Today’s(February 19, 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(February 19, 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	The Hindu	Headlines	Relevance(Pre & Mains)
GS 2 & GS 3	5	SC for mediation among States to settle Krishna water dispute	Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal II (KWDT)
GS 3	5	Great Backyard Bird Count begins in Mysuru	1. Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) 2. Gray hern 3. Black-crowned Night-Heron
GS 2 & GS 3	6	India needs a refugee and asylum law	Q. Do you think the right to seek asylum in India should be available to all foreigners irrespective of their nationality, race, religion, or ethnicity? Discuss.
GS 2	6	Revisit the terms of use for this scholastic ABC	1. UGC’s ‘Academic Bank of Credits’ scheme 2. NEP 2020 3. National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL)
GS 2	6	Wrong solution	Dou you think India must address urban-rural disparities, and not use reservation as a panacea? Discuss.
GS 2	6	Foreign quarter	India-Singapore Relations
GS 2	8	Russia welcomes India’s stand on eastern Ukraine situation	Q. Implementation of the Minsk agreements provided a basis for a negotiated and peaceful settlement of the situation in eastern Ukraine. Discuss.
GS 3	10	New gecko from NE gets Army tag	1. Bent-toed gecko(Crytodactylus exercitus)
GS 2 & GS 3	10	Hydrogen policy calls for more incentives: experts	1. ‘Green Hydrogen’ policy? 2. Q. The reality is solar alone cannot be a sole green hydrogen producer as there are certain inherent limitations in power balancing calculations