Important Articles from Indian Express : 24/6/2020

Front Page

• Consensus on disengagement : Planned in stages in each sector, no timeline yet (GS-2)
• First time after 2001, India cuts Pakistan mission strength by half (GS-2)
• Trump extends ban on H1B, other work visas, tech firm says damaging to US (GS-2)
• Expanding ambit, ICMR says all symptomatic persons may be tested (GS-2)
• Govt procurement portal asks seller to specify country of origin (GS-2)

Outbreak

• Portable ventilators made by AIIMS neurodurgeon goes live (GS-3)

Govt & Politics

• Assured of timely delivery on all military contracts : Rajnath (GS-2)
• In 5 days, over 40000 Chinese searches for vulnerabilities in Indian cyberspace cops (GS-3)

Editorial

• This crisis is different
• The shrinking
• Mumbai Slowdown

Ideas Page

• India, Chin, the red lines
• Securing the future

Explained

• Why has the US accused Air India of unfair practices
• How H1B pause will hit Indians
• Victory Day : Why Russia celebrates WWII triumph on a different day

Economy

• US curbs repatriation flights: Govt says examining American carrier’s requests
• Looking to counter Chinese imports, govt to levy basic custom duty on solar gear (GS-3)
• Govt taking structural reforms to support greenshoots in economy (GS-3)