Today’s(February 14, 2022) Important News Headlines
In this daily series, we bring the Daily Important 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(P & M) |
| GS 2 | 1 | India non-committal on funding curbs on U.K. NGOs | 1. Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) |
| GS 2 | 1 | Chandernagore’s French heritage awaits facelift | 1. Indo-French heritage structures |
| GS 3 | 6 | In Uttar Pradesh, the crux of welfare politics | 1. Direct Benefit Transfers (DBTs 2. Jan Dhan-Aadhaar Mobile (JAM) 3. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman (PM Kisan) Nidhi (Yojana) 4. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) 5. PM Kisan Samman Nidhi |
| GS 2 & GS 3 | 6 | A dipping graph in occupational safety and health | 1. occupational safety and health (OSH) 2. Factory Advice and Labour Institutes (DGFASLI) 3. International Labour Organization (ILO) 4. Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (C160) |
| GS 3 | 6 | A faltering recovery | Index of Industrial Production |
| GS 2 & GS 3 | 7 | The era of combative federalism | 1. Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act. 2. National Investigation Agency (NIA) 3. Enforcement Directorate (ED) |
| GS 2 | 7 | India’s semiconductor dream | 1. China-U.S. trade war 2. ATMP (Assembly, Testing, Marking, and Packaging) |
| GS 3 | 8 | Centre readies for LIC listing, to offload 5% stake in insurer | Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) |
| GS 3 | 8 | A yogi behind former NSE MD’s orders: SEBI | 1. SEBI |
| GS 3 | 10 | ‘Investors don’t dispute taxability of profits from crypto assets’ | 1. Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) 2. Crypto assets 3. Retrospective effect of tax? |
The Indian Express |
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| GS 2 | 10 | Friendly Pitch | Q. How China’s quest for dominance, commercial interests and deepening diasporic links are bringing India and Australia closer? |
| GS 2 | 10 | Dealing with China | Q. While jingoism has its place in politics, we must be realistic enough to understand that neither conquest nor re-conquest of territory is possible in nuclearised south Asia. |
| GS 2 | 13 | Issues in UCC | What the Constitution says about Uniform Civil Code? |
| GS 3 | 13 | Function & Significance… | ISRO’s EOS-04 Satellite |
