The Hindu
GS2: India and neighbourhood relations
- A Taliban outreach that needs correction The overwhelming narrative to engage with the Taliban must change, which will lead to the budding of policy options
GS2: Schemes for vulnerable sections
- Income and quotas Supreme Court lays bare the limits of using economic criterion to determine reservation eligibility
- Trafficking survivors write to Bengal CM 29 survivors are waiting to receive moneys they have been duly awarded by the authorities
GS3: Environmental pollution and degradation
- Negotiating the new global climate policy Reducing per-person emissions to the global average as a first step to national net-zero requires a human rights frame
GS3: Changes in Industrial policy
- It’s time for Industry 4.0 Adopting Industry 4.0 technologies would make MSMEs more efficient and competitive
GS2: Functioning of judiciary
- Helping and hindering justice Technology can be a game changer, but it is not a panacea for the ills plaguing courts
- Probe agencies too hit by lack of manpower: CJI Bench was hearing plea about hundreds of criminal cases pending against sitting and former legislators.
- Govt. clears 9 names for SC judges The nine names include eight judges and one lawyer from the Supreme Court Bar
GS3: Indian Economy, mobilisation of resources
- A way of diluting credit discipline The RBI regulations on opening current accounts have operational and regulatory issues
- Cabinet clears ₹15,000 cr. NMP-linked FDI proposal The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday cleared a foreign direct investment (FDI) proposal to invest up to ₹15,000 crore in Anchorage Infrastructure Investment Holding (AIIH) Ltd.
GS3: Agriculture
- Centre raises fair price of sugar cane But it refuses to hike minimum price at which mills can sell processed sugar.
GS3: Science and Technology
- Fukushima nuclear water to be released via undersea tunnel The aim is to avoid interference with local fishing
Indian Express
GS2: Indian Constitution- Significant Provisions and Basic Structure.
- Explained: Can Narayan Rane be booked in multiple FIRs for the same offence? A total of 10 cases have been registered against Narayan Rane based on complaints given by Shiv Sena workers regarding his 'slap' remark against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
GS2: Scheme and mechanisms for vulnerable sections
- e-Shram portal: A database for unorganised sector workers What is E-Shram Portal, How to Register on E-Shram Portal: The government will launch the e-Shram portal, a database of unorganised sector workers, on Thursday. What is this portal, and how will registration of workers happen?
- On women’s representation in Parliament, Modi government has nothing to show Despite claims of commitment to gender justice, government has done nothing to push women’s reservation bill
GS2: India and neighbourhood-Relations
- An Expert Explains: Why is China building missile silos? Satellite pictures have revealed what appears to be an ongoing Chinese project to prepare vast new fields of missile silos that could possibly be used to launch nuclear weapons at China’s adversaries, including the United States and India.
GS3: Agriculture
- The dangers of India’s palm oil push To preserve the environment and biodiversity, Indonesia and Sri Lanka have already started putting restrictions on palm tree plantation. In 2018, the Indonesian government came up with a three-year moratorium on new licenses to produce palm oil. Recently, the Sri Lankan government has ordered the uprooting of oil palm plants in a phased manner.
GS2: Issues Relating to Development and Management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health
- Don’t chase the mirage of iron-fortified rice The problem lies in making “matching” kernels for each rice cultivar that is distributed in the food safety-net programmes from year to year and state to state.
PIB Corner
GS2: Govt. policies and interventions, Health
- Campaign for one million soak pits in 100 days The Ministry of Jal Shakti began ‘SUJALAM’, a ‘100 days campaign’ as part of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations to create more and more ODF Plus villages by undertaking waste water management at village level particularly through creation of 1 million Soak-pits and also other Grey water management activities.
GS2: Governance
- PM chairs 37th PRAGATI Meeting During the interaction, the Prime Minister reviewed the scheme of ‘One Nation – One Ration Card’ (ONORC). He asked the officials to explore the multiple utilities of the technological platform developed under the scheme to ensure provision of a wide array of benefits to the citizens.
