{"id":5551,"date":"2017-08-01T09:45:58","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T04:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=5551"},"modified":"2017-08-01T09:52:04","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T04:22:04","slug":"must-read-news-articles-august-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/must-read-news-articles-august-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Must Read News Articles \u2013 August 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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GS 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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Government policies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Drug-smuggling route reveals itself again<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Intelligence agencies say cartels have been exploiting vast seas off India and Pakistan.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t shoot the messenger<\/a>:\u00a0(The Hindu, Editorial)<\/p>\n

Proposed amendments to the Whistle Blowers Act defeat the very purpose of the legislation.<\/p>\n

India and neighbors<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Manila envelope<\/a>: (The Hindu, Editorial)<\/p>\n

India\u2019s financial aid to the Philippines to fight the Islamic State signals a reworking of its Asean outreach.<\/p>\n

Old Ties, New\u00a0Outlook<\/a>: (Indian Express, Editorial)<\/p>\n

India-Thai relations get a boost on people-to-people contact.<\/p>\n

Parliament and State Legislatures<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The dilemmas of delimitation<\/a>:\u00a0(The Hindu, Editorial)<\/p>\n

The time has come to grapple with the implications of the freeze on parliamentary seats and seat allocations to States being lifted in 2026.<\/p>\n

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GS 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Pollution and conservation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

5 chemicals banned in firecrackers<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Ruling follows inputs from CPCB and explosives safety body.<\/p>\n

\u2018Methanol a clean, cheaper fuel\u2019<\/a>:<\/p>\n

NITI Aayog told to examine it as an alternative propellant.<\/p>\n

The tyranny of energy uncertainty<\/a>: (Live Mint, Editorial)<\/p>\n

We must reset policy from encouraging investments in renewable energy to introducing the serious reforms necessary to sustain growth.<\/p>\n

Indian Economy. Planning, Growth and Employment<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Reserve Bank is off target<\/a>:\u00a0(The Hindu, Editorial)<\/p>\n

The idea that interest rates are the right way to tackle inflation in India needs a serious rethink.<\/p>\n

LPG prices to be hiked by Rs. 4 every month<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Centre aims to end all subsidies by March 2018.<\/p>\n

An embarrassment of\u00a0riches<\/a>:\u00a0(Indian Express, Editorial)<\/p>\n

Why is the RBI not disclosing the amount from the surrendered notes? Have more than the issued amount of notes returned?<\/p>\n

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Prelims Related News<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Archives GS 1 — GS 2 Government policies Drug-smuggling route reveals itself again: Intelligence agencies say cartels have been exploiting vast seas off India and Pakistan. Don\u2019t shoot the messenger:\u00a0(The Hindu, Editorial) Proposed amendments to the Whistle Blowers Act defeat the very purpose of the legislation. India and neighbors The Manila envelope: (The Hindu, Editorial)… Continue reading Must Read News Articles \u2013 August 1<\/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-5551","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":1700799304,"cached_date":1704149639},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5551","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=5551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5551\/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=5551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}