The Hindu Newspaper : Headlines Of The Day – 20/7/2023

Headlines of The Day from The Hindu Newspaper :

Front Page

• 15 Electrocuted at Namami Gange site in Uttarakhand, Dhami announces inquiry
  1. Prelims – Namami Gange Programme

World News

• Putin not to attend BRICS summit, says South Africa
  1. Mains – GS -2 Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.
  2. Prelims -BRICS – BRICS and India – Importance for India
• Millions hit by extreme heat on three continents
  1. Prelims – Heatwaves

National News

• 40% of districts do not have any nursing colleges, Ministry data show
  1. Syllabus – GS -2 Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector or Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.
• India climbs seven points to 80 on Passport Index; Singapore at top position
  1. Prelims – Henley Passport Index
• Complaint on improper use of India
  1. Prelims – Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950
• SC agrees to list pleas to criminalise marital rape before 3-judge Bench
  1. Mains – GS -1 – Social empowerment / GS -2 laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections.
  2. Read about Martial rape section 375 (2)- Need to decriminalize – Issues and challenges in decriminalization – HC verdicts on the issue
• Manufacturing ecosystem for Airbus C-295 aircraft taking shape in India
  1. GS -3 changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth.
• India supports U.N. on Black Sea initiative
  1. Prelims – Black sea grain initiative
• Books at libraries just a click away

Text & context

1. Why are tomato prices still high? (GS-3)
2. What are the takeaways from the NATO summit? (GS-2)

Opinion

1. Online abuse among college students (GS-2/3)

Editorials

1. A job and career right the disabled cannot be denied (GS-2)
2. More than court action, revisit the Indus Waters Treaty (GS-2)
3. Missing numbers(GS-3 / Prelims)