Important Articles from Indian Express : 15/7/2020

Front Page

• First intel on PLA came mid-April, long before Pangong clash (GS-2)
• As migrant workers returned home, rural data use spiked (GS-2)

Govt & Politics

• HRD Ministry issues guidelines advising states to cap online classes at 3hrs per day(GS-2)

Outbreak

• On long-term side-effects, govt says could issue guidelines (GS-2)
• SC refuses to cap Covid treatment cost at private hospitals (GS-2)
• Kerala study finds major gains from HCQ, azithromycin in first 500 cases (GS-2)
• Railways develops prototype coaches for safe travel (GS-3)

Editorial

• A big plan
• Perfect 100
• Being and nothingness

Ideas Page

• Some unlockdown questions
• Lessons from Covid
• Skill India for Atmanirbhar Bharat

Express Network

• Maldives ex-President Mohamed Nasheed calls for closer ties with India (GS-2)
• Corps Commanders meet goes on for nearly 12 hours (GS-2)
• Govt hikes ex-gratia for kin of deceased MGNREGA workers (Prelims)
• As Iran starts Chabahar-Zahedan railway project, India hints: May join later (GS-2)
• India-EU summit today likely to see political talks on trade, investment (GS-2)

Explained

• How immunity is developed (GS-2)
• Language of Railway stations signboard (Prelims)

World

• US rejects China’s claims in South China sea, draws sharp rebuke from Beijing (GS-2)
• UK excludes Huawei from 5G network role (GS-2)
• UAE sets its sight on Mars, with a spacecraft named Hope (Prelims)

Economy

• PMO meets NITI, FinMin officials; Centre assessing ways to boost non-tax revenues (GS-3)
• Govt considering hike in API import duties (GS-3)
• New SIP registrations jump by 9.13L in June (Prelims – SIP)