| Reading between the Lines: The Hindu 1 June 2024: What you should not miss! | ||
| Page No. | News Heading | Key Concepts |
| Page 1 | Heatwave claims at least 61 lives; 21 polling officials among those dead | Heatwaves: Definition, Causes, Areas Affected, Core Heatwave Zone |
| Page 1 | Manufacturing sector’s growth lifts GDP to 8.2% | GDP-Real Vs Nominal, GVA etc. |
| Page 2 | Ahilyabai Holkar was an ideal ruler | Major contributions of Ahilyabai Holkar |
| Page 3 | HC dismisses plea seeking information from SC Collegium | Supreme Court Collegium |
| Page 5 | Railways to construct canopy bridges across track in Assam gibbon habitat | Basics about Hoolock Gibbons, India’s only ape |
| Page 11 | April core sector output rises 6.2% as electricity, steel buoy | What constitutes core sector? |
| Page 11 | Fiscal deficit in FY24 narrowed to 5.6% on better tax mop-up | Types of Deficits: Fiscal, Revenue, Primary, Trade, Budgetary and Monetised Deficits |
| Page 11 | India eyes Mongolia for key minerals to bypass China route | Places in news: Mongolia Map and geographical features |
| Page 11 | RBI’s VRR auction sees huge response yet again | What is variable rate repo (VRR) auction? |
| Page 11 | FPIs raise short exposures on index futures before poll results | Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) vs Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI) |
| Page 12 | Yemen rebels threaten ‘escalation’ as U.S., U.K. strikes allegedly kill 16 | Houthi rebels and other such groups in news from across the world |
| Page 13 | Battered and empty Myanmar town shows price of victory against junta | Arakan Army and other such groups in news from across the world |
| Page 6 | Splash back: Private rocket flights herald prospects more valuable than commercial fortune | Agnibaan Sub Orbital Technology Demonstrator (SOrTeD) |
| Page 6 | Editorial: Heat-baked Chennai can set an example for India | Mains Q. Discuss the causes of Urban Heat Island (UHI) formation and its impact on urban environments. Provide examples and suggest strategies to mitigate the effects of UHI in urban areas. (Answer in 250 words) |
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Reading between the Lines | The Hindu 1 June 2024
Mains Answer Writing Practice
Topic: Salient features of World’s Physical Geography (GS Mains Paper 1)
- Discuss the causes of Urban Heat Island (UHI) formation and its impact on urban environments. Provide examples and suggest strategies to mitigate the effects of UHI in urban areas. (Answer in 250 words)
Note: The details of the above concepts and the Model Answer to the Mains Questions are provided to the online/offline students of TarunIAS as classroom notes.
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