Newspaper Must Read Articles of The Day– 15 November 2015

The Hindu

Paris, Syria to dominate G-20 talks -The Paris terror attacks have added fresh urgency to the scheduled talks on terror, a key theme on the agenda at the two-day Group of 20 Summit starting here on Sunday. (International Organisations – GS Paper II)

G-20 summit: Modi to push for inclusive view on climate -PM will oppose the proposed move for eliminating fossil fuels subsidies and voice strong objections to the environment and social safeguards standards being pushed by the World Bank and other multilateral agencies for project finance and loans. He will call for a balance at the COP 21 December talks in Paris so that development is not compromised as a result of the focus on climate change.(International organisation – GS Paper II)

Households with income of Rs. 10 lakh may lose LPG subsidy – The Union government is actively examining discontinuation of subsidies such as the one given on domestic LPG cylinders to all households having an annual income of Rs. 10 lakh and above(Subsidies – GS Paper III)

Pressure intensifies to find way out of Syria’s civil war -The bloody attacks in Paris hiked pressure on world leaders meeting in Vienna on Saturday to overcome deep divisions and find a way out of Syria’s war.Some 20 delegations gathered for a second round of talks on Syria’s nearly five-year conflict that has left 250,000 dead, sparked a refugee crisis in Europe and birthed the Islamic State group that has terrorised many nations at the table.(International Affairs – GS Paper II)

Vienna talks agree on concrete calendar for transition in Syria – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said world diplomats who gathered in Vienna had agreed on a fixed calendar for Syria that would see a transition government in six months and elections in 18 months. The American and Russian diplomatic teams were among the larger group of participants in the Vienna talks among the backers of rival parties in Syria.(International Affairs – GS Paper II)

Jaitley asks market-makers to improve their credibility, integrity – NSDL was set up in 1996 and it completed dematerialisation of shares by 2002 and introduced the investor-friendly T+2 settlement system (settlement two days after the trade) from 2003.(Indian Economy – GS Paper III)

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