Important Articles from Indian Express : 15/12/2020

Front Page

• Govt refines vaccine shortlisting: states told to use district data for under-50s… (GS-2)
• Govt open to talks but not to repeal of laws; farmers hold… (GS-3)

Govt & Politics

• Govt: No winter session due to pandemic, Budget session in January (GS-2)
• Non-Gulf NRIs likely to be first to get postal voting rights (GS-2)
• Ex-diplomats: Justin Trudeau’s protest remarks made to fan flames (GS-2)
• Forces fought PLA with utmost bravery: Rajnath Singh (GS-2)
• High levels of preparation under way on land, sea and air: General Rawat

Express Network

• British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab arrives, to meet Jaishankar today (GS-2)

Editorial

• The Prospects for recovery
• Standards must not be lowered to certify Ayurveda postgraduates surgeons
• Hunger alarm

Ideas Page

• India and a new tech order
• Seeds if a revolution

Express Network

• Alarming trend of very high C-section births, says survey (GS-2)

Explained

• Farm reforms – in India, China (GS-3)

World

• London to be on highest alert as new coronavirus variant identified in UK
• Electors meet to choose Biden as next President

Economy

• Divestment, fiscal deficit, infra push feature in FM meeting with industry (GS-3)
• Nov : Wholesale retail inflation diverge again (GS-3)
• Health data management policy gets nod (GS-2)
• Unpaid bills lead to poor access to electricity & outages: Study (GS-3)