Important Articles from Indian Express: 2/7/2020

Front Page

• Chinese firms barred from road projects, investing in MSMEs (GS-2)
• LAC stalemate : More meetings needed Rajnath Army chief in Ladakh tomorrow (GS-2)
• US backs app ban; China chill prompts pushback elsewhere too (GS-2)

Govt & Politics

• Only 13% of allocated free food grain handed out to returning migrant workers, reveals govt (GS-2/3)

Outbreak

• Corporate sector queues up as pvt labs begin ELISA tests for antibodies (GS-2)
• Some states using test labs at sub optimal level (GS-2)

Express Network

• Now, a Covid hurdle in bullet train tracks (GS-3)
• Nepal PM Oli softens stance, but pressure to quit mounts (GS-2)
• 2nd blast in 2 months at govt thermal plant in TN (GS-3)
• Nine linked to Khalistani groups get ‘terrorist’ tag (GS-2)
• China blocks Indian media websites, INS seeks govt action (GS-2)
• After banning Chinese apps, India raises Hong Kong at UN (GS-2)
• Assam floods: Seven more die, nearly 15 lakh affected (Prelims)

Editorial

• Horsemen of Apocalypse
• The Grain mountain
• Oli’s bluster

Ideas Page

• Ayurveda deserves better
• It shouldn’t take a pandemic
• Unlock the house

Explained

• Why Huawei, ZTE are threats

World

• Over 300 arrested in Hong Kong’s first protest under new security law

Economy

• Down 41% in Apr – June GST mop up takes a lock down hit (GS-3)
• Rising costs of raw materials from China : NPPA to allow pharma companies to raise heparin price by 50% (GS-2)
• Collection is down due to levies lower than revenue neutral rate, wrong to infer revenue has declined due to GST (GS-3)
• World Bank togive $750mn funding to support MSMEs
• RBI unviels liquidity scheme for NBFC’s HFCs (GS-3)