Centre denies RTI plea on CIC appointments (Indian Express)

Mains Paper 4 : Statutory, Regulatory and Various Quasi-Judicial Bodies |
Prelims level : RTI, CIC
Mains level : Issues surrounding the office of CIC

A new high in Maldives (Indian Express)

Mains Paper 3 : India and Its Neighborhood - Relations
Prelims level : Not Much
Mains level : Reclaiming ties with India’s neighborhood in light of China’s increasing interference

US names Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terrorist group (The Hindu)

Mains Paper 2 : Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India |
Prelims level : FTO

UK Sikhs force lifting of ban on turbans (The Hindu)

Mains Paper 1 : International Relation
Prelims level : Wolverhampton Transport Committee
Mains level : Significance on the lift ban on turbans

Young voters and their key position in national polls (Live Mint)

Mains Paper 5: Polity
Prelims level: Voting Behaviour
Mains level: Explain the significance of voting behaviour

India’s policy plans could hold back its digital startups (Live Mint)

Mains Paper 4: Economy
Prelims level: Startup India and Atal Innovation Mission
Mains level: Infrastructure

Closure on cynicism: SC order on VVPAT verification (The Hindu)

Mains Paper 3: Polity
Prelims level: VVPAT
Mains level: Highlights the SCs order on VVPAT

To replicating the IT success in manufacturing (The Indian Express)

Mains Paper 2: Economy
Prelims level: Special Economic Zones
Mains level: IT success in manufacturing

High Court spikes land acquisition process for Chennai-Salem expressway (The Hindu)

Mains Paper 1: Economy
Prelims level: Chennai-Salem greenfield corridor
Mains level: Infrastructure projects

Healthcare system hanging on hospital insurance without foundation of primary care is unsustainable

• The forthcoming election is going to be an inflexion point for India’s health system story how affordable, how accessible, how equal?

There is a series of steps that the new Indian govt should take to cement ties with China

• India heads into a general election, it is important to keep focus on and not lose track of how the country must shape its foreign policy over the coming five years.

Problems in Indian cotton need ecological understanding, not biotechnology

• The real question is how well are farmers doing, and not whether India is number one or two in cotton production — if farmers are doing well, that

Replicating the IT success in manufacturing

• Work in progress India needs to build large world-class manufacturing hubs speedily - Shaju John

As with the IT sector, the government must build the infrastructure needed

Maldivian wave

The administration of Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has received a shot in the arm with the parliamentary election held over the weekend. His Maldivian Democratic Party is poised to garner more than 60 out of 87 seats,

From Mughals to Sufi poets, Holi has been part of Muslim culture, literature (Indian Express)

Mains Paper 5: History
Prelims level: Holi
Mains level: Medieval History

Are we hurting learning and teaching by diverting funds from blackboards to digital boards? (Indian Express)

Mains Paper 4: Governance
Prelims level: AI
Mains level: Issues relating to development and management of Social

We need to question deletions and exclusions from school textbooks (Indian Express)

Mains Paper 3: Governance
Prelims level: Not Much
Mains level: Issues relating to development and management of Social

The heat is on: protection during summer (The Hindu)

Mains Paper 2: Geography
Prelims level: El Nino
Mains level: Geographical Phenomena

Capital high: foreign investment in India (The Hindu)

Mains Paper 1: Economy
Prelims level: Foreign investment
Mains level: Economic growth, investment and developments

More fiscal imprudence (Indian Express)

Mains Paper 4: Social Justice
Prelims level: NYAY
Mains level: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the