# ECONOMY 10 public sector banks to be merged pg – 01 GDP growth down to 6-year low in Q1 pg – 01 PNB gets lion’s share of recapitalisation pg – 15 Can 10 ‘weak’ banks together create four large, strong banks? pg – 15 ‘Reform measures for banks already kickstarted’ pg – 15 # …
# ENVIRONMENT AND BIODIVERSITY Govt plans drive to restrict plastic use pg – 17 Australia downgrades Great Barrier Reef to ‘very poor’ status pg – 16 # SOCIAL ISSUES Maharashtra govt schools for tribals to turn English medium pg – 12 # INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS UK joins France, Germany to express concern over South China …
# ECONOMY Lack of demand is hobbling the economy’s animal spirit, says RBI Pg – 01 Digital media firms say FDI norms are ‘restrictive’ Pg – 13 Bank frauds rise 74%, says RBI Pg – 15 How the RBI ended 2018-19 with an over Rs 1.23 lakh crore surplus Pg – 15 ‘Total privatisation of …
# WORLD GEOGRAPHY The fire is coming closer and closer Pg – 17 # EXPLAINED How police rate Muslims and migrants with crime Pg – 16 What a skull tells us about human evolution Pg – 16 E- cigarette ban Pg – 16 Monarchy to long term CM to instability Pg – 09 # SOCIAL …
# INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Payment issues on S-400 deal resolved Pg – 12 One country, two systems’ and many problems Pg – 14 # ECONOMY Cabinet eases rules for FDI in retail, media Pg – 01 Nod for sugar export subsidy Pg – 15 Producers welcome decision Pg – 15 China eases drug import restrictions …
# INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS World has changed, but India – Russia ties remain constant: Jaishankar Pg – 09 NSA – level meet today, France keen to sell second batch of 36 rafales Pg – 09 # ECONOMY Rs 7.3L cr in CGRA account can’t be transferred to …
# ECONOMY Jalan panel for periodic review Pg – 01 New guidelines are in for e-tailers Pg – 09 BS-VI will cost more as oil companies plan to hike prices from April 2020 Pg – 16 ‘Review capital framework every 5 years’ Pg – 16 FDI: Cabinet may consider easing norms Pg – …
# GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT & DISASTER MANAGEMENT In hot, humid Andhra town, solar energy slashes power bills; govt offices.schools, colleges line up Pg – 05 Flood –hit Kerala starts survey to map out danger zones Pg – 10 # POLITY & GOVERNANCE How NRC intersects with existing citizenship determination process Pg – 11 # …
# INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS PM rejects scope for third party mediation in Kashmir Pg – 01 # ECONOMY RBI showers Rs. 1.76 lakh crore bonanza on government Pg – 01 Cyclical, structural issues will take time to fade away: analysis Pg – 15 Exchange rate driven by capital flows, says RBI Pg – 15 Upfront capital …
# GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT & DISASTER MANAGEMENT Capital to get ‘working plan’ for upkeep of its forests Pg – 05 Indonesia unveils site of its new capital on Borneo island Pg – 15 # ECONOMY RBI dips onto its reserves to transfer record Rs. 1.76 lakh crore to govt. Pg – 01 India wants to up …
