Newspaper Must Read Articles of The Day – 28 August 2015

Center unveils list of 98 smart cities, most are in UP and T.N. :Union Ministry for Urban Development has announced the list of 98 smart cities and urged investors to invest in them for assured returns. Smart City Mission aims for inclusive growth along with integrated city planning.

Heritage expert inspects Nalanda for Unesco Tag: Following the nomination of Nalanda University for UNESCO’s World Heritage list, an expert committee from Paris has visited the site to evaluate the ancient seat of learning. The author also gives a brief insight on the rise and fall of the ancient university.

Interesting*: Doctor heals Hyderabad roads : A former Indian Railways employee who fills potholes in roads of Hyderabad by using his own resources has got appreciation from BBC and Pakistan media. He has been cited as the living example of Gandhiji’s Quote “Be the Change you want to see in others“.

The Politics of backwardness :Agitations for inclusion in the OBC list by the Patel community in Gujarat might face a lot of procedural and legal obstacles. With the recent Supreme court judgement against self proclaimed socially backward classes , the Patel community might find it even more difficult to meet the specified criteria for social and educational backwardness.

Getting the talk atmospheric right : M K Narayanan, former National Security Adviser argues that India Pakistan relations suffer from certain inbuilt defects. He argues that Pakistan has fewer stakes in the outcomes of talks, while India does have domestic and International pressure, being the big brother.

Climate Diplomacy: India should assume a more assertive role – Mahua Acharya writes that formulating a credible Intended Nationally Determined Contributions, that should be the starting point of all Climate Talks. This and determining a meaningful peak year ( Peak year here means the year where a country’s agrees that after that year its emissions will not increase, but will go down )

India gets another eye in the sky: The Indian Space Research Organisation launched the three stage GSLV D6. The GSLV D6 integrates the indigenous cryogenic upper stage.0

RBI asks Govt to speed up reforms in banking system :Stressing the need for Financial sector reforms , the RBI Governor has said that Financial Sector needs greater entry and competition to increase efficiency. More Participation according to him will increase the size, depth and liquidity in Financial Markets.
Less impacted rupee keeps foreign travel costs low : Despite the ongoing depreciation Indian rupee has been less impacted by the global shocks than other emerging Asian economies like Malaysia, Thailand etc. This has made travel to these countries much cheaper though Europe and American tours are still on the costlier side.

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