Category: POINT IAS

Mains’19 – Unlawful Activities Prevention Act

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/sacrificing-liberty-for-national-security/article29213720.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/petition-filed-in-sc-against-uapa-act/article29120929.ece https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/guilt-by-association-and-insinuation/article24988742.ece https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/bhima-koregaon-and-the-fault-in-our-laws/article24305910.ece

Mains’19 – India’s Nuclear History

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/unclear-doctrine/article29127566.ece https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/an-intervention-that-leads-to-more-questions/article29127586.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/no-first-use-nuclear-policy-depends-on-circumstances-rajnath-singh/article29109149.ece https://thediplomat.com/2018/05/20-years-after-pokhran-ii-have-nuclear-weapons-made-india-more-secure/ https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/how-pokhran-nuclear-tests-1998-happened-5172010/ https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/pokhran-nuclear-tests-two-decades-later-5172022/

Mains’19 – Transgender Rights

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/govt-making-rules-for-us-without-us-transgenders/article29104679.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/kochi-metro-works-to-bridge-transgender-gap/article25413989.ece https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/rights-revised/article25783926.ece https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/against-the-mandate-for-inclusion/article25791080.ece https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a-law-that-defeats-its-purpose/article25854190.ece

Mains’19 – Water Scarcity

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/pipe-dreams-for-water-transfer/article28984775.ece https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/rethinking-water-governance-strategies/article28984738.ece https://www.pressreader.com/india/the-hindu/20190122/282570199297338 https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/india-stares-at-water-scarcity/article26063544.ece https://pointias443387146.wordpress.com/water-scarcity/ https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/scientists-create-a-global-map-of-where-groundwater-meets-oceans/article27697520.ece https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/we-havent-allowed-sub-soil-water-to-recharge-this-is-insurance-water-shashi-shekhar/article28294103.ece https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/scaled-up-solutions-for-a-future-of-water-scarcity/article24576861.ece https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/groundwater-depletion-alarming-in-northwest-central-india/article25463716.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/come-june-industries-must-pay-for-using-groundwater/article25736064.ece https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/water-woes/article25814399.ece

Mains’19 – Functioning of the Parliament.

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/deliberate-dont-disrupt/article29086823.ece http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/stress-and-disorder-are-increasing-in-parliament/article24028526.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/venkaiah-presents-report-to-people/article26261406.ece https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-imprint-of-a-state-juggernaut/article28984796.ece

Mains’19 – Kulbhushan Jadhav Case.

  https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/not-the-final-word-from-islamabad-and-delhi/article28968924.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/icj-to-deliver-verdict-on-kulbhushan-jadhav/article28494306.ece https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/takeaways-from-the-kulbhushan-jadhav-case-ruling/article28524139.ece https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/a-reprieve-on-the-kulbhushan-jadhav-case/article28563907.ece

Mains’19 – Amendments to RTI Act.

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/incisive-interventions-that-blunt-the-rtis-edge/article28968907.ece https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/muzzling-information/article24513976.ece https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/has-the-right-to-information-act-been-weakened/article24523104.ece https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/hamstringing-the-rti-act/article25230039.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/if-you-strengthen-the-cic-you-strengthen-rti-central-information-commissioner-sridhar-acharyulu/article25527757.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/furore-over-rbi-defaulter-list-lingers/article25551518.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/we-werent-consulted-on-rti-act-amendments-cic/article25570252.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rti-request-to-see-rti-amendment-bill-denied/article25581108.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/protest-against-non-appointment-of-information-commissioners/article25837842.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sudhir-bhargava-new-chief-information-commissioner-govt-appoints-four-information-commissioners/article25869926.ece

Mains’19 – Important Issues

What is the ‘Indian Ocean Dipole’ – https://www.skymetweather.com/content/weather-faqs/what-is-indian-ocean-dipole-iod/ Golan Heights dispute – https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/playing-politics-over-the-golan-heights/article26773839.ece Finance Act – https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/trickeries-of-the-money-bill/article26799226.ece Solar e-waste – https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/india-stares-at-pile-of-solar-e-waste/article26809672.ece Investigative Journalism – https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/a-boost-to-true-investigative-journalism-former-cji-rm-lodha/article26831428.ece Defence preparedness – https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a-tale-of-two-manifestos/article26836896.ece Pluto not being a planet – https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/celestial-misfit/article24980187.ece Article 35A – https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article-35a-and-the-basic-structure/article24786741.ece Importance of grasslands – https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/the-fall-of-a-florican/article24770263.ece Significance of Eastern Ghats – https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/the-eastern-ghats/article19841986.ece Disturbance in Libya – … Continue reading Mains’19 – Important Issues