MARCH -2017
INDIAN POLITY
1. SC's clarification on Aadhaar gives space for reforms
Supreme Court ruling
1.1 Aadhaar now needed for
1.2 Benefits that would accrue due to government stand
1.3 Criticisms
2. Appointment of Lokpal
Why in news?
3. Supreme Court bans sale of BS-III vehicles
Supreme Court Ruling
Views of Manufacturers
How BS-IV engines cut emissions drastically
4. Ban on liquor shops around Highways
Supreme Court ruling
States’ views
5. India-U.S. civil nuclear pact
6. Funding Regulations-Cloak of invisibility
Amendments proposed in Companies Act, 2013
Impacts
7. Plea to bar convicts from politics
Why in news?
8. PROBLEM WITH EVMS
Why in news?
Reliability of EVM’s
Standard operating procedure
About Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT)
9. River as a being
Why in news?
Need For Such Action
Poses certain questions
10. Office-of-profit
Background
ECONOMICS
1. CENTRE MAY EXPAND SOCIAL SECURITY NET
Note: GS-3 Social Security scheme for the unorganized sector
2. THE FINANCE BILL, 2017: THE FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCES OF A LOK SABHA MAJORITY
3. A TIMELY STEP: STATE-OWNED BANKS SHOULD ADDRESS THEIR NPAS
State-owned banks, told to submit turnaround plans, should strive to address their NPAs
4. BIODIESEL BODY CALLS FOR LOWER STATE TAXES
Biodiesel consumption in India
Benefits of biodiesel
5. REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY SCHEME
Problems with RCS scheme
All about RCS
The G-60
Breakeven crucial for continuity
6. POWER LOSSES: TECHNOLOGY TO THE RESCUE
Detecting imbalances
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
1. Human rights in Sri Lanka
Notes from Geneva
Other issues missed
Sri Lanka’s Civil Rights Movement-Changing Paradigms
2. India hopes Bhutan will ratify vehicles pact
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1. Early shift to renewable needed to save climate: IRENA
Decarburization Facts
2. Gravitational waves
Hubble images provided the first clue of the phenonomenon
Bright quasar
3. Environment Ministry official to chair animal welfare board
Centre’s upper hand
4. Sharp rise in forest fires as summer advances in Odisha
Operating procedure
5. Private weather forecaster sees below normal monsoon
6. A new frontier for TB diagnosis
7. Delhi Police to launch app to track public vehicles
Safety of women
8. Dhruv
HEALTH & EDUCATION
1. New Bill on mental illness termed progressive
Provisions of the bill
Analysis
Some more issues
2. TB vaccine trial on adults begins in June
3. Drug-resistant TB a concern
About TB
National plan
4. India to redefine blindness to meet WHO stipulation
5. The mistrust of science
Despite assurances that it is safe, the India-based Neutrino Observatory project continues to hit roadblocks
What is the issue?
What NGT says?
About India-Based Neutrino Observatory (INO)
MISCELLANEOUS
1. Beach fest for differently abled from March 31
2. SBI to give banking services through SHGs
Odisha becomes first to adopt model
Corporate agent
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