Today’s (09-03-2022) Important News Headlines

In this daily series, we bring the Daily Important(Must Read) News Articles for UPSC Current Affairs(Prelims & Mains) Preparation, to make reading newspapers a simple and time-saving task.

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Today’s (09-03-2022) Important News Headlines

”In this daily series, we bring the Daily Important(Must Read) News Articles for UPSC Current Affairs(Prelims & Mains) Preparation, to make reading newspapers a simple, effective and time-saving task. We cover important articles for the GS paper of UPSC prelims along with four general studies papers (GS I, GS II, GS III and GS IV) as per the UPSC Mains syllabus.”

Subject	The Hindu	Headlines	Relevance(Pre & Mains)
GS 2	1	Ukraine drops pitch for NATO	Q. NATO, the transatlantic alliance which was created at the start of the Cold War to protect Europe from the Soviet Union has no relevance today. Discuss.
GS 2	1	Amendments proposed to make land pooling mandatory	1. Key Provisions of the Delhi Development Act, 1957?
GS 1 & GS 2	10	Poignant reflections that stretch a war’s canvas	Q. In War and Peace, Tolstoy had said that ‘the need to seek causes has been put into the soul of man’. Elaborate.
GS 3	10	Revive tax increases, stub out tobacco product use	National Calamity Contingent Duty (NCCD)?
GS 2 & GS 3	10	Global stagflation risk	Q. Discuss the Impact of Crude Price Shocks on India’s Current Account Deficit, Inflation and Fiscal Deficit.
GS 2	10	Clear signals	1. Q. Do you think that U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy is aiming to create “an Indo-Pacific version of NATO”? 2. AUKUS 3. Q. As India and China continue to seek a much-needed modus vivendi to restore ties from the lowest point in decades and ensure peace on the border, they will also need to have a broader conversation about global currents that are reshaping their bilateral relations. Discuss.
GS 2	11	China’s takeaways from the war	1. United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
GS 2	14	Bangladesh, India, Nepal to move ahead on MVA pact	1. Motor Vehicles Agreement (MVA) of the sub-regional Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN)? 2. BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation)
GS 2	Text(01)	The office of the Governor	1. Court’s judgment in the S. R. Bommai case(1994)? 2. Recommendations of Justice R. S. Sarkaria Commission? 3. Key Recommendations of 1st & 2nd Administrative Reform Commission (ARC)? 4. The National Commission (2000)? 5. Punchi Commission? 6. B. P. Singhal Case (2010)?