The Hindu
GS1: Important Geophysical Phenomena, GS3: Disaster Management
- Massive landslip on Mangaluru-Mumbai rail line (Landslides, flash floods in HP, Mumbai) Several trains on the Mangaluru-Mumbai sector were either cancelled or diverted on alternative routes following a massive landslip on the Mangaluru-Mumbai line (Konkan Railway network).
GS2: Welfare Schemes for Vulnerable Sections of the population by the Centre and States
- Sensitive and precise Trafficking needs a wholesome approach that is cognisant of the causative factors
GS2: Statutory bodies
- Lokpal yet to get director of inquiry Apex body to investigate graft complaints came into being in March 2019.
GS2: Separation of Powers between various organs Dispute Redressal Mechanisms and Institutions
- SC mulls limit to role as policy watchdog The recent Division Bench observation to examine judiciary’s reach runs counter to earlier Bench judgment that courts cannot be silent spectators
GS3: Indianization of technology
- HAL plans medium lift chopper Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL), which is planning to indigenously design and develop a medium lift helicopter, the Indian multirole helicopter (IMRH),
GS2: Government Policies and Interventions for Development in various sectors and Issues arising out of their Design and Implementation.
- Midday meals leave a long-lasting impact: study Lower stunting among children with mothers who had access to free school lunches, shows data from 1993-2016.
GS2: Effect of Policies and Politics of Developed and Developing Countries on India’s interests,
- China denies politics behind UNESCO move on Barrier Reef A top Chinese official said on Sunday that political tensions between Beijing and Australia were not behind a UNESCO recommendation to place the Great
GS3: Cybersecurity
- Pegasus spyware used to ‘snoop’ on journalists 17 media groups across world collaborated to expose secret surveillance via victims’ phone
Indian Express
GS1: History
- Prehistoric stone age site in Faridabad’s Mangar Bani could a lakh years old: Archaeologists The cave paintings first came to light in May this year when an environmental activist, Sunil Harsana, spotted them in Mangarbani hill forest in the Faridabad district of Haryana.
GS2: Significant Provisions and Basic Structure of Constitution
- Explained: Conjugal rights before Supreme Court The Supreme Court is set to begin hearing a challenge to a provision in Hindu personal law that compels spouses to cohabitate. On what grounds is it being challenged, and how have courts ruled in the past?
GS3: Science and Technology
- Explained: How the Moon ‘Wobble’ affects rising tides It is a regular oscillation that humans have known about for centuries, and it is one of many factors that can either exacerbate rising sea levels or counteract them, alongside other variables like weather and geography.
GS3: Indian Economy
- Explained: Curbs on foreign card firms The RBI has barred Mastercard, American Express & Diners Club from enrolling new customers for not storing their data in India. What are the RBI guidelines on data storage, and the issues involved?
GS2: Effect of Policies and Politics of Developed and Developing Countries on India’s interests,
- G-7’s counter to China’s Belt and Road Initiative is welcome, but needs more coherence t remains to be seen what role India will play in Build Back Better World since it has been a strong opponent of BRI, which is designed by China to establish strategic dominance in trade, foreign policy and geopolitics.
GS3: Cybersecurity
- Explained: What is Israeli spyware Pegasus? The surveillance was carried out “between in and around April 2019 and May 2019” on users in 20 countries across four continents, WhatsApp said in its complaint.
