Important Articles from Indian Express : 4/1/2021

Front Page

• Two Covid vaccines get emergency use nod, one in clinical trial mode (GS-2)
• Covaxin back-up, for use if surge, under controls: AIIMS, ICMR heads (GS-2)
• Phase 3 efficacy data is missing, say experts, call for close monitoring (GS-2)
• Eye on China, India looks at lithium reserves in Argentina, Chile and… (GS-2)

Express Network

• Covid-19 vaccine rollout in near future, exact schedule soon: Panel (GS-2)
• Investigators in Covaxin trials say efficacy data not in (GS-2)

Editorial

• Not business as usual
• New India New Dalit
• Turning point

Ideas Page

• The roots of impunity
• Strike against fraternity

Idea Exchange

• Root cause of the problem is surplus foodgrains and higher MSP than the market price (GS-3)

Economy

• Earlier, people could exploit information asymmetry for evasion, now (GS-3)
• After ‘worst year’, airlines await revival; govt to push AI, airports privatisation (GS-3)
• Despite Covid, negative GDP growth, forex reserves soar $103 billion in April-December (GS-3)