Category: Daily Initiatives
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Must Read News Articles – April 28
The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL No barrier to naming Lokpal: SC: The Supreme Court on Thursday found the Lokpal and Lokayukta Act of 2013 an “eminently workable piece of legislation”, which provides for the appointment of Lokpal Chairperson and members even in the absence of a recognised Leader of Opposition (LoP). PM launches low-cost flights: Shimla-Delhi,…
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9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – April 27, 2017
Front Page / NATIONAL [The Hindu] [1]Aadhaar-PAN linkage meant to plug tax leaks, says SC [2]A shrinking home for endemic birds [3]Govt. school teachers often away on duty [4]J&K court spells steps to stop pollution, encroachment of Dal Lake [5]SC seeks law to regulate NGO funds [6]. No port deal during PM’s Colombo trip Editorial/OPINION…
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Naxalist Ambush and Lessons
Context 25 CRPF Jawans were killed by Naxalists in frontal attack at Sukma. This is one of the gravest tragedies for our security systems in the recent times. Naxalism was dubbed as the “single biggest internal security challenge ever faced by our country” by then PM Manmohan Singh in 2006. Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, in his…
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Must Read News Articles – April 27
The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL Aadhaar-PAN linkage meant to plug tax leaks, says SC: Slamming a tendency in the country to evade taxes, the Supreme Court referred to the mandatory linking of Aadhaar to the Permanent Account Number (PAN) and Income Tax returns as an instance of the government’s efforts to bring “new and new…
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Daily 9 PM Brief – April 26
The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL [1] SC pulls up trial court in Sabarmati train blasts case The Hindu Context Orders release of undertrial on November 1 What has happened? A Supreme Court Bench of Chief Justice Khehar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud gave the trial court in the 2000 Sabarmati train blasts case six months…
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Indo-Nepal Consternation
Context Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari visited Delhi recently which was officially termed as a “grand success”. But that India is losing clout and credibility in Nepal is no more a secret. That naturally calls for serious introspection into what has gone wrong in the relations along with corrective measures to address them, especially…
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Small Field activities in the State of Tamil Nadu
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the award of 31 contract areas as part of the Discovered Small Field (DSF) Bid Round 2016. These fields were offered under new policy for small fields known as Discovered Small Field (DSF) policy, 2015, which offers improved fiscal terms with the aim to enhance Oil and gas…
