Today’s (20-04-2022) 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 (20-04-2022) 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	6	Revisiting India’s federalist ethos	Key Recommendations of the Sarkaria Commission?
GS 3	6	An honest reckoning	WHO-India dispute?
GS 3	7	Demolition drives violate international law	1. Uttar Pradesh Recovery of Damages to Public and Private Property Act, 2020 2. Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 3. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 4. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) 5. Know about Important Cases: Bachan Singh vs State of Punjab Vishaka vs State of Rajasthan Puttaswamy vs Union of India
GS 3	7	Time to set price distortions right	Q. Government jobs are a mirage and only private investments can create jobs for our young generation. Discuss.
GS 3	10	Tie-up between Indian, foreign varsities simplified	1. National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) 2. Q. World University or Times Higher Education rankings? 3. University Grants Commission (Promotion and Maintenance of Standards of Academic Collaboration between Indian and Foreign Educational Institutions)
GS 1 & 2	13	China, Solomon Islands sign landmark security agreement	Know about Solomon Islands
GS 3	14	IMF cuts India forecast to 8.2% on war	1. The global impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? 2. IMF
GS 3	14	Domestic financial conditions to tighten in coming months: Crisil	1. Financial Conditions Index (FCI) ? 2. Q. Rising external shocks, coupled with greater domestic vulnerability, could increase capital outflows from the Indian markets. Discuss.
GS 2 & 3	14	‘OPEC’s share of oil imports steadies after six-year slump’	Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)