The Hindu

The Hindu

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Modi moots free trade agreement for BIMSTEC

(International Groupings )

Working hard to help Sri Lanka: Jaishankar

Explaining Sri Lanka’s economic crisis

(International Relations)

What are the important outcomes of the recent BIMSTEC summit? Know about BIMSTEC, its members, purpose, areas of cooperation, its significance for India, Challenges/Issues and the Way Forward.

What are the recent bilateral pacts signed between India and Sri Lanka? Why is Sri Lanka facing its worst economic crisis in decades? causes of the current crisis and document the roles of different groups and organisations in its making  And initiatives taken by India to help Sri Lanka during the crisis.

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Social media platforms must be held accountable: Centre to HC

(Government Policies & Interventions)

Why must social media platforms be held accountable for “subjugating and supplanting fundamental rights like the right to freedom of speech and expression? consequences for the democratic nation and Government Initiatives for deciding Social Media Platforms’ Accountability and what more needs to be done in this context?

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ISRO to step up tracking of space debris

(Science and Technology )

What are the hazards and risks associated with space debris and the significance of Project Network for Space Objects Tracking and Analysis (NETRA) in this context?

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India’s food response as ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam

(Economy )

Why is Global hunger on the rise? What is the global burden of malnutrition? World Food Programme’s(WFP’s )role and the importance of access to food in maintaining peace, How India has made major progress in addressing hunger and malnutrition? initiatives of India towards self-sufficiency in food production during the crisis, India’s recent and ongoing humanitarian food assistance to Afghanistan and other countries, how the WFP and India can leverage their partnership to contribute to addressing food emergencies and strengthening humanitarian response, embodying the spirit of ‘leave no one behind’ and Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam?

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A parliamentary Bill the ICAI needs to take note of

Identity and privacy

(Polity and Governance)

What are the major features of the Chartered Accountants, the Cost and Works Accountants and the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Bill, 2021? What key changes does it propose? Objectives and what lies ahead?

What is the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022? What are the government’s objectives, and what concerns does this raise? And way forward 

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The Assam-Meghalaya boundary dispute resolution

(Polity and Governance)

How did the boundary dispute start? How did the two governments go about handling the issue? How did the two States reach an agreement? Will it help to solve other border rows in the northeastern region?

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The Facebook clean-up attempt on political messaging

(Effect of Policies & Politics of Developed & Developing Countries on India’s Interests)

How is Meta planning to moderate its content to deal with misinformation and fake accounts? What are the new rules for advertisers on the site? How have Indian authorities checked Facebook’s alleged lack of accountability?

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Deviancy amplification

(Society )

Focus is on an increasing scale, the scope of PMJAY

(Welfare Schemes)

What are Deviancy amplification and the Theory of labelling?

  What are the major challenges that the health system faces today? Know about the features and significance of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), its achievements and what lies ahead?

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Russian, U.S. ISS space travellers return to Earth

(Science and Technology 

Learn facts related to International Space Station