Category: Highlights from Newspaper

(Important articles for UPSC)

Front Page

• Rahul gets two-year jail term in defamation case (GS-2 RPA Act )
• India rejects J&J’s attempt to extend patent on TB drug (GS-3)
• Uptake of precautionary dose of COVID vaccine at 27% (GS-2)

Business

• GST appellate tribunal may be headed by a former SC judge (GS-2)
• Govt. said to seek data on PSU banks’ bond holdings amid global banking crisis (GS-3)

World

• Israel passes law protecting Netanyahu amid protests (GS-2)
• Following protests at High Commission, U.K. seeks to assure India on security (GS-2)

News

• One conviction for unsafe sewer work so far, govt. tells panel (GS-2)
• Panel questions low expenditure for two scholarship schemes (Prelims)
• U.P.’s ‘missing’ sarus crane that’s stirred up a hornet’s nest in the State’s politics (Prelims)
• Differing views emerge on MP disqualification (GS-2)
• Govt. tapping technology to secure ancient scriptures for future: Shah
• Amid ruckus, LS passes Union Budget without discussion (Prelims- Guillotine)

Text & Context

• India’s push for semiconductors (GS-3)
• Why is India’s CAMPA at odds with new IPCC report? (GS-3)

Editorial

• A climate change survival guide to act on (GS-3)
• No slander please, they are our freedom fighters first (GS-1)
• The old and the new (GS-2)

(Important articles for UPSC)

Front Page

• Budget session may be cut short : meetings by speaker, V-P fail to end house deadlock
• Rajasthan passes : Right to Health bill : Free services in govt, some pvt facilities

In Parliament

• Give PDS beneficiaries option to bundle millets with wheat rice

Govt & Politics

• SC to look if constitution bench should hear pleas against poll bond; hearing on April 11
• Afghanistan quake shakes north India, aftershocks unikely
• Need to develop directed energy, hypersonic weapons : IAF chief
• Status quo maintained on LAC : Northern Army commander
• India – US can work together on emerging tech : Pentagon official

Express Network

• US condemns vandalism at Indian consulate : It’s punishable crime

Editorial

• The second spectre
• A better place for children
• Fringe failing
• Capital drama

Ideas Page

• The new global disorder
• For regulators twin challenges
• A lack of closure

Economy

• We’re optimistic about India, whatever the odds says RBI
• Indian banks can endure SVB credit Suisse fallout : S&P

Explained

• Xi’s power play in Moscow
• Active Volcano found on venus
• Rule 357
• Credit Suisse crisis : How AT1 wipeout could impact global bond market

World

• After talks wit Xi , Putin says Chinese peace plan may work once west ready
• Kubul to Lahore quake rattles region , epicentrein Hindu kush
• South Korea to restore Japan’s preferential trade status to put behind their bitter past
• Srilanka to get first trance of IMF fund in next two days

(Important articles for UPSC)

Front Page

• SC Bench seeks data on alternatives to hanging (GS-2)
• IMF clears $3-bn bailout for Sri Lanka; tackling corruption a key condition (GS-2/3)
• 6.6 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan rocks Delhi (GS-1)

Business

• I-T demands on black money abroad cross ₹15,000 crore (GS-3)
• India to buck global slowdown, maintain expansion: RBI officials (GS-3)

World

• Xi hails ‘great neighbouring powers’, vows to strengthen ties with Russia (GS-2)
• Diaspora gathers outside Indian High Commission (GS-2)

News

• Why couples want recognition for same-sex marriage (GS-2/1)
• Omnibus approach may not work for legislators’ trials: SC (GS-2)
• CBI explores options to restore Interpol notice against Choksi (Prelims)
• SC to examine if poll bond pleas need to be referred to Constitution Bench (GS-2)

Text & Context

• Understanding waste-to-energy plants (GS-3)

Opinion

• A grave mistake in Great Nicobar (GS-3)
• With rising cancer cases, a larger economic burden (GS-2)

Editorial

• Discrimination in the IITs is something to write about (GS-2)
• An objective look at a China-led framework (GS-2)
• Trouble in Punjab (GS-3)
• Tightrope walk (GS-2)

(Important articles for UPSC)

Front Page

• Day’s after Sharif signal, India invites Pak’s foreign minister
• Grave concern says Rijiju on SC disclosing govt objections

Govt & Politics

• Sisi to meet Modi, Murmu today ; six agreements being finalised

Express Network

• Screen test cleared : Natu Naatu two docus waltz their way to oscars last 5
• Army looks to get hi tech drones : Robots to replace animal transport

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Editorial

• A battle fit police
• State of graft
• Treasured islands

Ideas Page

• Common code conversations

Express Network

• Will consider modifications in living will guidelines : SC
• India can save $19.5 billion a year with shift from coal to clean power : report

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Explained

• Colombo : the view from Delhi
• Norovirus cases in Kerala : What is thevirus How dangerous is it
• Costumes, song,music score lifetime honour : The oscars India club

Economy

• MeitY to conduct separate talks on PIB fact check in Feb : MoS IT
• Transition to expected credit loss based provisioning may hit banks only one time : ICRA

World

• Finland hints it may join NATO without Sweden

(Important articles for UPSC)

Front Page

• SC wrong in revealing sensitive reports: Rijiju (GS-2)

Business

• Services exports to cross FY23 goal of $300 bn: Goyal (GS-3)
• India may peg FY24 nominal GDP growth at about 11%’ (GS-3)

World

• IMF confirms India’s finance assurances for Sri Lanka (GS-2)
• Poland seeks German nod to send tanks (GS-2)

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News

• India, Pakistan came close to nuclear war: Pompeo in his book (GS-2)
• What if risk of commercial release of GM Mustard is irreversible, SC asks govt. (GS-3)
• Rijiju’s ire contrasts with Centre’s push for transparency (GS-2)
• India lost access to 26 of 65 Patrol Points’ (GS-3)
• Purse seine fishing partially allowed outside T.N. waters (Prelims)
• India bags Oscar nominations for original song and 2 documentaries (Prelims)
• In President Sisi visit, India and Egypt look to rekindle non-aligned era ties (GS-2)

Text & Context

• What ails the Ken-Betwa river link project? (GS-2)

Opinion

• Developing schools without barriers (GS-2)

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Editorial

• The new and dark interpretations of ‘We the People’ (GS-2)
• Working hand in hand to showcase India (GS-3)
• A chance for peace (GS-2)

South

• Mass mortality of Olive Ridley turtles in A.P. raises concerns (Prelims)

(Important articles for UPSC)

Front Page

• In touch with CJI, there’s no Mahabharat says Rijiju
• 21 Andaman islands named after Param Vir Chakra awardees

Govt & Politics

• Men marrying girls aged below 14 to be booked under POCSO : Himanta
• Govt sets up G20 task force to push India’s digital agenda

Express Network

• Bombay HC allows woman to terminate 33 week pregnancy
• Indian field gun to replace colonial -era 25 pounder
• President gives away Bal Puraskar to 11 children
• INS Vagir inducted into Navy : Stealth class submarine will serve as potent deterrent for adversaries says chief
• WHO calls for action to prevent death due to contaminated syrups

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Editorial

• Finetune the code
• Time to talk period

Ideas Page

• Jobs data and its discontents
• Three tiers of a crisis

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Economy

• NARCL acquires first stressed account from IDBI – Bank led lenders
• RBI extends deadline to renew agreement for safe deposit lockers

Explained

• Govt’s emergency power to block content used for the BBC film
• Immune imprinting

World

• Military build up low birth rate among Japan PMs prime priorities

(Important articles for UPSC)

Front Page

• Mary Kom-led panel to probe wrestlers’ charges (GS-1)
• Two students in Kerala infected with Norovirus (GS-2/Prelims)
• 21 Andaman islands named after Param Vir Chakra awardees (Prelims)
• Assam to book men marrying girls below 14 years under POCSO Act (GS-2)

Business

• No foreign investment cap on sovereign green bonds (GS-3)

World

• Russia, NATO member Estonia expel ambassadors amid ‘destroyed’ ties (Prelims)
• Japan PM Kishida prioritises military build-up and reversal of low birth rate (GS-2)

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News

• Laid-off Indian IT professionals face U.S. visa deadline (Prelims – H1B-L1)
• INS Vagir, fifth Scorpene submarine, commissioned (Prelims)
• PM, leaders pay tribute to Netaji at Parliament Hall (GS-1)
• Murmu gives PM’s national award to 11 children (Prelims)

Text & Context

• The basic structure of the Constitution (GS-2)

Opinion

• An India chapter for foreign universities (GS-2)

Editorial

• Democracy and its structural slippages (GS-2)
• Needed, a new approach to data protection for minors (GS-2)

(Important articles for UPSC)

Front Page

• New scanners to speed up security check at airports (Prelims
  • Prelims – BCAS and CISF

Business

• Outlook darkening globally, local factors spur India’s growth’ (GS-3)
• Fitch retains India rating at BBB-, cites robust outlook (GS-3)
  • Prelims – Different Ratings and its importance

World

• Taliban regime orders nationwide ban on varsity education for Afghan girls (GS-2)

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News

• Three more sites added to tentative list of UNESCO (Prelims)
  • Prelims – World Heritage sites in India
• Speed up COVID-19 genome sequencing, says Health Ministry (GS-2)
  • Mains- Genome Sequencing – Importance and uses
• Navy takes delivery of submarine Vagir, to be commissioned in Jan. (Prelims)
  • Prelims – Scorpene Class Submarine, Project 75
• Rule 267, a bone of contention in Rajya Sabha (Prelims)
  • Prelims – Rule 267
• If not reformed, UN will be overtaken by other organisations’ (GS-2)
• No survey done to identify number of EWS recipients: govt. (Prelims)
  • Prelims – NITI Aayog MDPI
• Unknown threat elements had tampered with IT servers of AIIMS’ (GS-3)

Text & Context

• A new global biodiversity framework (GS-2/3)

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Opinion

• The profound ramifications of one amendment (GS-2)

Editorial

• Upholding the autonomy of the Election Commission (GS-2)
• The new normal in the Indo-Pacific contestation (GS-2)
• Fluid boundaries (GS-3)

(Important articles for UPSC)

Front Page

• COP-15 summit adopts historic biodiversity deal (GS-3)

Business

• Monetary policy is hostage to veg prices: PMEAC member (GS-3)
• Do not rest on subsidies, import tariffs to stay competitive, CII DG tells firms (GS-3)

World

• U.K. judges rule Rwanda deportation plan lawful, say it is consistent with UN rules (Prelims – Map marking)

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News

• Jawans stood their ground at Yangtse, says Jaishankar (GS-2/3)
• Finland pitches for Indian nurses, tech workers amid labour crunch (GS-2)
• SC clears 6,844 cases since Chandrachud took over as the CJI (GS-2)
• 80% decline in insurgency-related violence in northeast: Minister (GS-3)
• LS passes Bill to extend ST status to Betta-Kuruba (Prelims)
• Ban imposed by coastal States on purse seine fishing not justified, Centre tells SC (GS-3 / Prelims)
• 8% annual rise takes notes in circulation to ₹32 lakh crore (GS-3)

Text & Context

• Contextualising Ambedkar’s idea of a moral democracy (GS-1/2)
• The minimum tax on big businesses (GS-3)
• What are carbon markets and how do they operate? (GS-3)

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Opinion

• Criminalising consensual relationships (GS-1/2)

Editorial

• A role for India in a world wide web (GS-2)
• A planet in crisis (GS-3)

(Important articles for UPSC)

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Front Page

• SC calls out Centre over short tenures of CECs (GS-2)
• India-Australia trade pact set to open up opportunities: Goyal (GS-2)

Business

• India’s fiscal consolidation trend intact, to see strong revenues, says Moody’s (GS-3)
• Govt. said to grant more funds for rural schemes to ease pain (GS-3)

World

• Erdogan signals ground operation into Syria ‘soon’; U.S., Russia seek restraint (GS-2)
• U.S., China defence chiefs meet in Cambodia, discuss Taiwan, competition spirit (GS-2)
• Putin unveils Russia’s ‘Arctic power’ with launch of nuclear icebreakers (GS-2)

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News

• Skill training of MGNREGS workers lags; Centre blames it on the States (GS-2)
• Railways to simulate accident to test preparedness of relief teams (GS-3)
• India and the UAE hold talks on food security cooperation (GS-2)
• Six dead; Meghalaya says Assam officials fired without provocation (GS-2)
• At virtual Rozgar Mela, Modi hands over 71,000 appointment letters (Prelims / GS-3)
• Rajnath proposes role for women in UN peacekeeping (GS-2/1)
• 300 militants active in J&K, 160 militants waiting at launch pads across border, says Army (GS-3)
• Foreign Secretary meets Myanmar’s military leaders, no talks on state of democracy (GS-2)

Text & Context

• RBI’s concerns on slow deposit growth (GS-3)
• The SC ruling on pensions for women IAF officers (GS-2)

Opinion

• A Bill protecting state surveillance (GS-2)

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Editorial

• The ‘India pole’ in international politics (GS-2)
• Think local climate action, think Meenangadi (GS-3)
• Persisting issues (GS-2)
• Strategy to save (GS-2)

South

• Tamil Nadu gets its first biodiversity heritage site (Prelims)