Important Daily Articles from the Hindu and Indian Express of 18th December, 2024
A. Polity:
I. Simultaneous Elections:
i. Two Bills on simultaneous elections rock Parliament [TH-1]
ii. One nation, one election bills [IE-17]
II. Minority Rights: Article 29, 30: The Constitution minority rights [TH-10]
B. International Relations:
I. India Sri Lanka relations: More of the same [TH-8]
After India, Dissanayake to visit China [TH-12]
II. India - China: Doval- Wang talks today, China says ready to work with India, enhance trust [IE-1]
III. West Asia: Kuwait: Closing the Gulf circle [IE-11]
C. Social Justice and Governance
I. Education:
i. NEP: Stuck in the classroom — students, teachers, NEP 2020 [TH-8]
ii. Panel led by ex-ISRO chief advises restructuring of NTA [TH-14]
II. Health:
i. The challenge of universal health coverage [TH-9]
ii. ASHA and Breast Cancer mapping: ASHA meets AI: AIIMS study set to map breast cancer patterns [IE-1]
A. Economy:
I. Agriculture: MSP: Committee recommends statutory MSP, says it can help end suicides by farmers [TH-13]
II. Aviation Industry: Private aviation is releasing more than its ‘fair share’ of emissions [TH-Science II]
III. Oil Imports: India's oil imports rebound in Nov with refineries back in full swing [IE-14]
B. Environment:
I. Biodiversity: Rare species of bat spotted in Yamuna Biodiversity Park [IE-4]
II. Climate: Why Arctic tundra is emitting more carbon than it absorbs, for first time in many millennia [TH-17]
C. Science and Technology:
I. AI: The legal gaps in India’s unregulated AI surveillance [TH-8]
I. Padma Awardee: Environmentalist Tulsi Gowda revered as 'tree goddess', dies at 86 [IE-9]
GENERAL STUDIES - 2
A. Polity:
I. Simultaneous Elections:
i. Two Bills on simultaneous elections rock Parliament [TH-1]
ii. One nation, one election bills [IE-17]
II. Minority Rights: Article 29, 30: The Constitution minority rights [TH-10]
B. International Relations:
I. India Sri Lanka relations: More of the same [TH-8]
After India, Dissanayake to visit China [TH-12]
II. India - China: Doval- Wang talks today, China says ready to work with India, enhance trust [IE-1]
III. West Asia: Kuwait: Closing the Gulf circle [IE-11]
C. Social Justice and Governance
I. Education:
i. NEP: Stuck in the classroom — students, teachers, NEP 2020 [TH-8]
ii. Panel led by ex-ISRO chief advises restructuring of NTA [TH-14]
II. Health:
i. The challenge of universal health coverage [TH-9]
ii. ASHA and Breast Cancer mapping: ASHA meets AI: AIIMS study set to map breast cancer patterns [IE-1]
GENERAL STUDIES - 3
A. Economy:
I. Agriculture: MSP: Committee recommends statutory MSP, says it can help end suicides by farmers [TH-13]
II. Aviation Industry: Private aviation is releasing more than its ‘fair share’ of emissions [TH-Science II]
III. Oil Imports: India's oil imports rebound in Nov with refineries back in full swing [IE-14]
B. Environment:
I. Biodiversity: Rare species of bat spotted in Yamuna Biodiversity Park [IE-4]
II. Climate: Why Arctic tundra is emitting more carbon than it absorbs, for first time in many millennia [TH-17]
C. Science and Technology:
I. AI: The legal gaps in India’s unregulated AI surveillance [TH-8]
FACTS FOR PRELIMS
I. Padma Awardee: Environmentalist Tulsi Gowda revered as 'tree goddess', dies at 86 [IE-9]