{"id":10768,"date":"2021-12-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/21-12-2021\/the-hindu-440\/"},"modified":"2021-12-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T00:00:00","slug":"the-hindu-440","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/headlines-of-the-day\/21-12-2021\/the-hindu-440","title":{"rendered":"The Hindu"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Hindu<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Headlines<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Relevance for Prelims and Mains\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Lok Sabha passes Bill to link electoral rolls with Aadhaar<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Six additional seats for Jammu, one for Kashmir proposed<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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(Polity and Governance)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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What are the major features of the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, objectives and need\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Know about the recent proposal of The J&K Delimitation Commission to increase six seats for the Jammu division and one for the Kashmir division, besides reserving 16 seats for the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe (ST) communities in the Union Territory, evoking sharp reactions from the regional parties, expected outcome of the move, Know about the J&K delimitation exercise, Why does the J&K delimitation exercise matter?<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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SEBI halts futures trading in key crops<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Why Market regulator Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued an order suspending futures trading in paddy (non-basmati), wheat, Bengal gram (chana dal), mustard seeds and its derivatives, soybean and its derivatives, crude palm oil and green gram (moong dal) for a year and its implications.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Amid vaccine booster talk, context matters a lot<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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(Health)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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The emergence of the new variant, Omicron, Does the emergence of the Omicron variant make it necessary to administer a booster dose? What is the primary objective of a booster dose \u2014 to prevent symptomatic infection or to prevent moderate or severe disease and death? How much do we know about the effectiveness of Covishield and Covaxin in preventing symptomatic infection and severe disease?\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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GS 2<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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For Afghan women, it\u2019s the great regression<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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A strategic bulwark<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Implications of\u00a0 Taliban\u2019s seizure of Kabul, what does evidence emerging from the ground suggest?new codes of conduct for the Afghan women, Taliban\u2019s special decree on women\u2019s rights, most pervasive problems faced by women, what steps need be taken at the global level.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Key takeaways from the third India-Central Asia Dialogue, objectives and need, what is the relevance of Central Asia for India?\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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GS 2<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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The sustained attack on federalism<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Recent complaints about the Union government\u2019s anti-federal moves, what is a series of steps taken by the Union government to undermine the principles of federalism, especially fiscal federalism? the principles of federalism during the pandemic, Several other policies initiated by the Union government in the recent past that led to the weakening of States\u2019 autonomy, the relevance of the creation of a formal institutional framework to mandate and facilitate consultation between the Union and the States in the areas of legislation under the Concurrent List, what more needs to be done in this context?<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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What rising inequality means<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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How the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the stark divide between the rich and the poor? why the status of the poor is worsening day by day, the present status of inequality, a manifestation of the average level of income, as explained by the Kuznets\u2019 theory, the rise in inequalities in the U.S. and India as against a moderate rise in China, what is prevailing pattern of wealth concentration and differential levels of income around the world? Measures are taken and what more needs to be done in this context?<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Naga House calls for repeal of AFSPA<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Why the Nagaland Assembly has demanded the repeal of the contentious Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act from the State? About the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), Provisions, Significance, Criticism, Way Forward,<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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India may resume fishers\u2019 talks with Sri Lanka<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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BIMSTEC working on<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

joint disaster relief plans<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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India-Sri Lanka fishers\u2019 talks, How do the proposed talks hold significance against the backdrop of the arrest of 55 Tamil Nadu fishermen and seizure of eight trawlers by the Sri Lankan Navy?\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Learn facts related to PANEX\u00ad21 and BIMSTEC\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Competition Commission approves Tata\u00adAir India deal<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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MCA21 portal: third version in the works\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The recent approval of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for the Tata Group\u2019s proposed acquisition of debt-laden Air India and two of its units, objectives behind the move.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Learn facts related MCA21 portal\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains\u00a0\u00a0 GS 2 \u00a0 1 \u00a0 Lok Sabha passes Bill to link electoral rolls with Aadhaar \u00a0 Six additional seats for Jammu, one for Kashmir proposed \u00a0 (Polity and Governance) What are the major features of the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, objectives and need\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-10768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines-of-the-day","tag-thehindu"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1564069Screenshot_6.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}