The Hindu

The Hindu

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Relevance for Prelims and Mains  

GS 2

1

SC puts colonial sedition law on hold

(Polity and Governance)

What is sedition law? Know about the provision of the IPC dealing with sedition, what is its crux? Know the history of sedition law, associated courts’ judgements, and present case before the Supreme Court. Know whether the sedition law is justified in present times or it requires repealing.

GS 3

1

Odisha, A.P. on alert over cyclone

(Environment and Disaster Management)

Know about the cyclone ‘Asani’, its origin, region of influence, reasons for the formation, and its impact. What is disaster management and preparation by NDMA and SDMA in the case of cyclones?

GS 2

1

SC slams govt. claim that only President has pardon power

(Polity and Governance)

What is the power to pardon? Who exercises the power? Know about Article 72 and Article 161 of the Constitution.

GS 2

6

The bitter dispute over India’s pandemic mortality

(Governance)

What is the Civil Registration System? Reasons for conflicting data sets of CRS and certain states pertaining to pandemic year. Why there is a need to strengthen the CRS.

GS 2

6

Still a long way for termination as an unconditional right

(Health, Society)

What is the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act? Know about women’s ‘right to decide’, abortion, related issues from health, ethical and legal perspective; associated judgments of the courts.

GS 2

6

Frozen sedition

(Polity and Governance)

Know about sedition law, related provisions of the IPC, Know the history of sedition law, associated courts’ judgements, and present case before the Supreme Court. Know whether the sedition law is justified in present times or it requires repealing.

GS 2

6

Engage, not dismiss

(Health)

Reasons for conflicting data sets with respect to Covid deaths, different methodologies applied. Why there is a need to engage with building a robust framework for data collection?

GS 2

7

The winners and losers of the war

(IR)

Know about the Russia-Ukraine conflict, issues involved, reasons and background. What has been and what should be India’s role? What lessons can India learn from the episode? What different countries have faced due to war?

GS 2

7

From Bharat to India

(Polity and Governance)

Know about the diversity and complexity of India, the evolution of a nation, social security for citizens in a democracy. Know about citizenship and how it is a common denominator for the complexities of India.

GS 3

9

Shallow and deep ecologism

(Environment)

What is ecologism? Know about different types, the objectives of ecologism and the political potential of ecologism. How is it important for preventing climate change?

GS 2 

13

‘Economy on the brink of total collapse’

(IR)

Know about the political upheaval, Sri Lanka is witnessing in the wake of the economic crisis, current situation and what should be done to restore normalcy.

GS 3

14

‘Inflation is the biggest challenge now’

(Economy)

Know about the recent impact of rising inflation, steps taken by the RBI to arrest it. What global and local factors contributed to the problem? Know about ‘stagflation’, is the situation of the economy nearing stagflation?

 
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