Today’s(08-04-2022) 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(08-04-2022) 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	1	Russia suspended from rights council	1. UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) 2. Q. During the Russia-Ukraine Conflict, if India had chosen any side, it was the side of peace. Elaborate.
GS 2	6	Ukraine and the anatomy of India’s neutrality	Q. Nehru’s axiom continues to guide New Delhi’s approach to conflicts. Elaborate.
GS 2	6	The storyline in the race for the French presidency	Know about the ‘Procedure of Presidency Election in France‘
GS 2 & 3	6	Beyond Border-Gavaskar	India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA)?
GS 2	7	Is India’s position on Russia affecting its relationship with the U.S.?	Q. Will the war in Europe take the USs focus away from the Indo-Pacific and the Quad? Discuss.
GS 3	7	How much more will petrol prices increase in India?	1. Centre’s excise duty vs Value Added Tax (VAT)
GS 3 & GS 4	9	The manacles of caste in sanitation work	Q. In India, sanitation work is caste-ridden and hence, there is an urgent need to dissociate caste from labour. Elaborate,
GS 2 & 3	10	Process initiated to amend criminal laws, Minister tells RS	1. Q. In its 146th report, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs had recommended that there was a need for a comprehensive review of the criminal justice system of the country. Do you think so? Explain. 2. What is the difference between the three criminal laws — IPC, CrPC and the Indian Evidence Act.
GS 3	13	Sri Lanka braces for more shortages	Possible Solutions of immediate recovery of Sri Lanka’s Economy