Newspaper Must Read Articles of The Day– 19 April 2015

The Hindu

National

• Civilians biggest casualty of Naxal violence – The conflict has claimed at least one life every day over a 35-year period beginning 1980. The total body count, as on June 30, 2013, is 19,327.

• A total ban on child labour is a must: Satyarthi – Kailash Satyarthi makes six key demands to be incorporated in the amended Child Labour Bill, 2012.

• ‘From depressing scenario we are certainly in a recovery mode’ – Full transcript of the Interview with Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister.

International

• Sri Lanka neither pro-India nor pro-China: Wickramasinghe – Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickramasinghe has said Sri Lanka is neither pro-India nor pro-China.

• Accord to transfer tax to Palestine – Israel will transfer hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes collected for the Palestinian Authority  but frozen in a row over the International Criminal Court.

Business

• A lasting solution for sugar mills – Ethanol is a plentiful product in the sugar manufacturing process and is blended with petrol. It can be a vital revenue earner for the mills.

Opinion-Editorial: Sunday Anchor

• The Rebels strike back – Maoist insurgency has been India’s longest and most punishing battle, running for decades and claiming more lives than the Jammu and Kashmir conflict.

Indian Express

Editorials & Columns

• The bugle has been sounded – P.Chidambaram points out why  the delinking of central support to the National Scheme for Modernisation of Police and Other Forces is a misstep.

LiveMint

• Automatic info exchange only way to tackle black money: Arun Jaitley – The Common Reporting Standards on Automatic Exchange of Information should be implemented on a fully reciprocal global basis, says  Arun Jaitley.  Also read why Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) is a cause of concern for India.