The Hindu Newspaper : Headlines Of The Day – 20/6/2023

Business

• FM calls for efforts to push farmers to cultivate millets
  1. Syllabus – GS -3 Major crops cropping patterns in various parts of the country, different types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage, transport and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints; e-technology in the aid of farmers.
  2. Read about Millets – issues in cultivating the crop-Benefits and scope
• Withdrawal of duty benefit scheme by U.K. may impact labour-reliant export sectors
  1. Prelims – Generalised scheme of preference

World

• Xi meets Blinken as China, U.S. agree to ‘stabilise’ relations amid tensions
  1. Syllabus – GS -2 Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.
• UN slams ‘gender apartheid’ in Kabul
  1. Prelims – Gender Apartheid

News

• Ladakh leaders meet Union Minister, demand statehood
  1. Prelims – Sixth Schedule
  2. Mains : Constitutional provisions regarding creation of a new state
• Senior IPS officer Ravi Sinha appointed next chief of RAW
  1. Prelims – RAW
• Punjab government to amend Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925; creates a furore
  1. Prelims – Gurbani – Sikh Gurudwara Act 1925- Pre independence history of the act
• ‘President’s rule is the last option in Manipur; govt. will wait and watch’
  1. GS-2 Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure.
  2. Mains : Presidents Rule – Need – challenges
• Gandhi Prize is a great honour, says Gita Press, declines cash award
  1. Prelims – Gandhi Prize
• Uniform Civil Code part of Directive Principles of State Policy, says Rajnath Singh
  1. Syllabus – GS -2 Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure.
  2. Mains – UCC and related topics
• Uniform Civil Code against spirit of Constitution: Muslim bodies
• UN rights chief seeks to establish presence in China and India
  1. Prelims – UNHRC
• Modi, Biden to discuss issues relevant to India, says MEA
  1. Syllabus – GS- 2 Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.
  2. Mains – India – US relationship
• India gifts INS Kirpan to Vietnam, focuses on enhancing defence relations, security
  1. GS -2 Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.
  2. Mains – India – Vietnam Relationship

Text & Context

1. Phonons on the chopping block: Are ‘sound particles’ quantum too? (GS-3)

Opinion

1. A summit with substance (GS-2)

Editorial

1. A rising India, in waltz dance steps with the U.S. (GS-2)
2. Refugees as assets to their new countries (GS-2)
3. Safety first (GS-2)
4. Grassroots peace (GS-2/3)

States

• Archaeologist finds Mesolithic-era rock painting in Guntur
  1. Prelims – Important Rock paintings