Important Daily Articles from the Hindu and Indian Express of 19th December, 2024
I. Geography: Hot springs: In a first, image of active underwater hot spring captured in Southern Indian Ocean [IE-11]
A. Polity:
I. Citizenship: Section 6A of the Citizenship Act — why it fails Assam [TH-6]
B. International Relations:
I. India - China: Positive signals emerge from India-China talks [TH-1]
India, China agree to resume Mansarovar Yatra, border trade after talks in Beijing [IE-1]
II. India - Kuwait: Modi to visit Kuwait on Dec 21-22, first Indian PM to do so in 43 years [IE-7]
III. India - Sri Lanka: From aid to trade [IE-13]
C. Social Justice and Governance
I. Health: Making affordable generics more reliable [TH-7]
II. Governance: All 17,130 police stations in the country linked through centralised online platform CCTNS [TH-10]
A. Economy:
I. Direct taxes: Net direct tax collections rise 16.5% [TH-13]
II. Economic Growth: An economic tightrope [IE-13]
III. IPOs: SEBI tightens norms for IPOs by small & marginal enterprises [IE-17]
IV. Aviation: Mumbai- Delhi route ranked world's 8th busiest domestic flight route in 2024 [IE-17]
B. Environment:
I. Climate Change: Strengthening the roots of an agri-carbon market [TH-6]
II. Sacred Grooves: Formulate policy to manage sacred groves, SC tells govt. [TH-12]
SC asks centre to form policy for managing sacred groves [IE-8]
III. Biodiversity: Cheetahs: MP plans new homes for cheetahs, relocate leopards [IE-8]
C. Science and Technology:
I. Health: TB: 100-day campaign: 16000 TB cases detected, 5 lakh screened [IE-8]
GENERAL STUDIES - 1
I. Geography: Hot springs: In a first, image of active underwater hot spring captured in Southern Indian Ocean [IE-11]
GENERAL STUDIES - 2
A. Polity:
I. Citizenship: Section 6A of the Citizenship Act — why it fails Assam [TH-6]
B. International Relations:
I. India - China: Positive signals emerge from India-China talks [TH-1]
India, China agree to resume Mansarovar Yatra, border trade after talks in Beijing [IE-1]
II. India - Kuwait: Modi to visit Kuwait on Dec 21-22, first Indian PM to do so in 43 years [IE-7]
III. India - Sri Lanka: From aid to trade [IE-13]
C. Social Justice and Governance
I. Health: Making affordable generics more reliable [TH-7]
II. Governance: All 17,130 police stations in the country linked through centralised online platform CCTNS [TH-10]
GENERAL STUDIES - 3
A. Economy:
I. Direct taxes: Net direct tax collections rise 16.5% [TH-13]
II. Economic Growth: An economic tightrope [IE-13]
III. IPOs: SEBI tightens norms for IPOs by small & marginal enterprises [IE-17]
IV. Aviation: Mumbai- Delhi route ranked world's 8th busiest domestic flight route in 2024 [IE-17]
B. Environment:
I. Climate Change: Strengthening the roots of an agri-carbon market [TH-6]
II. Sacred Grooves: Formulate policy to manage sacred groves, SC tells govt. [TH-12]
SC asks centre to form policy for managing sacred groves [IE-8]
III. Biodiversity: Cheetahs: MP plans new homes for cheetahs, relocate leopards [IE-8]
C. Science and Technology:
I. Health: TB: 100-day campaign: 16000 TB cases detected, 5 lakh screened [IE-8]