Newspaper Must Read Articles of The Day– 25 October 2015

The Hindu

Four new crab species found in Kerala: The first of the new hermit crab species named Paguristes luculentus was collected off the coast of Kollam. It represents the ninth of the genus known from Indian waters. The species name luculentus(meaning colourful) refers to the livid living colour of the crustacean. Read on…(Science and tech, Environment- GS Paper III)

China may supply 1,000 MT of fuel to Nepal; Amid a blockade of trade points between India and Nepal by agitating Madhesi parties, China is mulling providing 1,000 metric tonnes of fuel to help the landlocked country tide over an acute shortage of petroleum products(International Relations – GS Paper II)

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Across the Aisle: Paradise lost, will it be regained?; 3 events would happen in Sri Lanka in the year 2015: 1. That the SLFP and the UNP would form a grand coalition government 2. The conflict would finally end 3. The Tamil-speaking people would have moderate leaders as the heads of the two totally legitimate provincial governments. (International Relations – GS Paper II)

Seize the moment: Africa is vital to India’s food security is also demonstrated by the large quantities of pigeon pea (arhar) it is importing from Tanzania, Mozambique and Malawi. There is a vast scope for India to set up urea plants in natural gas-abundant African countries from Algeria to Gabon. (International Relations – GS Paper II)

The problem of debt concentration: India is now coming to terms with the costs of crony capitalism.The bursting of the Indian credit bubble, when bank loans grew around 10 percentage points faster than nominal gross domestic product, has left behind inevitable cracks in the financial system.(Economic development- GS Paper III)

The conundrum of poor quality drugs in India: A medicine primarily comprises of two components—the active pharmaceutical ingredient or API (the substance behind the therapeutic effects) and the excipients (substances required to facilitate the administration, preservation and absorption of the API by the body). These two components are then formulated together to give the medicine a final pharmaceutical form (tablets, capsules, syrups, etc). (Science and tech, Health- GS Paper III)