Important Articles from Indian Express : 6/2/2021

Front Page

• 18 months after split, downgrade, 4G mobile Internet back in J&K (GS-3)
• 4G restored: Relief in J-K as traders, hoteliers and teachers welcome govt’s… (GS-3)
• 10.5% growth in 2021-22, will raise CRR in two stages, says RBI (GS-3)
• Expenditure secy: Chose capex over handouts, will trigger growth (GS-3)

City

• Police write to google on Greta’s toolkit probe (GS-3)

In Parliament

• Covid vaccination of those aged over 50 from March (GS-2)

Govt & Politics

• $130 bn to modernise forces in 8 yrs: Rajnath Singh (GS-3)
• VP- Ensure development reaches people quickly

Express Network

• Veil of privacy can be lifted for legitimate state interest: Centre response in Delhi HC (GS-2)

Editorial

• Staying the course
• Mark of a crime

Ideas Page

• The Preface to Reform
• The good budget
• The ghost of ADM jabalpur

Explained

• Square Km Array: what largest telescope will do
• Passports : What Police verify
• What are protest toolkits What did Greta Thunberg share ?

World

• Protests against coup in Myanmar spread despite several arrests
• H-1B visas ” Lottery system to continue until 2021 end

Economy

• Retail investors to get direct access to G-sec market: RBI
• Two pronged CRR hike set to absorb Rs 1.5L cr from banks
• Rather than increased taxes, borrowing to fund Budget stimulus, says Nirmala Sitharaman
• Why has pfizer vaccine application for India been turned down for now?