Newspaper Must Read Articles of The Day– 19 May 2015

The Hindu

National

• Clean Ganga project seeks corporate, NRI participation – The urgent need is to bring down lean season BOD levels in the river to 10 mg/litre/day, the TSS levels to 10 mg/litre/day and TFC to 100 mg/litre/day.

• Seoul to provide aid for smart cities in India – South Korea will provide $10 billion to India for infrastructure, development of smart cities, railways, and power generation.

• Law coming to punish Ganga polluters – Govt has issued notices to  118 Urban Local Bodies and 687 industries to come up with Action Plans on setting up sewerage infrastructure and Sewerage Treatment Plants.

• TS firm to produce injectible polio vaccine – Live vaccine viruses in Oral Polio Vaccine can revert to virulence. Inactivated Polio Vaccine  has no such risks because the virus is deactivated.

• Military modernisation picks up pace -Rafale deal, Avro and Kamov deal, ‘One Rank One Pension’ : military modernisation has gathered pace in the last one year, says the article.

• “Passive euthanasia is her gift”– Aruna Shanbaug’s contribution to the country is the passive euthanasia law.

• Plane hacked, made to fly sideways: FBI – A  computer security expert hacked into a plane’s in-flight entertainment system and made it fly sideways.

International

• Wigneswaran calls for maximum devolution – For the first time since the end of the LTTE War, Sri Lankan Tamils have paid homage openly to those who died during the War.

• Shia militias converge on Ramadi after IS takeover – Shia militias have converged on Ramadi to recapture it from ISIS.

Business

• Capital account convertibility: an inescapable choice? – Keeping any restriction for too long could prove self-defeating, says RBI Executive Director.

• Investment via P-Notes shrinks – Fears and uncertainty over the levy of Minimum Alternate Tax may have a negative impact on investment sentiment in India.

Opinion-Editorial

• A system under trial – Court cases not decided for long spells close to the likely period of imprisonment is a poor commentary on a system beset by delay, criticises the editorial.

• Kick-starting an economic revival – India has the global advantage of a highly competitive, skilled labour force and low wage rates. What is needed is a bold commitment of sufficient resources to harvest this potential, writes Subramanian Swamy.

• The court is still in session – To fully understand Judicial Pendency, we need a coherent and standardised database. At the moment, each court is an island in the way it organises its information, argues Kishore Mandyam.

Indian Express

Editorials & Columns

• Aruna Shanbaug: Her story, ours too – Aruna Shanbaug is dead. A brief note on the life and death debate she sparked.

• High insecurity – The Indian legal system lacks a good institutional mechanism to protect whistleblowers and witnesses  despite the passage of the Whistleblower Protection Act.

• At sea – Only Myanmar can provide a lasting solution to Rohingyas migrant crisis. But until then, other countries must take action to prevent a catastrophic loss of life, opines the editorial.

• Such a Long Death – Aruna Shanbaug’s passing should be a turning point in the euthanasia debate, writes T R Andhyarujina.

• Snap judgment – The court’s restrictions on govt advertisements were not necessarily dictated by ‘democratic wisdom’, argues Upendra Baxi.

• Aruna Shanbaug explained: Debate on Accountability for life lost – Aruna’s story has a legacy, by omission, to state accountability for rape victims, writes Kavitha Iyer.

• The Great Game Folio: Peripheral Diplomacy – PM is betting India can win friends and partners through active engagement, argues C Raja Mohan.

LiveMint

• A dual approach to defence production – The defence procurement policy is the ideal platform to push for partnership between the govt and industry, writes Rajiv Bhargava.

• The lost cause of nuclear non-proliferation – There is little that can be done to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, opines the editorial.