Today’s (27-04-2022) 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 and time-saving task.

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Today’s (27-04-2022) 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 2	8	Macron’s re-election, a victory with challenges	1. Relevance Of European Union (EU)? 2. How a French presence in the Indo-Pacific has prodded the EU too to shift towards an Indo-Pacific strategy? Discuss.
GS 2 & 3	8	‘Mission Antyodaya’ should not fall by the wayside	1. Q. Know about ‘economic development and social justice’ (Articles 243G and 243W) 2. State Finance Commission (SFC)? 3. SocioEconomic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 4. ‘Mission Antyodaya’ project of the Government of India?
GS 2	9	India as a democratic superpower	Q. Do you think principle before calculation would only enhance India’s standing in the world? Discuss.
GS 2	9	A splintered ‘nerve centre’	1. Integrated Command and Control Centres (ICCCs) 2. Urban Local Bodies(ULBs) 3. Q. Unless the services of the ULB and the people taking them to the residents of a city are “integrated” into ICCCs, they may turn out to be as the images show. Discuss.
GS 2	10	India’s designation by the USCIRF	United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)
GS 3	13	‘India needs a plan so that we are not vulnerable to the splinternet’	Q. India needs a legislative overhaul of the 22-year-old IT Act, stressing the need to ensure that India is not vulnerable to the weaponisation of the Internet. Discuss.
GS 2 & 3	15	‘China has no easy exit strategy from zero-COVID’	What is China’s hardline approach to fight the pandemic?
GS 2	15	U.S. hosts weapons summit as Moscow warns of world war	Q. During Russia-Ukraine War, NATO, in essence, is engaged in a war with Russia. Explain.
GS 3	16	‘CBDT aims to lift tax-GDP ratio to 15-20% from the current 12%’	1. CBDT? 2. Tax-GDP ratio ?