Important Articles from Hindu with Analysis

Front page

1. We’ll meet your oil needs: Saudi Arabia (GS-2 Bilateral Relationship)

Important Points

• Ties with Delhi a strategic priority for Riyadh
• Saudi Arabia stands committed to meeting all of India’s energy needs, especially in oil
• Increase in investment in India
• The ongoing belief that the rise of electric vehicles would mean the decline of oil missed the reality of the situation
• Conventional vehicles, still represented 99.8% of all vehicles in the world. Electric vehicles are in the passenger vehicle segment, which accounts for only a quarter of oil demand.
• “The majority of oil demand comes from sectors like heavy vehicles and commercial vehicles, and this demand will remain for a long time to come,”
• Research about India Saudi Relationship

2.Pollution forecast system unveiled (GS -3 Environment Pollution)

Important Points

• Pollution forecast system that can alert, three days in advance, about the likelihood of extreme pollution events and dust storms
• Available to the public via the CPCB and the Environment Pollution Control Authority
• The National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, the IMD and the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune

‘12 courts set up to try MPs and MLAs’ (GS -2 Judiciary)

Life

4. Hawking’s book warns about superhumans

‘Climate change brews trouble for beer lovers’ (GS -1 Climate Change / GS -3 Environment)

Business

• RBI to buy $120bn G-secs under OMO
• Data diktat: 15 players fail to comply (GS -2 Governance / GS -3 Cybersecurity)
• Trade deficit shrinks to 5-month low (GS -3 Indian Economy)
• Higher food prices drive wholesale inflation to 5.13% (GS -3 Indian Economy)
• Rupee slides on rising crude prices (GS -3 Indian Economy)

World Page

• Wickremesinghe to meet Modi (GS -2 Bilateral Relationship)
• Yameen blames defeat on ‘disappearing ink’

News page

• India, France in talks to conduct tri-service exercise (GS -2 Bilateral Relationship)
• Ahead of climate talks, India in touch with 40 countries ( GS -3 Environment)
• Sorry, but it’s a working day, says judge (GS -2 Judiciary)

OPED

• Falling short on most counts (GS -2 Health)
• Hamstringing the RTI Act (GS -2 RTI Act)
• Taking #MeToo to the subaltern

Editorial page

• Not just liquidity (GS -3 Indian Economy)
• Decoding the Rafale controversy
• Castles in the air (GS -1 Urbanization)

Nation page

• Toiling for generations but not farmers yet (GS -3 Agriculture)