Today’s (29-04-2022) 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 (29-04-2022) 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	Keen on lifting AFSPA from northeast: Modi	Q. Do you think the decades-old problem of violence, and mistrust is being resolved in northeast India & stringent laws like AFSPA should be removed? Discuss.
GS 3	1	5G service roll-out likely in Aug.-Sept.	Q. How much will the commercial rollout of 5G services impact the Indian economy? Discuss.
GS 2	6	Revisiting death penalty jurisprudence	1. Know about ‘Bachan Singh’ Case 2. Know about ”Sedition law (Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code)” 3. Kedar Nath Singh vs State of Bihar (1962) Case 4. Q. In the Indian context, where judgmental error is quite frequent and the quality of adjudication is not ensured, what is required is a judicial abolition of death penalty. Critically Analyse.
GS 2	6	Myanmar’s woes	1. Know about the current political crisis in Myanmar 2. Q. It is not in favour of India that Myanmar has been turned into a divided, impoverished, and rebellious country. Elaborate.
GS 3	7	Are freebies affecting the economic growth of India?	1. Key Recommendations of the 15th Finance Commission? 2. Q. Do you think freebies affect the economic growth of India? Analyse. 3. Q. The issue of unproductive and productive government spending should be looked at urgently as almost two-thirds of the expenditure is revenue expenditure. Discuss.
GS 2	8	‘Russia-Ukraine conflict shows need of self-reliance’	Q. ‘Russia-Ukraine conflict shows need of self-reliance’. Elaborate.
GS 3	12	Centre’s employment survey finds addition of four lakh jobs	Know about Labour and Employment Ministry’s ”Quarterly Employment Survey (QES)”
GS 2	13	Xi’s ‘Global Security Initiative’ looks to counter Quad grouping	Know about ”Global Security Initiative” by Xi Jinping
GS 3	14	‘Coal will be key energy source even in 2040’	Q. Are we heading towards the end when we say ”Coal will be a key energy source even in 2040”? Discuss.