Headlines of The Day from The Hindu Newspaper :
Front Page
- India gets new Parliament House; PM says it’s symbol of aspirations
- Prelims – Current events of national and international importance
- Article is not very important for the exam but do read about Old Parliament building, Imperial Legislative Council, Chausath Yogini Temples, Karana Mudra
- 40 extremists killed in encounters with security forces: Manipur CM
- Syllabus : Internal Security
- Article is not important but should know about the issue happening in Manipur also read about Article 356
- Recep Tayyip Erdogan returns to the helm in Turkey after winning run-off
- Syllabus GS -2 – Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.
- Read about India – Turkey Relationship for Mains and do map marking of Turkey (Neighborhood countries important sea, oceans and canals around Turkey)
Science
- Antarctic alarm bells over slowing down of ‘overturning circulation’
- Syllabus : GS-1 Geography
- Read about importance of Antarctica and impact on Global Climate
- Gravitational waves: Ripples in space-time produced by the universe’s celestial phenomena
- Syllabus : Science and Technology
- Read about Gravitational Waves Importance and LIGO and VIRGO
World
- Biden, Republicans arrive at last minute agreement to raise U.S. debt ceiling
- Syllabus – GS- 2 Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.
- Read about debt ceiling
News
- India sees reduction in stunting; but wasting, obesity are concerns: report
- Syllabus : GS-1 / GS-3 Poverty and Developmental issues / Poverty and Hunger
- Prelims – Joint Malnutrition Report is released by UNICEF, WHO and the World Bank.
- Mains : Details of the report which you can quote in mains answers
- ‘From prevalence in eight States in 2001, dengue now a nationwide infection’
- Syllabus GS-2 / Prelims Health
- Read about Dengue the mosquito which spreads it, How can dengue transmission be curtailed , Other vector borne diseases
- Delhi HC sets up panel to implement Centre’s rare diseases policy
- Syllabus : GS- 2 Health
- Read about Rare diseases, National Rare diseases policy
- A Foucault pendulum swings inside the new Parliament
- Prelims – Geography / General Science
- Read about Foucault Pendulum
Text & Context
- Why is the 1.5 degree Celsius target critical?
- Syllabus GS-1 / GS -3 – changes in critical geographical features (including waterbodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes / Environment
Opinion
- Menstrual health is a public health issue (GS-1)
- Most soldiers killed in action during UN missions were Indian (GS-2)
- Kudumbashree is at a crossroads (Prelims – Kudumbashree)
Editorial