| Subject | The Hindu | Headlines | Relevance(P & M) |
| GS 3 (Statutory Bodies) |
1 | CCI freezes Amazon-Future deal, slaps ₹200 crore fine on U.S. firm | 1. Competition Commission of India (CCI) 2. E-commerce |
| GS 1 (Culture) GS 2 (Govt. Policy and Intervention) |
1 | Tamil Thai Vaazhthu declared T.N. State song | Tamil Thai Vaazhthu |
| GS 2 (Indian Economy- Issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.) |
6 | The challenge of achieving 9.5% growth rate | 1. National Statistical Office (NSO) 2. gross value added (GVA) 3. private final consumption expenditure (PFCE) 4. Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana 5. IIP 6. gross tax revenues (GTR) |
| GS 2 (Groupings & Agreements Involving India and/or Affecting India’s Interests, Agricultural Pricing) |
6 | For an honest broker | 1. Russia, India and China (RIC) 2. multilateral summits (BRICS, SCO, G-20, etc.) |
| GS 2 (Government Policies & Interventions, Welfare Schemes) |
6 | For disabled citizens to have the police they deserve | 1. Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 2. ICT |
| GS 2 (Government Policies & Interventions, Welfare Schemes) |
7 | Sowing the seeds of a disaster | Any policy shift to ‘organic only’ agriculture in India could severely impact India’s food security, with farmers angry, it could also have a considerable political cost for the ruling party. Explain. 2. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) |
| GS 1 (Culture) |
9 | Kovind inaugurates Kalibari temple in Dhaka | 1. Kalibari temple |
| GS 2 (Government Policies & Interventions) GS 3 (Growth & Development, Security Challenges & their Management in Border Areas) |
9 | France ready to supply more Rafale jets | Q. Indo-Pacific is a very wide area and the political focus is more on the eastern part of this large area due to the tensions in relations with China. But Indo-Pacific is also made of the Indian Ocean. And there is no doubt that India is the centre of this area. Discuss. |
| GS 2 (Judiciary) |
8 | 52 habeas corpus pleas pending in SC | habeas corpus |
| GS 2 (Government Policies & Interventions) GS 3 (Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Conservation, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)) |
10 | Ecologists oppose changes to Biological Diversity Act, 2002 | 1. Biological Diversity Act, 2002 2. Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE) |
| GS 2 (India and its Neighbourhood, International Treaties & Agreements) |
11 | ‘Radical change is needed in the mindset and governance of Hong Kong’ | 1. Singapore model 2. Electoral System Overhaul in Hong Kong |
Today’s(December 18, 2021) Important Headlines
