Indian Express

Indian Express

Subject 

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Headlines

Relevance for Prelims and Mains  

GS 2

 

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First tribal woman to be elected to highest post in country

President for our time

 

SC allows abortion at 24 weeks: Can’t deny it to unmarried woman

 

(Polity and Governance)

How does India choose its President?How is voting conducted?How is weightage assigned?India’s constitutional history of seven decades and future prospects 

 

Know about abortion law in India,Judicial interventions in cases of abortions,Criticisms against the abortion law ,Conclusion and way forward 

GS 2

7

 

Govt: No proposal to increase SC, HC judges’ retirement age

 

Centre rejects findings of World Press Freedom Index,questions methodology 

(Polity and Governance)

 

What is the origin of the idea of increasing the age of retirement for judges?Is it really needed ? constitutional Provisions related to it .

 

What are findings of the World Press Freedom Index in the context of India ?and response of the government 

GS 2

9

 

Inform if states, UTs following orders to curb hate speech: SC to Centre

(Polity and Governance)

 

What is Hate Speech?Reasons ,Provisions regarding Hate Speech,Various Committees and their Views and Way Ahead

GS 3

10

Hurdles to resolution 

(Economy)

 

What is Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code?its features ,Aims and Objectives ,Criticism & Challenges ,Recent Supreme Court judgement on IBC,its repuscions and what lies ahead ?

GS 2

11

Mixed bag of freebies 

(Polity and Governance)

 

How to define freebies, how to make distinction between ‘merit subsidies’ and unwarranted subsidies?Problems with Freebies and suggest ways to handle them .

 

GS 3

11

Half hearted ban 

(Environment)

What is single-use plastic?Legislation, Union government decisions to  ban identified single-use plastics (SUPs),implementation status ,issues linked to it and what lies ahead 

GS 1

15

The Kali Bein:why it matters and efforts to clean it 

(Geography)

What is the Kali Bein?How did the cleaning project start?What is its status?

 

 

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‘Hasta la vista’

(Miscellaneous )

What is ‘Hasta la vista’?

 
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