Today’s (07-05-2022) 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(UPSC Pre & Mains |
GS 2 & 3 | 1 | Gotabaya declares Emergency yet again | Know about the Impact of the political-economical crisis in Sri Lanka on India. |
GS 3 | 1 | COVID holds up Hangzhou Asian Games | 1. Know the history of Asian games. 2. Impact of Covid 19 on sporting culture worldwide? |
GS 3 | 6 | In rising heat, the cry of the wilting outdoor worker | Q. How to deal with the intensity and frequency of heatwaves that have soared in South Asia and are set to worsen in the years ahead? Discuss. Q. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions exacerbate temperatures in the oceans, leading to soaring temperatures. Elaborate. |
GS 2 | 6 | A new track for capital punishment jurisprudence | 1. Bachan Singh vs State of Punjab (1980) 2. Rajendra Pralhadrao Wasnik vs The State of Maharashtra (2018) 3. Manoj & Ors vs State of Madhya Pradesh (2022) |
GS 2 & 3 | 6 | Overcoming differences | 1. India-Europe Relations 2. Food and Agriculture Resilience Mission (FARM) 3. India-EU FTA |
GS 3 | 9 | ‘Fertility rate falls further, obesity rises’ | NFHS-5 |
GS 2 | 11 | ‘U.S. intel helped Ukraine sink Moskva’ | Q. How Russia-Ukraine/US Crisis could change the rule based world order to ruleless world order? Discuss. |
GS 2 | 11 | Chinese jets breach Taiwan air defence zone | Q. Taiwan, the island nation is a sovereign nation and not part of Chinese territory, yet China can attack Taiwan anytime for capturing it. In that situation what should India do? |