The Indian Express

Indian Express

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              Relevance for Prelims and Mains  

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Ashraf Ghani slams Pakistan for Afghan crisis; not fair, retorts Imran Khan

(IR)

Key Highlights of the international conference on ‘Central and South Asia Regional Connectivity, About the Afghan peace process, Why is Afghanistan important for India? and the role of India in this resolution

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10% ‘breakthrough’ cases hospitalised, but O2, ICU not needed: ICMR study

(Health )

In line with NEP, 14 engineering colleges to teach in regional languages

(Education )

A new study commissioned by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in the context of the coronavirus infection

About New Education Policy, its key provisions, its relevance, concern associated with this, key analysis and way forward.

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Prehistoric site in Faridabad could be almost 1 lakh years old,says, Archaeologists 

 (Art and Culture )

About the prehistoric site Faridabad’s Mangar Bani hill forest, from where cave paintings were discovered.

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Government reaches out to Opposition ahead of Monsoon Session

The Centre has sent three advisories on Section 66A — all prompted by court petitions

 (Polity and Governance)

Know about the sessions of the Parliament and key terminologies associated with the Parliament working 

Section 66A of the Information Technology Act ,what are the issues linked to it ,recent step of government in this context 

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The Silent crisis 

(Social Issues )

Getting back up

(Economy)

Why Section 124A?

Abolish the Law

 (Polity and Governance)

About The crisis during the pandemic highlighted the vulnerabilities faced by Migrant and informal workers, various steps were taken in this context, key analysis and way forward 

The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) projection for growth of the Indian economy and impacts of measures taken by government and RBI 

What is Sedition law, Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), its genesis and role, why it has been criticised across the nation, related cases, the Supreme Court’s stand on this and a way forward?

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A counter-strategy called B3W

(IR )

Why G-7 leaders finally came around with the proposed Build Back Better World (B3W) to counter China’s rising influence across 100-plus countries through Belt Road Initiative (BRI) projects, objectives and need of the move 

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Curbs on foreign card firms

(Economy )

The RBI has barred Mastercard, American Express & Diners Club from enrolling new customers for not storing their data in India. What are the RBI guidelines on data storage, and the issues involved?