| Reading between the Lines: The Hindu 16 May 2024: What you should not miss! | ||
| Page No. | News Heading | Key Concepts |
| Page 1 | April trade gap hits $19 bn as imports outpace exports | Types of Deficits: Fiscal, Revenue, Primary, Trade, Budgetary and Monetised Deficits |
| Page 4 | Army set to receive next batch of shoulder-fired Igla-S air defence systems | Igla-S very short range air defence systems (VSHORAD) |
| Page 4 | Chabahar will benefit the region, U.S. should not take narrow view: Minister | Location and significance of Chabahar Port |
| Page 4 | Probe agencies must give written grounds of arrest: Supreme Court | Pankaj Bansal judgment |
| Page 10 | Filipino activists sail to disputed shoal guarded by China | Scarborough Shoal |
| Page 12 | With tighter AIF norms, fund managers mull offshore route to invest | Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs): Concepts, Categories and Benefits |
| Page 13 | Spices Board, CODEX discuss ETO limits | Spices Board, CODEX, ethylene oxide (ETO) |
| Page 15 | Failure of DR Congo army leaves civilians at mercy of rebels | March 23 Movement (M23) |
| Page 15 | Climate crisis could force Thailand to move capital | Nusantara |
| Page 6 | Editorial: Social media’s impact on Indian politics | Mains Q. Analyze how the rise of social media as a dominant force in elections, due to traditional media’s failure to credibly frame political issues, impacts reasoned discourse and the overall health of Indian democracy. (Answer in 250 words) |
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Reading between the Lines | The Hindu 16 May 2024
- Keywords: Types of Deficits: Fiscal, Revenue, Primary, Trade, Budgetary and Monetised Deficits upsc, Igla-S very short range air defence systems (VSHORAD) upsc, Chabahar Port upsc, Pankaj Bansal judgment upsc, Scarborough Shoal upsc, Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs): Concepts, Categories and Benefits upsc, Spices Board upsc, CODEX upsc, ethylene oxide (ETO) upsc, March 23 Movement (M23), Nusantara upsc
Mains Answer Writing Practice
Topic: Indian Polity (GS Mains Paper 2)
- Analyze how the rise of social media as a dominant force in elections, due to traditional media’s failure to credibly frame political issues, impacts reasoned discourse and the overall health of Indian democracy. (Answer in 250 words)
Note: The details of the above concepts are provided to the online/offline students of TarunIAS as classroom notes.
