{"id":63287,"date":"2026-01-03T10:43:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T05:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=63287"},"modified":"2026-01-03T11:08:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T05:38:30","slug":"headlines-of-the-day-03-january-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/headlines-of-the-day\/03-01-2026\/headlines-of-the-day-03-january-2026","title":{"rendered":"Headlines of the Day 03-January-2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>The Hindu, PIB, Indian Express, AIR<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background has-fixed-layout\" style=\"background-color:#fff2cc\"><thead><tr><th><strong>Headline<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Source<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Syllabus<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>India has the right to defend itself against terrorism: Jaishankar<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/164376\/OPS\/GSGFBTFI6.1+GJ0FCVSBH.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Hindu(Page1)<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td><strong>GS2(Governance\/IR )<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Telangana adopts resolution for restoration of MGNREGA<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/164376\/OPS\/GSGFBTFI7.1+GM0FCVTLK.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Hindu(Page4)<\/strong><\/a><br><br><\/td><td><strong>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Centre has no plans to change land acquisition policy: Cabinet Secretary<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/164376\/OPS\/GSGFBTFI8.1+GU4FCVTOH.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Hindu(Page5)<\/strong><\/a><br><br><\/td><td><strong>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Govt. to help teachers use AI; will ease open schooling framework<\/strong><br><br><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/164376\/OPS\/GSGFBTFI8.1+GU4FCVTON.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Hindu(Page5)<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td><strong>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>First mountain tunnel breakthrough achieved in bullet train project: Minister<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/164376\/OPS\/GSGFBTFI8.1+GU4FCVTOL.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Hindu(Page5)<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td><strong>GS3(Economy)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Transforming a waste-ridden urban India<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/164376\/OPS\/GSGFBTFI9.1+G22FCUTS2.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Hindu(Page 6)<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td><strong>GS3(Environment)<\/strong><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Recasting sanitation with urban-rural partnerships<\/strong><br><br><br><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/164376\/OPS\/GSGFBTFI9.1+G22FCUTS0.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The HinduPage 6)<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td><strong>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>MeitY okays 22more projects for electronic part sops<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/164376\/OPS\/GSGFBTFII.1+GOVFCTV2V.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The HinduPage 11)<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td><strong>GS3(Economy)<\/strong><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Export Promotion Mission: Govt. unveils 2 more credit-linked plans<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/164376\/OPS\/GSGFBTFII.1+GOVFCTV2P.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The HinduPage 11)<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td><strong>GS3(Economy)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Exports hurt: States flag facility and testing gaps at Board of Trade meeting<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/business\/exports-hurt-states-flag-facility-and-testing-gaps-at-board-of-trade-meeting-10452544\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Indian Express(Page 1)<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td><strong>GS3(Economy)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>7 of world\u2019s rarest frogs presumed dead, study blames rise in photo tourism<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/7-of-worlds-rarest-frogs-presumed-dead-study-blames-rise-in-photo-tourism-10452546\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Indian Express(Page 1)<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td><strong>GS3(Environment)<\/strong><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Magh Mela<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/lucknow\/magh-mela-travel-alert-trains-diverted-prayagraj-sangam-station-snan-days-10451759\/lite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Indian Express(Page 1)<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td><strong>GS1(Culture)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>How Maharashtra, Karnataka, TN, UP and Telangana lost over Rs 10,000 cr to cheating in 2025<\/strong><br><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/indians-lost-rs-53000-crore-fraud-cheating-cases-six-years-maharashtra-2025-10452185\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Indian Express(Page 9)<\/strong><\/a><br><br><br><\/td><td><strong>GS3(Cyber Security)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Energy transition will need more than chasing the sun and harnessing the wind<\/strong><br><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/energy-transition-will-need-more-than-chasing-the-sun-and-harnessing-the-wind-10452456\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Indian Express(Page 10)<\/strong><\/a><br><br><br><br><\/td><td><strong>GS3(Environment)<\/strong><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Let\u2019s call out casual racism, let it not brutalise us as a society<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/casual-racism-brutalise-society-10452457\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Indian Express(Page10)<\/strong><\/a><br><br><\/td><td><strong>GS1(Social Issues )<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>India wants to be Vishwaguru. That will need Indian ideas<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/india-wants-to-be-vishwaguru-that-will-need-indian-ideas-10452458\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Indian Express(Page10)<\/strong><\/a><br><br><br><\/td><td><strong>GS2(IR)<\/strong><br><br><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>To resolve the street dogs issue, use reason and compassion, not fear and cruel<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/to-resolve-the-street-dogs-issue-use-reason-and-compassion-not-fear-and-cruel-10452460\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Indian Express(Page11)<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td><strong>GS1(Social Issues )\/GS2(Governance)<\/strong><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>India\u2019s inattention to high technology and minerals over decades is showing<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/indias-inattention-to-high-technology-and-minerals-over-decades-is-showing-10452461\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Indian Express(Page11)<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td><strong>GS2(IR)\/GS3(Economy<\/strong><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Classroom teaching is essential to academic rigour. HC ruling misses that<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/classroom-teaching-is-essential-to-academic-rigour-hc-ruling-misses-that-10452462\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Indian Express(Page11)<\/strong><\/a><br><br><\/td><td><strong>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Govt announces Rs 7,295-cr package to boost exporters\u2019 access to credit<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Indian Express(Page15)<\/strong><br><br><\/td><td><strong>GS3(Economy)<\/strong><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>China launches new \u2018upgraded\u2019 missile destroyer<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Indian Express(Page16)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>GS2(IR)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>After splash in 2025, weight-loss drugs poised to take off this year<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-health\/splash-2025-weight-loss-drugs-2026-10452464\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Indian Express(Page17)<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td><strong>GS2(Health)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Making money from methane emission reductions in paddy fields<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-economics\/methane-emission-reductions-farmers-climate-change-rice-carbon-credits-10443685\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Indian Express(Page17)<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td><strong>GS3(Economy\/Environment)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>African Cup of Nations: Nigeria are \u2018Super Eagles\u2019 but do you know which country is nicknamed \u2018Coelacanths\u2019 after an ancient fish that was once thought to be extinct?<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Indian Express(Page17)<\/strong><br><\/td><td><strong>GS3(Environment)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Repealing and Amending Act 2025 passed to simplify legal framework<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonair.gov.in\/repealing-and-amending-act-2025-passed-to-simplify-legal-framework\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Air<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td><strong>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India has the right to defend itself against terrorism: Jaishankar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines-of-the-day"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63287","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63287"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63290,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63287\/revisions\/63290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}