Headlines of the Day 18-6-2024

HeadlineSourceSyllabus
‘OBC leaders should focus on ST quota for Dhangar community’The Hindu (Page 1)Population and Associated Issues (GSIII)
Govt. sanction must to prosecute police personnel for ‘illegal acts’ on duty: HCThe Hindu (Page 6)Polity and Governance (GSIII)
Constitutional respect should not be reduced to opticsThe Hindu (Page 8)Polity and Governance (GSII)
The last continent must remain a pristine wildernessThe Hindu (Page 8)
Environment (GSIII)
The vulnerabilities of India’s elderlyThe Hindu (Page 9)Social Justice  (GSII)
Laws on mercenaries in war zonesThe Hindu (Page 10)
IR(GSII)

How diapers use quantum physics to attend to nature’s callThe Hindu (Page 11)
S&T(GSIII)
NSAs of India, U.S. review progress on iCET, silent on Pannun investigationThe Hindu(Page 12)
IR(GSII)
‘Digi Yatra could be expanded to hotels, rail travel, public places’The Hindu (pAGE 14)Science and Tech(GSIII)
A ‘universal’ equation predicts how often bird, bat, insect wings beatThe Hindu (Page 20)

Environment/Science and Tech(GSIII)

One year after Titan’s fatal dive, explorers vow to pursue ocean’s secretsThe Hindu (Page 20)

Science and Tech(GSIII)
‘EU carbon border tax will penalise British green energy’The Hindu 

IR(GSII)/Environment(GSIII)
Why caste should inform debates on inequality in the countryIndian Express (Page 8)Social Issues(GSI)
new government should embrace global marketsIndian Express (Page 9)

IR(GSII)/Economy(GSIII)
direct seeding of rice (DSR)Indian Express (Page 10)Economy(GSIII
mifepristoneIndian Express (Page 10)Science and Tech(GSIII)
India developing verification mechanism for tax refund scheme after anti-subsidy action by US, EUIndian Express (Page 11)


IR(GSII)/Economy(GSIII


PM to release 17th installment of PM-KISAN scheme at Varanasi tomorrowPIBEconomy(GSIII
EXERCISE RED FLAG 2024
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