Important Articles from Indian Express : 18/8/2020

Front Page

• Eye on China, DoT to direct full network audit by telcos (GS-2/3)
• India, Nepal talk projects on river from Kalapani (GS-2)
• Indian Embassy in Moscow in touch with developer of Russian Covid-19 vaccine… (GS-2)
• Pandit Jasraj (1930-2020): From up among the pantheon, he brought classical music to everyone (GS-1)

Govt & Politics

• Punjab farm power subsidy benefits big farmers more (GS-3)
• Need to consider larger points : SC on 2009 case against Bhushan, Tejpal (GS-2)

Express Network

• 51.5 % in high -incidence areas have antibodies : Pune Survey (GS-2)

Editorial

• Striking too hard (GS-2)
• Building post covid society (GS-2)
• Make it less Taxing (GS-3)

Ideas Page

• India, Pakistan and Arab sovereignty (GS-2)
• Own the disruption

Express Network

• ED books Chinese national for ‘Rs 1,000 crore hawala racket’ (GS-3)

Explained

• Barrage across Narmada: promise of sweet water, worries about hilsa
• Can recovered covid patient be re-infected? (GS-2)

World

• As pressure mount, Lukashenko says he is ready to share power (Map marking)

Economy

• Economists average around 20% contraction in June qtr GDP; informal, small-scale, agri may broaden impact (GS-3)
• Eyeing liquidity, govt extends partial credit guarantee scheme 2.0 by 3 months to Nov 19 (GS-3)
• Challenges to govt’s target to raise bio-ethanol blending of petrol (GS-3)