
The Hindu
GS1/GS2: Art and culture/ Indian constitution
- Explained: The history of Tulu and the demand for official language status As the clamour grows for Tulu to be included in the eighth schedule of the Constitution and given official language status in Karnataka and Kerala, a look into the history of the language and its relevance in politics, education, arts and culture.
GS2: Scheme for vulnerable sections
- Centre lists food schemes for migrants labourers Responsibility to distribute food grains lay with States, it notes
GS2: Issues Relating to Development and Management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health
- A policy difficult to defend Allowing money spent out-of-pocket to feed vaccine production in India is regressive and inequitable
GS2: India and neighbourhood- relations
- The road from Galwan, a year later China is now in a different league, competing with the U.S., and New Delhi faces the task of living with an uneasy calm
- China, India, Pak. expanding nuclear arsenal. Number of nuclear warheads globally appears to be increasing reversing earlier trend: SIPRI.
GS3: Science and Technology
- Novavax announces efficacy of about 90% for its vaccine The company’s study involved nearly 30,000 persons aged 18 and above in the U.S. and Mexico.
GS3: Indian Economy, inflation
- Consumer inflation quickens to 6.3% Rural areas see sharper spurt; WPI inflation races to record 12.94% spurred by rise in fuel, edible oils
GS1/GS2: At and culture/Governance
- Ashok Gajapathi Raju gets back Simhachalam temple post. Sanchaita’s appointment quashed; ex-Minister says irreversible damage done
GS2: Policies of developed countries and their effects on India
- G7 accommodates Indian stand on the need for Internet curbs Open Societies Statement reworked to prioritise national security over freedoms
GS2: Issues Relating to Development and Management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health
- Govt. report flags ‘lapses’ in Nagaland bat study. More than a year after a probe into a filovirus study of bats in Nagaland by the Bangalore-based National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), the government has concluded that there had been “concerning lapses” in the conduct.
Indian Express
GS2: Policies of developed countries and their effects on India
- Proposed global tax may not benefit developing countries The deal between the seven countries is being labelled a landmark, but in the absence of 132 other members of the inclusive framework, including India, co-opted on an equal footing by OECD, it is not yet a global deal.
- From G-7 summit, a template for Indian engagement with the West The rupture in the US engagement with China coincides with the rapid deterioration in Delhi’s relations with Beijing and sets up a new context for India’s partnership with the West.
GS2: Issues Relating to Development and Management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health
- How to make Covid tests more accessible, affordable India needs a model of consolidated and pooled procurement to drive down testing costs, improve the quality of testing, and increase test kit availability