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

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

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Urbanisation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A fundamental right to create jobs<\/a>: (Live Mint, Editorial)<\/p>\n

To ensure large-scale job creation, the freedom to create jobs must be on a par with other freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution.<\/p>\n

Social issues<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

More Than Toilets<\/a>:\u00a0(Indian Express, Editorial)<\/p>\n

Swachh Bharat Mission is about behaviour change vis a vis sanitation. Five states, 186 districts and over 2,31,000 villages have been declared as open defecation free.<\/p>\n

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

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

Doklam standoff will be resolved soon<\/a>: (The Hindu)<\/p>\n

China is also inclined towards a solution.<\/p>\n

China wants to go back to \u20181959 LAC\u2019<\/a>:\u00a0(The Hindu)<\/p>\n

China on Monday urged India to abide by the Line of Actual Control (LAC) position of 1959, following last week\u2019s scuffle between troops of the two countries along the Pangong lake in Ladakh.<\/p>\n

Rebooting India-Nepal ties<\/a>:\u00a0(The Hindu)<\/div>\n
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Indian interventionism having backfired, the Nepal PM\u2019s visit is an opportunity to raise the level of bilateral ties.<\/p>\n

Doklam foretold<\/a>: (Indian Express, Editorial)<\/p>\n

India\u2019s future global status will be determined by its competition with China.<\/p>\n

How China gained from\u00a0Partition<\/a>:\u00a0(Indian Express, Editorial)<\/p>\n

Geopolitical legacies of the division remain the biggest drag on India\u2019s global aspirations.<\/p>\n

Next Door Nepal: Deuba\u2019s diplomacy\u00a0test<\/a>:\u00a0(Indian Express, Editorial)<\/p>\n

The prime minister\u2019s India visit will be closely watched by China.<\/p>\n

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

Supreme Court to deliver verdict on triple talaq today<\/a>:\u00a0(The Hindu)<\/p>\n

The court will decide if the law, which allows a Muslim man to divorce his wife by saying talaq\u00a0<\/i>(divorce) thrice, violates the fundamental and human rights of Muslim women.<\/p>\n

Now, passport sans police verification<\/a>:\u00a0(The Hindu)<\/p>\n

The physical police verification for getting a passport may soon be dispensed with as the Centre plans to connect the procedure with the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems Project (CCTNS).<\/p>\n

Will SC end personal laws\u2019 immunity?<\/a>:\u00a0(The Hindu)<\/p>\n

Verdict may settle debate on whether or not these can be brought within the ambit of Article 13.<\/p>\n

Triple talaq lost staunchest support<\/a>:\u00a0(The Hindu)<\/p>\n

In the past two years of litigation over the legality of instant triple\u00a0<\/i>talaq, the Supreme Court has seen a climbdown in the position of Muslim bodies, from declaring that the practice helps estranged couples to \u201cmove on\u201d effortlessly to filing finally an affidavit that Muslim men who resort to instant talaq will be socially boycotted.<\/p>\n

Recasting the steel frame<\/a>:\u00a0(The Hindu)<\/p>\n

The bureaucracy needs to embrace lateral entry, technology, and the \u2018perform or perish\u2019 culture.<\/p>\n

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

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Infrastructure and investment models<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Derailed priorities<\/a>: (The Hindu, Editorial)<\/p>\n

There must be a quick inquiry into the Khatauli accident, and a larger safety upgrade.<\/p>\n

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

Is the draft national energy policy actionable?<\/a>: (Live Mint, Editorial)<\/p>\n

A realistic energy policy cannot be purely top-down or \u2018national\u2019 but must also incorporate multiple smaller policies.<\/p>\n

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

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Navy gets amphibious landing craft<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The second Landing Craft Utility L52 of Mk-IV class, an amphibious ship to transport combat equipment and troops of the Navy, designed and built by Garden Reach Ship Builders.<\/p>\n

China to relaunch one of world\u2019s fastest bullet trains<\/a>:<\/p>\n

After cutting back the speed of the Beijing to Shanghai bullet train following a deadly crash, China is set to again make it one of the world\u2019s fastest.<\/p>\n

Drones on a mission to restore Myanmar\u2019s mangrove cover<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Fast-dwindling mangroves in Myanmar\u2019s low-lying Ayeyarwady Delta, ravaged by decades of deforestation and conversion of land for agriculture and aquaculture, could find an unlikely saviour \u2014 drones.<\/p>\n

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