Today’s (12-03-2022) 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 (12-03-2022) 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	‘Positive shifts’ in talks with Ukraine: Putin	Q. Do you think that the killing of civilians in eastern Ukraine is the immediate reason for Russia’s full-fledged invasion of Ukraine? Discuss.
GS 3	1	Industrial output grows 1.3% in Jan.	1. India’s industrial output 2. Index of Industrial Production(IIP)
GS 2 & GS 3	5	First indigenous COVID drug to be made available soon	1. Vincov-19 2. CSIR-Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB) 3. Q. We need to be ready for the next pandemic which may not take 100 years, by investing in healthcare. Discuss.
GS 2	8	The AAP gale wind that swept through Punjab	Q. What is the ‘Delhi model’ of governance? Should it be implemented countrywide? Discuss.
GS 2 & GS 3	8	Shutdown this misguided energy policy	1. Q. How climate change will increase the risk of nuclear reactor accidents? Explain in detail. 2. Q. The vulnerabilities of nuclear reactors and their high costs are strong reasons why India must cancel its nuclear expansion plans. Discuss.
GS 2	14	U.S., allies to end normal trade ties with Russia	1. Group of Seven (G7) 2. Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR)/MFN? 3. Do you agree that a NATO-Russia confrontation would be tantamount to “World War Three”? Discuss.
GS 3	15	RBI bars Paytm unit from adding new customers	Payments Bank?