{"id":73689,"date":"2026-05-15T10:31:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=73689"},"modified":"2026-05-15T10:43:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:13:25","slug":"headlines-of-the-day-15-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/headlines-of-the-day\/15-05-2026\/73689\/","title":{"rendered":"Headlines of the Day 15-May-2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Hindu, PIB, Indian Express, AIR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Headline<\/strong><\/th>Source<\/strong><\/th>Syllabus<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Uneasy truce in Beijing as Trump and Xi discuss trade ties, Taiwan<\/strong>
<\/td>		The Hindu(Page1)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(IR)<\/strong>
<\/td><\/tr>
First nikah halala case filed under UCC in Uttarakhand<\/strong>

<\/td>		The Hindu(Page4)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
The Iran war, India\u2019s strategic autonomy challenges<\/strong>

<\/td>		The Hindu(Page10)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(IR)<\/strong>




<\/td><\/tr>
Building a preventive health culture in India<\/strong><\/td>The Hindu(Page10)<\/strong><\/a>
<\/td>		GS2(Health)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Capital flight and pressure on the rupee<\/strong><\/td>The Hindu(Page12)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS3(Economy)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
India\u2019s labour market shows gains, but challenges persist<\/strong><\/td>The Hindu(Page12)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS3(Economy)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Vande Mataram and the challenge to multicultural nationalism<\/strong><\/td>The Hindu(Page13)<\/strong><\/a>
<\/td>		GS1(History)\/GS2(Governance )<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
India backs two-state solution for Palestine issue, says Jaishankar at BRICS meeting<\/strong><\/td>The Hindu(Page14)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(IR)<\/strong>


<\/td><\/tr>
Free and fair elections are dependent on a truly independent poll body: SC<\/strong><\/td>The Hindu(Page15)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
COVID-19 linked to 22.1 million excess deaths globally from 2020 to 2023: WHO report<\/strong><\/td>The Hindu(Page16)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(Health )<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
WPI more than doubles to 8.3% in April<\/strong><\/td>The Hindu (Page 17) <\/strong><\/a>
<\/td>		GS3(Economy)<\/strong>

<\/td><\/tr>
India back on EU approved list of aquaculture exporters<\/strong><\/td>The Hindu (Page 17)<\/strong><\/a>
<\/td>		GS3(Economy)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Medical education in India needs to pivot to quality over quantity<\/strong><\/td>The Hindu(Page 22) <\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(Health)<\/strong>


<\/td><\/tr>
From PCOS to PMOS: understanding the reasons for name change<\/strong><\/td>The Hindu(Page 22) <\/strong><\/a>

<\/td>		GS2(Health)<\/strong>


<\/td><\/tr>
To attract foreign investors, Government considers cut in withholding tax<\/strong><\/td>Indian Express(Page 1)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(Governance)\/GS3(Economy)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Iran listening, India says safe Hormuz key to economic health<\/strong><\/td>Indian Express(Page1)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(IR)<\/strong>


<\/td><\/tr>
Why minister, why not a neutral person in panel to pick ECS: SC<\/strong><\/td>Indian Express(Page1)<\/strong><\/a>

<\/td>		GS2(Governance)<\/strong>
<\/td><\/tr>
India needs to win back foreign investors. Three things to do<\/strong><\/td>Indian Express(Page10)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(IR)\/GS3(Economy)<\/strong>
<\/td><\/tr>
Behind govt ban on sugar exports: Iran war, El Ni\u00f1o<\/strong><\/td>Indian Express(Page13)<\/strong><\/a>
<\/td>		GS3(Economy)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
PM’s Europe trip: New alliances for new uncertainties<\/strong><\/td>Indian Express(Page13)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(IR)\/GS3(Economy)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
What is PCOS and why does renaming it to PMOS matter?<\/strong><\/td>Indian Express(Page13)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(Health)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
How AI-focused GCCs are challenging traditional IT services<\/strong><\/td>Indian Express(Page17)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS3(Economy\/Science and Tech)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
India Assumes Chair of Common Criteria Development Board (CCDB)<\/strong><\/td>PIB<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(IR)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Empowering the Grassroots Economy: A Comprehensive Push for Rural and Semi-Urban MSMEs<\/strong><\/td>PIB<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS3(Economy)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Uneasy truce in Beijing as Trump and Xi discuss trade ties, Taiwan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"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-73689","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\/73689","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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73689"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73692,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73689\/revisions\/73692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}