Important Articles from Indian Express: 14/2/2020

Front Page

• SC plays party monitor: List candidates facing cases, explain choice

Govt & Politics

• Candidates facing criminal cases: Parties welcome SC order, question need to explain their election choice

Express Network

• R K Pachauri, India’s face at global climate change panel, passes away at 80
• Uttarakhand tightens ‘deemed forest’ norms
• India cautious after Pakistan court jails LeT chief Hafiz Saeed
• Foreign envoys in Jammu: Several civil society groups meet delegation, hail Article 370
• Need more power to become a ‘toothful’ tiger: NHRC chief HL Dattu
• BIMSTEC conference: Need to remove narcotics from pharma industry, says Amit Shah
• No plan to replicate China’s clinical diagnosis model: Govt

Explained

• Counting Muslims in Assam
• In Assam, the identities within identities
• COVID-2019 in Hubei: How did new coronavirus cases multiply from one day to next?
• Fossil fuel air pollution cost: $8 billion/day, 4.5 million deaths/year

Editorial

• To help her work
• A good first step
• Beyond the optics

Ideas Page

• Bangladesh fares better

World

• US announces 7 day partial truce with Taliban

Economy

• S&P retains India’s rating at ‘BBB-’, ‘fiscal position remains precarious’
• Deviation from fisc target: FinCom says states have option to use exemption clause
• Performance under Vivad se Vishwas scheme to be ‘an important factor’ for postings
• IMF : Need for ambitious structural and financial sector reforms in India
• Non food credit crosses 100 L cr mark but growth at three year low
• Inflation spike transitory, expect it to drop to 4-4.5% by July