Important Articles from Indian Express : 4/9/2020

Front Page

• Army, IAF chiefs visit forward areas, CDS Rawat warns of two-front threat (GS- 2)
• Default will not result in NPA, penal interest can’t go with moratorium:… (GS- 3)
• 83 lakh new NREGA cards since April, record surge in 7 years (GS-2)
• China Defence Minister seeks Rajnath meet, Jaishankar says talks only option (GS- 2)
• UV lights, Ozone machines: Monsoon Session amid Covid in Maharashtra

Editorial

• Virus alert
• Open campus challenge
• Masking the question
• Science of armour

Ideas Page

• Slipping into negative terrain
• Challenge at home, from abroad

Express Network

• SC quotes RTE Act, no stay on HC order against Andhra govt’s English medium move
• India proposes G-20 principles on cross-border movement
• At 18%, Telangana records highest positivity rate among health staff
• Leh administrative body seeks protection of indigenous rights

Explained

• Explained: Failed Pakistan bid to taint India at UN Security Council
• From billions of yrs ago, lesson on black holes

Economy

• Centre prioritises spending towards farm sector; non-priority areas see cuts
• Sitharaman to lenders: Don’t let Covid distress impact borrowers’ credit scores
• ‘Services sector activity picks up in Aug on easing of lockdown restrictions’