{"id":7231,"date":"2017-08-26T08:30:20","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T03:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=7231"},"modified":"2017-08-26T08:42:41","modified_gmt":"2017-08-26T03:12:41","slug":"must-read-news-articles-august-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/must-read-news-articles-august-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Must Read News Articles \u2013 August 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/mustread\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Archives<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>GS-1<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Social issues<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-container hidden-xs\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/editorials\/reservations-other-backward-classes-obc-caste-in-new-moulds-4813741\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caste in new\u00a0moulds<\/a>: (Indian Express, Editorial)\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Union cabinet\u2019s decision to set up a commission to explore the creation of subcategories in the central list of the Other Backward Classes is a move in the right directionIt is a reasonable assumption that the better empowered castes in the OBC list have cornered the benefits of reservation to the exclusion of the rest.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>GS-2<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Indian Constitution<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/sc-verdict-to-affect-ban-on-slaughter\/article19563107.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SC verdict to affect ban on slaughter<\/a>: (The Hindu)<\/p>\n<p>The landmark judgment declaring right to privacy a fundamental right would have \u201csome bearing\u201d in matters relating to slaughter of cows, bulls and bullocks in Maharashtra.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/fundamental-right-to-privacy-supreme-court-aadhaar-this-thing-called-privacy-4813710\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This thing called\u00a0privacy<\/a>: (Indian Express, Editorial)<\/p>\n<p class=\"synopsis\">One salutary consequence is that the right to privacy cannot be curtailed or abrogated by merely enacting a statute but can be done only by a constitutional amendment after complying with certain constitutional prerequisites.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Government policies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/political-freedoms-necessary-rules-sc\/article19563119.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Political freedoms necessary: SC<\/a>:\u00a0(The Hindu)<\/p>\n<p>Says the right to dissent is important to end the malaise of corruption.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Executive and the Judiciary<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/curtailing-the-legislature-delhi-4813728\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curtailing the legislature<\/a>:\u00a0(Indian Express, Editorial)<\/p>\n<p class=\"synopsis\">Delhi HC has limited Delhi assembly\u2019s power to hold the executive to account.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>International groupings and agreements<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-business\/mps-fret-over-trade-deficit-with-asean\/article19563057.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MPs fret over trade deficit with ASEAN<\/a>:\u00a0(The Hindu)<\/p>\n<p>Parliamentary panel urges that India should seek better market access for its products and services.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>GS-3<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Science and Tech<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/claims-on-bt-cotton-need-to-be-probed-says-panel\/article19563187.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Claims on Bt cotton need to be probed, says panel<\/a>:\u00a0(The Hindu)<\/p>\n<p>The report of the Standing Committee on Science and Technology claimed that the government cited only overall cotton output and not the average yield in area.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Prelims Related News<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archives GS-1 Social issues Caste in new\u00a0moulds: (Indian Express, Editorial)\u00a0 The Union cabinet\u2019s decision to set up a commission to explore the creation of subcategories in the central list of the Other Backward Classes is a move in the right directionIt is a reasonable assumption that the better empowered castes in the OBC list have&hellip; 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