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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
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Sri Lanka announces $51-billion debt default to combat crisis (International Relations) |
What is happening in Sri Lanka?The reason behind the Sri Lankan economic crisis,How India is helping ,latest developments and what lies ahead ? |
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GS 3 |
6 |
HAL’s Dornier 228 takes of on first commercial flight to Arunachal (Defence) |
Learn facts related to Dornier 228 aircraft.
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GS 2
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8
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HOPS as a route to universal health care (Health) |
What is the basic idea of Universal Health Care (UHC),how UHC has become a well-accepted objective of public policy around the world ?Routes and approaches to UHC,What would be a possible route to UHC for India today? Challenges and what lies ahead? |
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GS 2 |
8 |
A merger to better manage the Indian Railways (Polity and Governance) |
Know about a recent Gazette notification regarding the creation of the Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS),how it marks a paradigm shift in the management of one of the world’s largest rail networks?aims and objectives , what is the significance of the adoption of the latest technology and improving the efficiency of logistics operations?How the merger of services provides an opportunity to redesign the training for newly recruited IRMS officers to make them future ready?What lies ahead for future IRMS applicants? |
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GS 2
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8&13
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India, U.S. hold broad 2+2 discussions
(International Relations) |
What are the covered areas of India and the U.S. ‘2+2’ meetings? trajectory of India-U.S. cooperation across a deep spectrum of bilateral cooperative engagement ,challenges and way ahead. |
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GS 2
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9
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Branded a criminal for following custom
(Polity and Governance) |
What is the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act ?significance,issues ,what are the hardships faced by the tribal youth who are arrested under the POCSO Act? What are much-needed reforms necessary for reporting child sexual abuse? And way ahead .
What are the mandates and components of the National Early Childhood Care and Education Curriculum Framework in 2013 and Transformation of Aspirational Districts’ initiative ?potential of Anganwadi Centres (AWCs )to revive early childhood education,The cause of the learning crisis in Anganwadis and what measures need to be taken in this context ? |
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GS 2
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10
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The process of electing India’s President (Constitution ) |
How is the President elected?What is the value of each vote and how is it calculated?What is required to secure a victory?What can be expected in the upcoming presidential polls? |
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GS 3 |
10 |
Cardless cash withdrawals at ATMs
(Economy) |
Know about the recent move announced by the RBI for cardless cash withdrawals at ATMs across the country,How will this system work?How will the recent move by the RBI affect financial transactions? How safe are UPI-enabled cash dispensing machines? What is the future of debit cards? |
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GS 3 |
11 |
Understanding software copyright and licences
(Science & Technology)
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Does software have copyright?How do operating systems licence their domains? What are the different types of software licences? |
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GS 1 |
14 |
No El Nino expected, it will be a normal’ monsoon, says Skymet (Geography ) |
What causes of El Nino and La Nina?What are their effects? And know about the southwest monsoon. |
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GS 3 |
14 |
India likely to miss year’s solar capacity target (Environment) |
What is the solar power capacity of India ? its target,concerted effort towards expanding rooftop solar,Factors impeding rooftop solar installation and suggest ways to handle them . |
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GS 2 |
14 |
MEA’s inter-ministerial group to focus on South Asia (International Relations)
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Know about the Inter-Ministerial Coordination Group (IMCG) and its objectives . |
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GS 3 |
16 |
February industrial output growth inches up to 1.7%
Govt. completes NMP deals worth ?96,000 cr
WTO slashes global trade growth outlook amid war
(Economy) |
Learn facts related to Index of Industrial Production (IIP)
Know about National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) ,Sectors Covered,Key Provisions of the NMP,Expected Benefits,What are the challenges? And way ahead .
How Russia’s war in Ukraine had darkened the prospects for world trade? Recent observations of the World Trade Organisation in this context and what measures need to be adopted in this context ? |