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The Hindu |
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Subject |
Pg No |
Headlines |
Relevance for Prelims and Mains |
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GS 2 |
1 |
Significant progress in SDGs on clean energy, health: NITI index (BIodiversity and Environment) |
Know about NITI Aayog’s 2020 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Index and major highlights. Performance of Indian states, associated challenges and suggestions. |
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GS 2 |
1 |
Journalists need protection against sedition charges (Polity and Governance) |
The Supreme Court’s decision on the sedition case against journalist Vinod Dua and the protection offered to journalists under the 1962 Kedar Nath Singh verdict. |
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GS 1 |
5 |
Monsoon arrives in Kerala, two days behind normal date (Geography) |
Arrival of monsoon in India. The India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) predictions for monsoon. Know about monsoon, causes, types, impact and significance for India. |
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GS 2 |
6 |
(Health) |
India’s Covid-19 vaccination programme, challenges in the task of vaccine distribution, and what are the steps being taken in this context. |
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GS 2 |
6 |
Rural health care needs fixing, and now (Health and Social Justice) |
Problems faced by rural India during the increasing cases of Covid-19, key challenges and suggestions for the government to revisit and refurbish its health infrastructure in the rural areas |
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GS 2 |
6 |
Comments to avoid in long-standing ties (International Relations) |
Impact of actions of political figures in India on its foreign relations/bilateral ties and related suggestions. Know about India-Bangladesh relationships, background, significance for each other, areas of concerns and a way forward. |
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GS 2 |
7 |
Information Technology Rules: a case of overreach? (Polity and Governance) |
The Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021, rationale behind implementation, consequences of non-compliance and reactions by various intermediaries. Concerns highlighted and suggestions. |
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GS 2 |
7 |
Behind headlines and numbers, stories of invisible lives (International Relations) |
China’s announcement of a three child policy and impact of earlier birth rate policies of ‘one-child’ and ‘two-child’ on population growth rate. What can India learn from Chinese experience? |
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GS 2 |
8 |
30% PMGKAY recipients yet to get grains for May (Polity and Governance) |
Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), provisions, features, significance, concerns highlighted and suggestions. |
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GS 2 |
8 |
Govt. advised the split in MGNREGA wage benefit (Polity and Governance) |
About the MGNREGA and Centre’s directive to States to split wage payments into separate categories for the SCs, STs. Rationale behind the move and implications. |
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GS 3 |
10 |
Strong policies on black carbon can sharply cut glacier melt: World Bank study (BIodiversity and Environment) |
A World Health Organisation (WHO) study on reducing the black carbon (BC) deposits produced by human activities and other suggestions to reduce the pace of glacier and snow melt. |
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GS 3 |
12 |
Services PMI shrinks, job cuts accelerate (Economy) |
The Nikkei/IHS Markit Services Purchasing Managers’ Index falls to a nine-month low and reasons behind it. What are the concerns regarding the fall and suggestions for improvement? |
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GS 3 |
12 |
Services exports rose by 6.4% in May (Economy) |
Know about India’s service exports and imports, recent rise in export and possible reasons for that. Related challenges and a way forward. |
