The Hindu

The Hindu

Subject

Pg No

Headlines

Relevance for Prelims and Mains  

GS 2

 

1&5

 

Omicron risk: Centre tightens rules for overseas travellers

COVID­19: ‘no room for complacency in Kerala’

 

What the Omicron variant means for India

 

Scale-up supplies

 

(Health)

 

Objectives and needs behind the government’s move to revise guidelines mandating that all international passengers entering India have to submit 14-day travel details and upload a negative RT-PCR test report on the Air Suvidha portal before the journey, know about Omicron? What are the mutations that characterise this variant? Which of these mutations is of concern? What is the WHO’s assessment? How will scientists determine vaccine effectiveness and disease severity? What precautions should be taken in this context?

 

GS 3

1

Govt. lists farm law repeal on today’s House agenda

 

(Economy)

What was the status of the three laws until the repeal? 

What were the farm laws, Why had the need been felt to repeal them? what would be the expected implications of the move?

GS 2

4

Ineligible beneficiaries being struck off NFSA list in Rajasthan

 

(Welfare Schemes)

Significance of exercise for rectification of errors relating to the beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act (NFSA), what are the major provisions of the National Food Security Act (NFSA), its objectives, coverage, significance, issues and way forward  

 

GS 1

‘Rani Kamalapati was married to Muslim man’

 

(History)

Learn facts related to Rani Kamalapati 

GS 2

5

Special camps to help augment the income of BPL families in Haryana

 

(Welfare Schemes)

Know about Parivar Pechan Patra” scheme, features and objectives 

 

GS 3

6

COP26 pledges need a new climate of cooperation 

 

(Environment)

Know about COP26 Climate Conference and its Importance, formation of COP, COP1 to COP25: An overview, Significance, goals of COP26, what are commitments made by India and other countries, Steps India should take to reach its targets

 

GS 2

6

Questionable criterion

 

(Governance)

Recent questions raised by the Supreme Court of India about the criteria for identifying the ‘Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) for the purpose of granting reservation, ongoing proceedings, the validity of the 103rd Constitution Amendment, through which the EWS quota was introduced in 2019, Discuss the challenges in the implementation of the recent policy of providing reservation to economically weaker sections (EWS). Do you think the reservation should be based on economic criteria instead of caste?

GS 2

7

In pursuit of social justice

 

(Polity and Governance)

 

Know about the recently launched educational programme of the Tamil Nadu government, Illam Thedi Kalvi (Education at the Doorsteps), Objectives of the programme, reactions, key analysis and way forward 

 

GS 2

9

India, Bangladesh to deepen ties as partners, says Goyal

 

(IR)

 

Significance of the upcoming India-Bangladesh CEO Forum, trade and economic ties between both the countries 

 

 
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