The Hindu Newspaper : Headlines Of The Day – 30 and 31/7/2023

Headlines of The Day from The Hindu Newspaper :

Front Page

• Ministry Over 6,253 cases of manual scavenging
  1. GS -1 Social issues
  2. Read about Manual Scavenging – Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013  – Why is it still prevalent in India – Solutions

Science

• Cell-free DNA promises to transform how we find diseases in advance
  1. GS -3 Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nano-technology, bio-technology
  2. Prelims – Read about Cell free DNA – Uses

World

• African leaders leave Russia summit without grain deal
  1. GS -2 Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.
  2. Prelims –  U.N. World Food Program, Black sea Grain initiative
  3. Read about Effects of Russia ban on India
• Decoupling from China is merely ‘an illusion’, says French Finance Minister
  1. GS -2 Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.
• Joining China BRI was an atrocious act: Italy Minister
  1. GS -2 Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.
  2. Read about BRI – India’s stand on BRI- issues with BRI

News

• PSLV puts 7 satellites in orbit; four more missions this year
  1. GS -3 Space
  2. Prelims – NSIL and PSLV
• Semiconductor mission not limited to domestic demand: Jaishankar
  1. GS -3  indigenization of technology and developing new technology.
  2. Read about Semiconductor mission – Geopolitical importance of the mission – Benefits – Challenges
• Unused UDAN routes will be up for re-bidding: Scindia
  1. GS -2/3 Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
  2. Read about Udaan scheme – Need and challenges in its implementation
• Despite age ratings, film ‘censorship’ continues to stay
  1. Prelims – Key provisions of Cinematograph bill
• PM hails fight against drugs, says a record 10 lakh kg destroyed
  1. GS -3 Security challenges and their management in border areas; linkages of organized crime with terrorism.
  2. Read about Illegal Drug trade in India and its social impact – Laws – Solutions
• India deploys to Dornier, C-130 aircraft at Australia’s Cocos Islands
  1. Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.
  2. Prelims – Coco Island Map marking
  3. Read about India – Australia relationship
• Railways to study route viability for introducing Vande Bharat trains
  1. Prelims – Vande Bharat Trains
• ‘Location sharing’ as a condition for bail: a look into two Supreme Court orders just a week apart

Text & Context

1. States’ lax response to lynching (GS-1/2)
2. What is Sam Altman’s biometric project? (Prelims)

Opinion

1. A crisis of academic ethics in India (GS-2/4)
2. Hurdles to overcome before becoming ‘Digital India’ (GS-2)

Editorial

1. On merits (GS-2)
2. Rap on the knuckles (GS-1/2)