| Reading between the Lines: 20 June 2024 What you should not miss from The Hindu! | ||
| Page No. | News Heading | Key Concepts |
| Page 1 | Paddy MSP up 5.35% as Centre clears hikes for 14 kharif crops | Basics of Minimum Support Prices |
| Page 4 | India and U.S. work out strategies to scale up collaboration on critical minerals under iCET | Initiative for Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET); What are Critical Minerals? |
| Page 4 | At least nine persons dead after consuming spurious liquor in T.N.’s Kallakurichi | What is spurious liquor or Hooch? |
| Page 5 | CISF yet to get orders for Parliament security | Central Industrial Security Force: structure and mandate |
| Page 5 | NHRC sends notice to Centre over ‘anti-labour practices’ in Haryana | National Human Rights Commission (NHRC): structure and mandate |
| Page 6 | ED arrests man linked to hawala syndicate | Enforcement Directorate (ED) |
| Page 6 | India eyes breakthrough against sickle cell | Sickle Cell Disease |
| Page 6 | PM inaugurates Nalanda University campus in Bihar | Historical Significance of Nalanda
Mains Q. Examine the historical significance of Nalanda in the context of its contributions to ancient education and culture in India. (Answer in 250 words) |
| Page 7 | How will AI that predicts protein structures change the life sciences? | What is AlphaFold recently in news? |
| Page 10 | 170 in $ million approved by ADB to strengthen Indian health system | Asian Development Bank (ADB) |
| Page 10 | On the Hindu Kush Himalayas snow update | Primary reason for the lower persistence in 2024 in Himalaya |
| Page 12 | Need to ask if decline in inequality is a good thing | Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC): organisation and functions |
| Page 12 | Pump price disparity fuels demand for bringing petrol, diesel under GST | Which commodoties are not covered under GST? |
| Page 14 | Ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthis sinks in Red Sea | Houthis rebels; Geography of Red Sea |
| Page 15 | In South China Sea dispute, a bolder Philippines tests Beijing’s resolve | South China Sea Dispute |
| Page 15 | Traffickers make Costa del Sol their Europe hub | Places in news: Costa del Sol |
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Reading between the Lines | The Hindu 20 June 2024
Mains Answer Writing Practice
Topic: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and Agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests (GS Mains Paper 2)
- Examine the historical significance of Nalanda in the context of its contributions to ancient education and culture in India. (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.
Keywords: Basics of Minimum Support Prices upsc; Initiative for Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET) upsc; Critical Minerals upsc; spurious liquor or hooch upsc; Central Industrial Security Force upsc;: structure and mandate, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) upsc: structure and mandate, Enforcement Directorate (ED) upsc; Sickle Cell Disease upsc; Historical Significance of Nalanda upsc; AlphaFold upsc; Asian Development Bank (ADB) upsc; Primary reason for the lower persistence in 2024 in Himalaya upsc; Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) upsc; Which commodoties are not covered under GST upsc; Houthis rebels upsc; Geography of Red Sea upsc; South China Sea Dispute upsc; Places in news: Costa del Sol upsc
