has rejected the proposal, citing public resistance.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The state of Kerala has two tiger reserve – Periyar Tiger Reserve and Parambikulam Tiger Reserve.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

ISRO making preparations to launch GISAT\u00ad1 in March<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is pre\u00adparing to launch a new earth observational satellite GISAT\u00ad1 in the first week of March.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It is an earth observational satellite. It will be placed in geostationary orbit of around 36000km. It has high-resolution camera and can be used to keep a constant watch on borders.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Perverse Zeal<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The article highlights the detention of Dr. Kafeel Khan under the National Security Act by the UP govt. It says that the NSA\u2019s misuse to suppress political dissent is a blot on India\u2019s democratic credentials<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

India rejects Guterres mediation offer<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The government has reject\u00aded the latest offer by UN Se\u00adcretary General Antonio Gu\u00adterres to mediate between India and Pakistan on the Kashmir issue, saying that it would only discuss the mat\u00adter bilaterally.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We are not growing at the rate needed to reach the $5 trillion target<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Reaching a $5 trillion economy will require a GDP growth of9% and revival of private investment, which the Union Budget does not address, says former Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GS -2 Will stand by decision on Art. 370, CAA: Modi PM Modi has said that despite international pres\u00adsure, the government will continue to stand by its deci\u00adsion to revoke Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and in\u00adtroduce\u00a0 the\u00a0 Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). New Accord divides Bodos The Centre had signed third Bodo accord with… Continue reading Must Read News Articles I 17th February 2020<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"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-55505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-must-read-news-articles","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704956534},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55505","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=55505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}