Indian Express

Indian Express

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Relevance for Prelims and Mains  

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Government to push for farm laws repeal today, Opposition demands MSP statute

(Polity and Governance)

Recent step of the union government’s decision to introduce a Bill to repeal the farm laws in the Lok Sabha for consideration and passage, Government’s intentions behind the introduction of bills, Reasons for farmers’ protests, Are Farmers’ demands justified? Way Forward

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Eye on Omicron: Testing at the airport for arrivals from ‘at risk’ countries

 

Why it has been named Omicron and not Nu or Xi

(Health)

What is the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on testing and surveillance of incoming international passengers released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the rationale behind it, about Omicron variant of Covid-19? What has the WHO said? its naming methodology 

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Seven POCSO cases reported last week

(Governance )

Key provisions of the POCSO act, significance and much-needed reforms necessary for reporting child sexual abuse.

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Framework Agreement the key hurdle in way of the Naga Peace Accord

 

(Polity and Governance)

About Naga Peace Accord, Why has the peace process for Naga Accord been stuck, what is the way forward?         

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Making the House work

(Constitution)

Know about Parliament’s “performance” at the end of a session, issues, what are the reasons behind them, suggestions to tackle them

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Get To Business

 

(IR)

The recent partial opening of land borders between India and Pakistan, Bilateral trade between India and Pakistan, challenges linked to it, what needs to be done to improve the relations.

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What meeting MSP demand would cost govt

(Economy)

Why are the unions seeking legal guarantees for MSP? How can that entitlement be implemented? What would be the fiscal cost of making the MSP legally binding?

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Big biz in banking sparks fears of connected lending,what is the issue?

 

Cross border insolvency: UN model allows automatic recognition of foreign rulings

 

(Economy)

Why RBI has kept the entry of big businesses in banking on hold for now, What’s the big worry? What’s connected lending? Can industrial groups hold a bank stake?

What are cross border insolvency proceedings? Current status of foreign stakeholders and courts in other jurisdictions under IBC, what is The UNCITRAL model, Indian framework’s difference with the model law

 

 
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