Category: Daily Initiatives
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Must Read News Articles – May 10
The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL Tax processed foods: FSSAI panel: A committee of medical experts and nutritionists has recommended a tax on “highly-processed” foods and sugar-sweetened beverages. The body, tasked by the Food Standards and Safety Authority of India (FSSAI), which is a Union Health Ministry body, has also advocated a ban on advertisements promoting…
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9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – May 9
Front Page / NATIONAL [1]China offers to rename OBOR to allay India’s fears [2]Different offences cannot be boxed into one trial [3]Push for private sector in defence production Editorial/OPINION [1]Towards a unique digital South Asian identity Economy [1]Centre to raise with U.S. non-tariff barriers Indian Express [1]Network is the key Live Mint [1]NPA resolution: Let’s try…
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North-East consolidation efforts
GS1 -Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country. Context Politics in contemporary India is witnessing the construction of counter-narratives to the dominant narrative and the appropriation of public figures to make integration in the modern nation-state complete. Such a process is visible not only at the national level, but also at the regional and local…
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Must Read News Articles – May 9
The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL China offers to rename OBOR to allay India’s fears: China is prepared to consider renaming the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) if it would end India’s reservations over its One Belt One Road (Or Belt and Road Initiative) passing through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Different offences cannot be boxed into one trial: Says…
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9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – May 8
National [1]Glut ruins farmers trapped in ‘cobweb phenomenon [2]Japan pitches for Chabahar port Editorial/OPINION [1]This time with feeling [2]Space for all [3]Decoding the doctrine Economy [1]This time with feeling [2]ADB eyes Delhi as regional hub [3] FATCA: Deadline, procedure and details Front Page / NATIONAL [1]Glut ruins farmers trapped in ‘cobweb phenomenon’ The Hindu…
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MP Agriculture fortunes and lessons for UP
GS3 – Major crops cropping patterns in various parts of the country, different types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage, transport and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints; e-technology in the aid of farmers Context Madhya Pardesh CM Chouhan concentrated on agriculture, which employs the largest share of MP’s workforce (54.6 percent…
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Must Read News Articles – May 8
The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL Glut ruins farmers trapped in ‘cobweb phenomenon’: When prices of a commodity increase during a season of scarcity, more of it is cultivated leading to a problem of plenty. Japan pitches for Chabahar port: Indo-Japan civil nuclear cooperation agreement is still on track. Editorial/OPINION This time with feeling: The Centre has empowered…
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Must Read News Articles – May 7
The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL We have doubts on China’s OBOR project: India has “serious reservations” about China’s One Belt, One Road (OBOR) plan given that there are issues of “sovereignty” at stake. Nirbhaya: Juvenile lives in anonymity: At the time of the juvenile’s release, a new Juvenile law, which called for treating juveniles aged…
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Must Read News Articles – May 6
The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL SC upholds death in Nirbhaya case: ‘If at all there is a case warranting award of death sentence, it is the present case’. Set up database of children in orphanages, SC tells govt.: Complete registration of child care institutions by year-end: Bench. Space bonding hits a new high: India successfully launches South…
