The Hindu
GS1: Population and related issues
- A call for improving civil registration systems India needs to swiftly assign resources and give high priority to improving data on births and deaths
GS2: Salient Features of Representation of People's Act
- Parties get 48 hours to publish candidates’ criminal records Supreme Court modifies February 2020 judgment; imposes fines on major political parties, including the BJP and the Congress.
- HC nod must to close cases against lawmakers IN A move to check instances of state governments withdrawing cases against MPs and MLAs, the Supreme Court directed on Tuesday that such action cannot be taken without the consent of the state high court.
GS2: Government Policies and Interventions for Development in various sectors and Issues arising out of their Design and Implementation.
- LS clears Bill restoring States’ rights to specify OBC groups Lawmakers across parties call for removal of 50% cap on reservations
GS2: Welfare Schemes for Vulnerable Sections of the population by the Centre and States and the Performance of these Schemes;
- PM launches Ujjwala 2.0 scheme Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched the second phase of the Ujjwala gas connection scheme for the poor and said it would provide the biggest relief to lakhs of migrant worker families in the country.
GS2: Structure, Organization & Functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary
- Undermining justice The Government must explain the unusual delay in filling up vacancies in courts, tribunals
GS2: Bilateral, Regional & Global Groupings & Agreements Involving India and/or Affecting India's Interests
- Choppy waters India must push for ratification of UNCLOS by all major maritime powers, including the U.S.
GS3: Indian Economy
- Unpacking the resiliency of global trade, yet again Going by past experiences and historic ruptures, there is hope for global trade recovery in the post-COVID-19 world
- MFIs urge RBI to drop urban, rural difference for borrowers Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal said the industry required ‘long overdue’ support to maintain its current ‘3+1’ industry structure, adding that unsustainable pricing and low returns had extracted a toll on the telecom sector.
Indian Express
GS2: Dispute Redressal Mechanisms
- Explained: SC ruling on antitrust investigations into Amazon, Flipkart; its impact Amazon and Flipkart had approached the Karnataka High Court to quash the order by the CCI on the grounds that there were no agreements between the platforms and sellers on record that were shown to likely have a negative impact on competition.
GS2: Structure, Organization & Functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary
- Why the collegium system, while the best for judicial appointments, needs course corrections There have been cases where the nearest relative of Supreme Court judges has been appointed as a high court judge, ignoring merit
GS3: Environmental pollution and degradation
- As climate deadline looms, a look at what science says, what politics delivers, and what the economy demands Globally, average surface temperatures have already risen by 1.09°C between 1850 and 1900, and 2010 and 2019, thanks to anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. What happens next depends on our development and technological choices.
GS3: Environmental Pollution and Degradation
- Explained: Why we need to worry about the wildfires raging in Greece The worry is exacerbated especially because these wildfires seem to be coming closer to civilisation, damaging buildings and forcing mass evacuations.
Down To Earth
GS3: Environmental pollution and degradation
- Indigenous knowledge is vital in the fight against climate change: IPCC report The traditional knowledge of the world’s indigenous peoples can be a vital tool in the fight to mitigate the growing climate crisis, the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said. The Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was released August 9, 2021.
