{"id":7089,"date":"2017-08-24T10:41:35","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T05:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=7089"},"modified":"2017-08-24T11:10:13","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T05:40:13","slug":"must-read-news-articles-august-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/must-read-news-articles-august-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Must Read News Articles \u2013 August 24"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\n

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

\n

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

Understanding work<\/a>:\u00a0(The Hindu, Editorial)<\/p>\n

The Global Commission on the Future of Work, established on Monday, has a critical role in addressing the decent jobs deficit that affects the lives of roughly three billion working people.<\/p>\n

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

Why India fails to deliver health and education<\/a>: (Live Mint,\u00a0Editorial)<\/p>\n

Weak electoral demand and weak state capacity result in poor government provision of basic services such as public health and quality education.<\/p>\n

SC: liquor sale ban does not extend to municipal areas<\/a>: (The Hindu)<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court has clarified that its nationwide ban on sale of liquor within a distance of 500 metres along National and State Highways does not extend to municipal areas.<\/p>\n

Understanding context of SC ruling on triple talaq: Divorce rate of Muslim women is thrice that of\u00a0men<\/a>: (Indian Express, Editorial)<\/p>\n

Among Muslim women, the largest percentage of divorces take place in the age group 20-34 (43.9%), in which only 24% of the total Muslim female population lies.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

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

\n

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

OBC list to be sub-categorised<\/a>:\u00a0(The Hindu)<\/p>\n

In a move that could have a far-reaching political and social impact, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to set up a commission which will examine the issue of sub-categorisation of the Other Backward Classes (OBC).<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a day of reckoning for Aadhaar<\/a>:\u00a0(The Hindu)<\/p>\n

Immediate effect of SC judgment on privacy will be felt on the government\u2019s UID scheme.<\/p>\n

Two cheers for the Supreme Court<\/a>: (The Hindu, Editorial)<\/p>\n

While a significant victory, even the majority opinions in the triple talaq verdict were along narrow pathways.<\/p>\n

Effects of developed and developing countries policies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Trump discontinuity<\/a>:\u00a0(The Hindu)<\/span><\/p>\n

His new Afghan strategy could be a game-changer for South Asia. There is an opportunity for India.<\/p>\n

\n

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

\n

Effects of developed and developing countries policies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

New mechanism to spur PSB mergers<\/a>:\u00a0(The Hindu)<\/p>\n

Paving the way for quicker consolidation among public sector banks, the Cabinet approved \u2018in-principle\u2019 the constitution of an alternative mechanism, likely to be a ministerial group, that will oversee the proposals for mergers among banks.<\/p>\n

\u2018GST may hit natural rubber prices hard\u2019<\/a>:\u00a0(The Hindu)<\/p>\n

With lack of demand from micro and small industries due to ambiguity on Goods and Services Tax (GST), prices of natural rubber are likely to decline in the coming months.<\/p>\n

A BIT of critique<\/a>:\u00a0(The Hindu, Editorial)<\/p>\n

The Srikrishna committee has lost an opportunity to push for the recalibration of the Indian BIT regime.<\/p>\n

Tax, in the bigger\u00a0picture<\/a>: (Indian Express,\u00a0Editorial)<\/p>\n

GST avoids the challenge of shifting to a higher proportion of direct taxes.<\/p>\n

\n

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

\n

Moss serves as a cheap pollution monitor<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The bioindicator responds to pollution by changing shape, density or disappearing, allowing scientists to calculate atmospheric alterations.<\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Archives GS-1 Globalisation Understanding work:\u00a0(The Hindu, Editorial) The Global Commission on the Future of Work, established on Monday, has a critical role in addressing the decent jobs deficit that affects the lives of roughly three billion working people. Social issues Why India fails to deliver health and education: (Live Mint,\u00a0Editorial) Weak electoral demand and weak… Continue reading Must Read News Articles \u2013 August 24<\/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-7089","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":1704799036},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7089","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=7089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7089\/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=7089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}