Newspaper Must Read Articles of The Day– 27 October 2015

The Hindu

National

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International 

• Comedian elected Guatemala President in landslide victory: Comedian & political neophyte Jimmy Morales was elected President of Guatemala. An estimated 54% of Guatemala’s 15.8 million people live below the poverty line of $1.50 a day, and 6,000 people a year died as a result of violence, one of the highest murder rates in Latin America. It is still recovering from a 36-year civil war that ended in 1996.(Persons, Prelims, Economic development- GS Paper III )

Business

• PMO to identify, nurture Indian equivalent of Google or GE: Govt. will  identify and nurture an idea with the potential to be an Indian enterprise equivalent of Google or GE.The plan is part of the proposed overhaul of the innovation ecosystem in the country under the Atal Innovation Mission.According to the recommendations, the Vice Chairman of the NITI Aayog will serve as the chairman of the board of the Mission.(Science and tech- GS Paper III)

Opinion-Editorial

• Re-envisioning the collegium: This article Discusses the Faults of the collegium System. The true worth of the NJAC judgment will be tested only when the Supreme Court implements the urgent reform that is needed in the collegium system(Judiciary- GS Paper II)

• We need to talk about the Brahmaputra: The operational commissioning of the Zam Hydropower Station earlier this month on the Yarlung Zangbo river, also known as the Zangmu Hydropower Project, located in Gyaca county of the Shannan prefecture in China, and considered to be Tibet’s largest such facility, has raised fresh concerns in downstream India, especially in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam(International Relations – GS Paper II and Geography)

Indian Express

Editorials & Columns

• Nutrition for kids: Malnutrition rates for India are extremely high, with about 38.4 per cent of children being stunted and 46 per cent underweight (National Family Health Survey, 2005-06). (Science and tech, Health- GS Paper III)

LiveMint

• Fiscal discipline: now comes the hard part: Will fiscal consolidation become more difficult in the coming year? What India needs as part of a sustainable fiscal correction is faster real growth, which will also help tax buoyancy(Economic development- GS Paper III)

Economic Times

• Problems of India’s power sector: The biggest problem in India’s power sector is theft and giveaways.A huge drive for R&D in clean energy, including gasification of coal, should be part of the agenda in electricity. (Economic development- GS Paper III)