FRONT PAGE
Vodafone opts for equity-linked rescue, Govt will own 35.8%
Syllabus:
Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance.
Main Examination: General Studies III: Changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth.
Key Points to Ponder:
• What is Adjusted gross revenue (AGR)?
• The Telecom Reforms Package by Union Government-What is it and Why Government came up with this Package?
• The Government of India will own a 36 percent stake in Vodafone Idea as a rescue Plan- Why GOI has Stepped In? (Hint: One of the key Feature of Telecom Reforms Package)
• Why did the Vodafone and other telcos financial condition deteriorated?
• Supreme Court of India on Adjusted Gross Revenue
• What do you Understand by the term “interest on deferred spectrum auction payments” and “adjusted gross revenues (AGR) to equity”?
• Telecom Sector in India-Background, Issues, and Challenges
• Department of Telecommunications (DoT)-Role, Functions and Powers, Independent or Under any Ministry?
Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:
📍 Explained: Why SC hard line on AGR could lead to a windfall for govt, but bigger phone bills for you
📍 Explained: What is AGR? How will it impact Airtel, Vodafone Idea?
📍 Explained: Unpacking the telecom reforms package
THE CITY
High Court deliberates whether IPC Section 375 should cover non-consensual sex with wife
Syllabus:
Main Examination: General Studies I: Salient features of Indian Society, Social empowerment, Role of women and women’s organization
Key Points to Ponder:
• Delhi High Court Observations on Marital Rape
• Criminalisation And Non-Criminalisation Of Marital Rape-For and Against
• IPC Section 375 of Indian Penal Code and Exception 2 to Section 375 of Indian Penal Code
• Status of Marital Rape in India-Latest Data by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)
• “Doctrine of Coverture”, Article 14 and Article 21 of the Indian Constitution and Exception 2 to Section 375 of
Indian Penal Code
• Justice Verma Committee Report and Pam Rajput committee’s report ‘Status of Women in India’ on Marital Rape
• United Nations Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on Violence against Women in India
Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:
📍 Marital rape-a non-criminalized crime in India
📍 High-level panel slams legislature for failing to criminalise marital rape
📍 The impunity of marital rape
GOVT & POLITICS
House can’t suspend member for more than 59 days, says SC
Syllabus:
Preliminary Examination: Indian Polity and Governance
Main Examination: General Studies II: Parliament and State legislatures
Key Points to Ponder:
• Disqualifications of Member of The Legislative Assembly or Legislative Council of a State
• Article 190(4) of the Constitution
• “Absolute power does not mean unbridled”-What do you Understand By this Quote?
EXPRESS NETWORK
Sea-to-sea variant of BrahMos supersonic missile test-fired
Syllabus:
Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance.
Main Examination: General Studies III: Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology.
Key Points to Ponder:
• Sea to Sea variant of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile-Key Features
• BrahMos Missiles and How Many Versions Are There of Brahmos?
• Know the terms and Difference between Them-Infra Sonic, Subsonic, Super Sonic, Ultra Sonic etc.
• What are Cruise Missiles?
Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:
📍 Explained: The BrahMos missile, and significance of the ongoing series of tests by Armed forces
EXPLAINED
How scientists are using grime-eating bacteria to restore classical art
Syllabus:
Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance.
Key Points to Ponder:
• Desulfovibrio vulgaris or D Vulgaris and the role of micro-organisms in protecting the artistic heritage of humanity
• Bio-restoration for monuments in India-Issues and Challenges
• Other methods for restoration of Heritages and Monuments
THE EDITORIAL PAGE
Syllabus:
Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance.
Main Examination: General Studies II: India and its neighborhood- relations
Key Points to Ponder:
• Indian Ocean Rim Association-About and Member Countries
• What is Indian Ocean Navies Symposium?
• Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR)- Purpose
• China-Sri Lanka and India-Change in Geopolitics
• India and China-Growing Border Disputes
Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:
📍 Explained: The Colombo port setback for India
THE IDEAS PAGE
Syllabus:
Preliminary Examination: Economic and Social Development
Main Examination: General Studies III: Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.
Key Points to Ponder:
• India’s unemployment rate in Urban and Rural Areas-Present Status
• Why unemployment is more in the urban areas as compared to the rural areas?
• What is Labour Force Participation (LPR)?
Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:
📍 Explain Speaking: High unemployment, a common factor in poll-bound states
THE WORLD
In a first, US surgeons transplant pig heart into 57-year-old patient
Syllabus:
Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance.
Main Examination: General Studies III: Bio-technology
Key Points to Ponder:
• Animal-to-human organ transplants – a solution or a new problem?
• Animal-to-human organ transplants-Why a watershed Moment?
• Animal-to-human organ transplants -Solution to organ shortage crisis
• Know the Term-Xenotransplantation
Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:
📍 Human patient receives pig heart in first-of-its-kind transplant
📍 Animal-to-human organ transplants – a solution or a new problem?
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