Today's(December 09, 2021) Important Headlines

Subject	The Hindu	Headlines	Relevance
GS 1 (Water Resources) GS 2 (Inter-State Relations)	1	Nod for Ken-Betwa link project	1. Ken-Betwa link project 2. National Board for Wildlife
GS 2 (India and its Neighbourhood, Bilateral Groupings & Agreements, Groupings & Agreements Involving India and/or Affecting India’s Interests, Global Groupings, Regional Groupings, International Treaties & Agreements)	6	Russia, a legacy relationship with limitations	1. 2+2 meeting between India and Russia 2. Russia, no doubt, is a friend in need to India; but Moscow’s friendship comes with limitations. Elaborate.
GS 3 (Food Security) GS 2 (Government Policies & Interventions) GS 3 (Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Conservation, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA))	6	High LPG prices are scorching the air pollution fight	1. India Residential Energy Survey (IRES) 2020 2. Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) 3. Ujjwala 2.0 scheme
GS 2 (Government Policies & Interventions) GS 3 (Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Conservation, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA))	7	Low tobacco tax, poor health	1. National calamity contingent duty (NCCD) 2. What is compensation cess? 3. The absence of an increase in tax on tobacco products post-GST has impacted revenue and could worsen public health. Explain.
GS 2 (Government Policies & Interventions, Issues Related to Women, Issues Arising Out of Design & Implementation of Policies, Social Empowerment)	10	Bills on ART and surrogacy passed	1. The Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill (ART), 2021 2. Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2020
GS 2 (Bilateral Groupings & Agreements)	11	Scholz vows new beginning for Germany	1. Olaf Scholz 2. Bundestag Lower House 3. Weimar Constitution
GS 3 Growth & Development, Monetary Policy, Banking Sector & NBFCs)	12	Outlook clouded by Omicron, says RBI	Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)
GS 3 Growth & Development, Monetary Policy, Banking Sector & NBFCs)	12	RBI to mop up surplus liquidity as it ‘rebalances’	variable rate reverse repo (VRRR)
GS 2 (Poverty, Issues Related to SCs & STs, Issues Related to Women, Issues Related to Minorities, Human Resource, Inclusive Growth)	Text(01)	Global (and Indian) trends in inequality	1. World Inequality Report 2022 2. MENA (Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region