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Governor is the Choke Point of Federal Circuit of India
Act of intimidation(धमकी)
Shujaat Bukhari- editor and founder of Rising Kashmir,
Bold and independent opinions on the conflict in Kashmir and how it should be resolved
Target and the timing of the murder, the attack sends out a chilling(भयानक) message.
Eve of Id-ul-Fitr and in the closing days of the government‟s
Ramzan ceasefire against militant.
This has been a dark week in Jammu and Kashmir
Two security personnel with Bukhari were killed in the attack
Easy to pull Kashmir back into the cycle of violence
Centre and the State, as well as the security forces , would have been prepared for, and they must not allow these provocations to dim the case
Last year of Gauri Lankesh in Karnataka & Santanu Bhowmik in Tripura
Sweet nothing
The bailout package for sugarcane farmers does little to fix structural flaws in the sector
A month after the Centre proposed a special cess under the GST to help alleviate distress
among sugarcane farmers, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved a ₹7•000-
crore package for the sugar sector last week.
This package, with a mix of assured minimum pricing and special incentives for increasing
molasses and ethanol production.
Use excess sugar for the manufacture of alcohol or ethanol
With the record output, sugar prices have dropped
The bailout plan promises to pay ₹29•a kg
Sugar mills say this is below their production cost of ₹35•
But it will not be soon enough to address the present crisis.
Address structural problems and stock-holding interventions
Political game- by-election in Kairana in Uttar Pradesh
Which the BJP lost
Temple and state
England was not a secular country
How the seeds of secularism were sown in India, and why
the state came to play a part in religious institutions
The “Act of Supremacy” enacted in 1534 declared that
monarch was “Supreme Head of the Church of England”
Initially, the East India Company (EIC)
Laws were enacted “general superintendence of all
lands granted for support of mosques & Hindoo temples”
was vested in the colonial government.
Colonial vision of secularism was rejected by India‟s
founding fathers.
Indian political leaders enacted the far-reaching Madras
Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1926, which virtually
took over the management and administration
of Hindu temples in the province.
A spate of lynchings
Prelims Focus Facts-News Analysis
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He was responsible for the attacks on Peshawar school and Malala Yousafzai
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Page-2- Air quality hits hazardous levels in city
Western disturbance to the rescue
Weather likely to improve in north India over the next 24 hours with fresh thundershowers
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Centre allows pulses import despite overflowing godowns
Farmers have been staging protests as domestic prices are falling on the back of a glut last
year and an expected good harvest following a good monsoon
Agreement with Mozambique
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Page-1- U.S. tariff to hit imports from China
U.S. President Donald Trump announced hefty tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese imports
on Friday in a move that looks set to ignite a trade war between the two economies.
China to impose „equal tariffs‟ on U.S. goods
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Majority of Indians in lowest wealth group
Govt. revamps website of „Incredible India‟ – Site drawing visitors from U.S., Russia
„N. Korea no longer a nuclear threat‟
Summit with Kim an interesting and positive experience, says Trump
Downturn in ties with Maldives hits Indians‟ job opportunities
U.S. hopes for disarmament by 2020‟
Hafiz Saeed-backed MML Milli Muslim League (MML) – can‟t contest Pak. elections‟
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