Newspaper Must Read Articles of The Day– 22 October 2015

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International

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Nuclear tango in Afghan shadow: Discuses the various circumstances that led to nuclear weapon creation and the deal with other counter parts.The U.S.-Pakistan nuclear tango in the 1980s took place during the Cold War. ( International Relations- GS Paper II)

Measures for judicial reform: Highlights that Parliament should enact changes to provide a uniform retirement age for judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts, so that the present practice of some of the judges seeking to be in the good books of the existing or prospective members of collegiums in the Supreme Court is avoided.(Judiciary- GS Paper II)

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Constitution is the supreme law of the land: The Constitution makes it clear that the judiciary has only a consultative role in the appointment of judges. Indeed Judges do not appoint judges in Washington and London, the two democracies from where our Constitution has borrowed extensively.(Judiciary- GS Paper II)

India and Pakistan can start opening up to trade: India has granted Pakistan “most favored nation” trading status since 1996, when both countries joined the World Trade Organization. Islamabad has since drastically reduced the number of Indian imports banned or subject to high duties. Despite their nearly seven decades of rivalry, India and Pakistan have a bottom-line interest in increasing commerce between them (International Relations- GS Paper II)

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