Important Articles from Indian Express : 17/8/2020

Front Page

• Electricity to inter-state transport: Faster growth pick-up where Covid control better (GS-2 /3)
• House panel to ask Facebook to explain ‘inaction’ on hate posts linked… (GS-2/3)
• Will back India against threats on border, says Biden : Harris speaks of Gandhi, Pluralism (GS-2)
• Giant screen to audio consoles at seats, RS ready for new session (GS-2)

Govt & Politics

• Need free speech protection to raise judiciary corruption: Prashant Bhushan (GS-2)

Express Network

• PM Modi has mandated IB to carry on talks, says NSCN-IM (GS-3)
• In less than five months of FY21, NREGA demand at all-time high (GS-2)
• Cloudburst may have set off Idukki landslide : Official (GS-1)

World

• Phone Service begins between UAE and Israel as ties open (Prelims)

Editorial

• A crisis without villains
• For better health
• A Progressive Economic Agenda

Ideas Page

• Getting agri-markets right
• All guilty as charged

Explained

• ‘NEP has scope, flexibility. It is not a straitjacket, one-size-fits-all…’ (GS-2)

Economy

• Lack of specifics on charter, backend tech for faceless assessment could test I-T Dept (GS-2/3)
• Taxpayers need not file big money spends in ITR, data to be collected from third parties (GS-3)