Front Page
- India needs a Uniform Civil Code, affirms Modi
- Syllabus – GS -2 Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure.
- Read about UCC – DPSP – Need of UCC – Benefits and challenges in implementation
- Last Chinese reporter leaves India after visa extension denied
- Syllabus – GS -2 Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.
- Read about India – China Relationship – Recent issues regarding Visa approval to journalists
- Govt.extendsdeadlinefor Aadhaar-basedpayments forMGNREGStoAugust31
- Syllabus – GS -2 -Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
- Prelims – ABPS
- Mains – MGNREGA – Provisions – Need – Benefits and issues
Business
- Q4 current account deficit narrows to $1.3 billion as trade deficit shrinks
- Prelims – Current and Capital Account
- Risk-based supervision pilot to start July: IRDAI
World
- Russia to transfer Wagner hardware to Army; Prigozhin arrives in Belarus
- Map marking – Belarus
- Netanyahu’s security risks mount as violence spirals in West Bank
- GS -1 World History
- Read about Israel – Palestine issue
- Prelims – Map marking – Israel
- Sri Lanka will not be used as a base against India: Ranil
- GS -2 India and its neighborhood- relations.
- Read about India – Sri Lanka Relationship – Importance of Sri Lanka for India – issues between countries
- Prelims – 13th amendment
News
- 84 serving and retired personnel get awards
- Prelims – Uttam yudh seva medal, Ati vishisht and Param Vishisht seva medal
- Opposition blames Centre’s policies for tomato price rise
- GS -3 – Major crops cropping patterns in various parts of the country, different types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage, transport and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints
- Prelims – TOPS and TOTAL Scheme
- 23 Vande Bharat trains on tracks, but they fail to live up to the promise of speed
- Mains – GS -3 Railways
- Prelims – Vande Bharat Trains
- 2019 MBBS batch will be the first to shift to NExT; mock test to be held on July 28
- Prelims – NeXT
- Modi’s pitch for UCC is on same lines as Centre’s affidavit in Supreme Court
- Syllabus – GS -2 Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure.
- Read about UCC – DPSP – Need of UCC – Benefits and challenges in implementation
- Centre planning new Bill on stray dog issue
- Mains – Issue of stray dogs – laws regarding killing of stray dogs – Ethical issues involved
- Prelims – Rabies Vaccine
- Elections to 10 Rajya Sabha seats on July 24
- Prelims – Election process – Term of RS members
- ‘Sedition law must to retain India’s integrity’
- GS -3 Internal Security
- Read about Sedition law its provisions – issues and need
- Centre allows Aadhaar authentication for birth, death filing
- Prelims – Aadhar authenitcation – Features – services where authenitcation is allowed
Text & Context
Opinion
Editorial
- Tracing the arc of American ‘exception-ism’ for India (GS -2 )
- Pay heed to a resurgence in militancy in Rajouri-Poonch (GS -3)
- Strategic high: on India-U.S. ties and strategic cooperation (GS -2 )
- Spring cleaning (GS -2 )
News
- Seven products from U.P. get GI tag (Prelims)