Newspaper Must Read Articles of The Day– 11 October 2015

Its a Sunday. Not much news. Enjoy 🙂

Writers quit Akademi posts : Joining ranks with Nayantara Sahgal and Ashok Vajpeyi, who have returned their Sahitya Akademi awards in protest against the ‘rising tide of intolerance in the country and assault on freedom of expression,’ poet K. Satchidanandan has resigned from all panels of the Akademi and feminist writer Sara Joseph has announced her decision to return the Akademi award that she had won in 2003. ( Persons & Awards, Prelims, Ethics, GS IV )

New compound to fight Ebola: The new compound does one thing – If the virus cannot make copies of itself, the body’s immune system has time to take over and fight off the infection. The compound is GS-5734, which does this.

NASA reveals detailed outline of its plans to send humans to Mars : After NASA discovers water on Mars, NASA details its further plans. Don’t make notes, just be aware. ( Science & Technology – applications in everyday use, GS Paper 2)

International

China monitors Japan’s role in Indo-U.S. naval ties: China is carefully monitoring the upcoming Malabar naval exercises to gauge whether Japan will become a permanent participant in the Indo-U.S. manoeuvres in the Indian Ocean. China’s concerns is one – Japan, its regional rival shouldn’t rise as naval power in Indian Ocean ( GS Paper 2 , Regional bodies, )

China vows to keep building in disputed reefs: China has been bolstering its claim to almost all the South China Sea by rapidly building large artificial structures resembling islands. The seaward expansion of China is the major source of tension between China and Japan, Vietnam, Philippines and other littoral states in South China Sea and East China Sea ( GS Paper 2, International Relations )

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