1) Russia, China, Pak in new regional structure, India calibrates stand 2) Amid criticism, Govt relook at draft rules for e-commerce 3) Memorial to a massacre: Stark Jallianwala passage gets a mural makeover 4) Our forces can be more hostile on the China border if needed: outgoing ITBP chief 5) How pandemic changed nature of police work, relations with the public
1) Day after, Haryana Dy CM: SDM who said break farmers’ heads will face action 2) India important, want to maintain ties: Taliban leadership in Qatar 3) Ceasefire is successful due to India’s strength; new dynamism against enemies, says Rajnath 4) Standard of investigation very poor in many riot cases: Court 5) ‘Sabka Prayas’ can take India to height in sports says PM
1. Facial recognition spreads, concern over absence of data protection law. 2) Willing to bring draft EIA in 22 languages, Centre tells HC. 3) BRICS countries pledge to work together to tackle climate change. 4) Forced sex with wife does not amount to rape: Chhattisgarh HC. 5) Connect with Kabul. 6) The long road to recovery. 7) The annual Malabar Exercise of Quad nations, & its significance. 8) Insurers cut exposure to govt’s flagship crop cover scheme PMFBY. 9) What are auto industry leaders’ demands?
1) 12 US troops among those killed in blasts near Kabul airport; Taliban witness, ISIS-K suspect 2) Police officers facing ire of new govt a disturbing trend: SC 3) New drone rules make flying them easier and cheaper 4) Forced sex with wife does not amount to rape: Chhattisgarh HC 5) Connect with Kabul
1) Govt clears all 9 names sent by Collegium for SC, now one vacancy 2) US Indo-Pacific Command head shares concerns over China military build-up 3) Not opposed to the withdrawal of cases, but courts should examine, says SC 4) Govt increases Surgance FRP to Rs 290 per quintal say it is highest ever 5) SEARCHING FOR BEGUMPURA
1) Modi, Putin discuss Afghanistan; India flag terror concern at BRICS, UNHRC 2) Haryana clears Bill to speed up land acquisition, Cong calls it ‘black law’ 3) HC order in POCSO case outrageous, A-G tells SC 4) India’s first mRNA Covid vaccine gets approval for phase 2 & 3 trials 5) SC quashes 2016 Haryana notification: Economic criterion cannot be sole basis to decide creamy layer
1) Roads to railways, Rs 6 lakh cr assets to be monetized, ownership will remain with govt 2) Redrawing J&K poll map: Act says EC’s job, Law Ministry says Delimitation panel’s 3) ST Commission notice to DGP, SSP after teen’s father alleges cops took her away from home 4) In post-pandemic classroom 5) Ban is a bad Idea 6) More scrutiny, Less speed 7) On Kabul, Delhi must wait 8) Democracy’s missing middle 9) Delhi’s new smog tower: the technology, the impact, the evidence 10) Amid COVID: ‘Too risky to keep monetary policy highly accommodative for long’
1) Tax portal still not working, FM summons Infy CEO today 2) Oil palm mission: Govt cleared despite red flags by top forestry institute 3) ‘Adopt ISRO protocol to track stubble burning’
1) CJI hails former PM Rao’s role in creating arbitration procedure 2) Inquires against Vikas Dubey never impartial: Judicial Panel 3) CCPA cracks down on firm with misleading COVID ads 4) SHARPER EDGE 5) LAWMAKERS & DISORDER 6) Rs 935 cr misappropriated in NREGA schemes in last 4 yrs: data from Govt 7) The Taliban war chest
1) Vaccination pace too slow, India Ratings lowers GDP forecast 2) Pak-based terror groups operate with impunity: Jaishankar at UNSC 3) New frog species discovered in Arunachal Pradesh 4) Tough to implement soon, will need infra, tweaks 5) Assam ‘foreigner’ detention centres to be now called ‘transit camps’ 6) Scouring dark web is helping Bengaluru Police in crackdown on drug trafficking
1) Collegium recoomends 8 hc judges, advocate, to SC; 3 are in line for CJI 2) SC lets women sit for NDA exam, says policy based on gender bias 3) India decides to ratify Kigali Amendment to Montreal Protocol 4) Working out finance plan for developing countries: COP26 president in India 5) Guardian of the House
1) After tense 24 hours, Indian embassy leaves Kabil: ‘very happy we are back home safely’
1) Day after the fall, fearful, desperate Afghans swarm Kabul airport in bid to flee Taliban rule 2) SC pulls up govt on new tribunals seeks logic 3) Job, income, education incentives in UP law panel draft 2-child plan 4) Karnataka HC seeks details of govt withdrawal of prosecution against former or sitting legislators 5) WMO tasks India to coordinate global research on monsoons 6) The changing Af-Pak 7) Her own land 8) Strat up & stand tall THE IDEAS PAGE/Pg 11 https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/how-startup-ecosystem-can-help-india-become-powerhouse-of-global-economy-7457018/ GS3 Expected Question 9) Islamabad-Kabul equation 10) Gati Shakti to build on NIP; focus on infra investment ‘integration’
1) Taliban take Kabul, President Ghani flees, America absconds 2) Time is right, says Modi, maps change milestones over 25 years, 75 weeks 3) House debates are key to clear laws, but now a sorry state of affairs: CJI 4) PM announces rice fortification plan to tackle malnutrition 5) In CMs’ I-Day speeches: Population control, health cards, water disputes 6) What Kabul means in Delhi 7) Tribunal reforms: what’s abolished, what happens to pending cases. 8) INDIA’S ROADS AHEAD: THE CHALLENGE & COMPASS 9) Learning from China 10) Treating the invisible pandemic 11) Agri, handicrafts: IT Min seeks proposals for digital payments beyond smartphones 12) July: Growth indicators gain pace, but risk aversion may put brakes
1) Fear & foreboding in Kabul as Taliban close in, citizens look fr passage out- or way in 2) PM launches scrap policy for unfit vehicles; projects gain for owners, economy 3) 4th time in 2 yrs, Centre rejects collegium name for judge in J&K 4) Centre bans single-use plastic from 2022 5) TN Budget: Petrol to be cheaper by Rs 3
1) Op Langda: In UP encounters, 3300 ‘criminals’ shot at 2) GSLV snag in cryogenic stage, setback for ISRO
1) 10 killed, 60 trapped in Himachal landslide; bus buried under debris 2) Fixing mistakes of past, retrospective tax move will build trust, says PM 3) Insurance Bill among 3 passed amid Opp protests in Rajya Sabha 4) EOS-3 launch today; set to be first of several launches this yr 5) Microplastics in Goa tap water samples: Study 6) A TIME FOR DEEP REFORM 7) DUE PROCESS FOR ALL 8) GETTING BACK ON TRACK 9) How not to help Discoms 10) Productivity of Parliament
1) Viability of telecom sector: Govt likely to push for floor price 2) SC says states can’t clear MPs, MLAs in cases without HC nod 3) LS nod to Constitution amendment Bill to restore state’s powers on OBC list 4) PM launches Ujjwala 2nd phase, says migrants won’t need address proof 5) Top court gives wake-up call to lawmakers 6) NCPCR survey finds gaps, wants all minority schools under RTE 7) ISRO-SAC instrument finds presence of hydroxyl & water molecules on Moon 8) Connecting India by inland waterways: What changes in century-old vessels law 9) The Climate Deadline 10) DIRE NECESSITY 11) Retro tax out, reforms in 12) Ladakh’s moment 13) ‘Economic recovery picking up; 3rd wave to have lower impact’ 14) MoS Finance: Govt will take measures to end crypto-asset use
1) In message to China, PM calls for rule-based resolution to sea disputes 2) India may see more heatwaves, droughts, cyclones: IPCC report 3) 4th installment of PM-Kisan released; PM pitches edible oil self-reliance 4) In rare show of unanimity, Opp backs Govt on key OBC Bill, seeks debate 5) Referral motion defeated, Rajya Sabha passes tribunal Bill 6) ‘Unsustainable, alarming’: TN govt flags major financial crisis, say structural changes needed 7) Message for India in IPCC report: net zero emissions target a must ???????8) SLOW AND STEADY 9) The Gulf in Afghanistan 10) Growth, Inflation: decoding RBI monetary policy stance 11) Clearest picture of climate 12) Why are some states against Electricity Bill
1) Last week of House session, no sign of thaw, Opp wants to be heard on Pegasus 2) CJI: Threat to human rights is highest in police stations 3) PM to chair UNSC debate on maritime security, cooperation 4) Vaccination: the road ahead 5) MENDING FENCES 6) ENDING POLICE BRUTALITY 7) The Job Gap 8) Securing the Indian Ocean ???????9) Retro tax repeal: Sovereign right to tax intact post-2012, bit mist clears for cos 10) New chemistry cell battery tech set to diversify, disrupt sectors: From electricity storage to EVs 11) Task cut out for DoT to convince FinMin on telecom relief package
1) India, China disengage at another friction point, troops return to permanent bases 2) RBI holds rates steady, inflation forecast now close at 6% limit 3) J&K industrial policy bears fruit, investments worth Rs 23,000 cr final 4) ‘Sorry state’: SC asks Centre to take stand on vaccines in tribunals 5) Marital rape a good ground to divorce to claim divorce, says Kerala HC 6) The Parliament we deserve 7) BETTER LATE 8) AN UNEASY STANCE 9) OCEAN’S KEEPERS 10) For Afghan peace, dismantle terror havens: India at UNSC 11) Eyeing policy normalization, RBI to absorb excess liquidity 12) Little bit of stress in retail, MSME sefments but not alarming: RBI 13) Status check on world climate
1) In signal to global investors, Govt moves to bury controversial retrospective tax policy 2) CJI bench: Pegasus snooping charges serious, but why no FIR until now 3) 3 Bills cleared in RS, 2 introduced in LS amid din; Opp asks govt why rush through 4) IN A SELECT CLUB 5) REWIRING INDIA INC 6) State of food insecurity 7) Monitor Chinese actions so that interventions on the Brahmaputra don’t affect our interests: Panel 8) Fertilizer shortage looms as global prices skyrocket
1) India joins select club of naval powers, first indigenous aircraft carrier starts sea trail 2) Opp protests continue, Rajya Sabha approves three Bills by voice vote 3) Cabinet nod to extension of SSA up to 2025-269, Govt to spend Rs 1.85 lakh crore 4) From 2012, Odisha saw steep fall in registration of FRA claims: study 5) WRONG WAY TO CLEAN UP 6) Why Valley is still distant 7) In J&K, new hope 8) Why a Made-in-India aircraft carrier matters 9) ‘Extreme weather events will become more frequent & more intense’ 10) Non-compliant current a/cs: RBI extends closure deadline 11) GST evasion of Rs 7421 cr detected in Q1, Rs 1.9K cr recovered: MoS Finance
1) COVID R-number rising in eight states & UTs, cautions Govt 2) Without discussion, Bill against strikes by ordnance workers among 2 passed in LS 3) Protest continue, insolvency Bill cleared by voice vote in RS 4) Chattisgarh to set aside paddy for wild elephants to stop them entering villages 5) IMF forecast & RBI policy 6) The learning journey 7) Shots At Revival 8) A just energy transition 9) Exempting select PSUs from minimum free float norm reverses govt scheme 10) ‘Discom losses surge to Rs 90,000 cr in FY21’
1) Ladakh standoff: India, China agree to disengage from a key patrol point. 2) Bill to amend insurance law passed in LS without debate, tribunal reform Bill tabled 3) Amid Opposition protests, Rajya Abha clears Inlands Vessels Bill 4) SC notice to states, HCs on cases still registered under scrapped Sec 66A 5) SETTING NEW HOUSE RULES 6) ON THE UP 7) India & Greater Middle East 8) To Kabul, with burden of past 9) Preventive detention only if detenu affects or likely to affect public order, SC rules 10) Why Gilgit-Baltistan matters to India & Pak 11) Where tigers roam mountains 12) MSME liquidity line set to widen as more NBFCs start factors 13) PM: e-RUPI to deliver ‘targeted, transparent, leakage-free’ benefits 14) Unemployment rate in urban areas rose to 13.3% inj July-Sept 2020: Labour Survey
1) GST revenue surges past Rs 1 lakh cr in economy uptick 2) Police survey Dantewada villages:’Do Naxals hold meetings? Do they stay here? Yes or NO’ 3) Heat wave & delayed monsoon to heavy rain: Why July saw extreme weather in capital 4) New hotline set up in Sikkim between Indian Army, PLA 5) Voucher system ahead of digital currency 6) No fossil fuels as usual 7) WALKING NEP TALK 8) THE GREEN WARRANT 9) Renewing the tryst with destiny 10) Pakistan finalizes Bill to give provisional status to Gilgit-Baltistan: report 11) Growth, inflation weighing, MPC may hold rates 12) Fertiliser sales down on erratic monsoon rains
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