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Today’s (13-04-2022) 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 |
T.H. |
Headlines |
Relevance(Pre & Mains) |
GS 3 | 1 | Sri Lanka announces $51-billion debt default to combat crisis | 1. International Monetary Fund (IMF) 2. Know about political & economical reasons for Sri Lanka’s Current Crisis. |
GS 3 | 1 | Retail inflation nears 7% as food prices pinch | Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation VS Retail Inflation |
GS 3 | 8 | HOPS as a route to universal health care | 1. What do you understand by ”Universal health care (UHC)?” 2. Know about the idea of “healthcare as an optional public service” (HOPS) |
GS 2 | 8 | A merger to better manage the Indian Railways | 1. Know about the new initiative ”Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS)” 2. Know about the idea of ” The Integrated Government Online Training (iGOT)’‘ |
GS 2 | 8 | Disease and the cure | Know about China’s “zero COVID” strategy |
GS 2 | 8 | In the shadow of war | India and the U.S. ‘2+2’ Dialogue 2022 |
GS 1 & 2 | 9 | Branded a criminal for following custom | 1. Know about different tribal groups of Nilgiris 2. The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act? |
GS 3 | 9 | A model struggling to deliver | 1. Know about ”Evidence on Early Childhood Education (ECE)” 2. The National Education Policy (NEP), 2020? 3. Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme? |
GS 2 | 10 | The process of electing India’s President | How is the vote value for each MP/MLA calculated in President’s election? |
GS 1 & 3 | 14 | No El Nino expected, it will be a ‘normal’ monsoon, says Skymet | Know about El Nino & La Nino Phenomena |
GS 2 & 3 | 14 | India likely to miss year’s solar capacity target | Did India achieve the ‘‘2022 target of installing 100 gigawatts (GW) of solar power capacity”? |
GS 2 | 14 | MEA’s inter-ministerial group to focus on South Asia | 1. What is India’s ”Neighbourhood First” policy? 2. SAARC? 3. ASEAN? |
GS 3 | 16 | February industrial output growth inches up to 1.7% | Know about ” Index of Industrial Production (IIP)” |