18 May 2016 important articles to read from newspaper for UPSC exam preparation

Note: click on the headline to read that particular article in official website – (The Hindu)

FRONT PAGE

1.      Geospatial Bill: India upset as Pak. moves UN

2.    Centre plans to auction surplus land to industry

3.    Muslim group names scholarship after Modi

NATIONAL

1.      Publish report on coastal management, orders CIC

2.    ‘No profiteering at the cost of farmer’

3.    Centre for fixed tariffs, digital meters for city cabs

4.    NAAC new ranking system from July 1

INTERNATIONAL

1.      ‘Ties with both India and Pak. are vital’

2.    Sykes-Picot pact haunts efforts to end Syrian civil war

OPINION

1.      Decisions of the people, by the people, for the people

2.    Losing the neighbourhood

3.    The ghosts of Sykes-Picot

BUSINESS / ECONOMY

1.      India suffers from huge gender pay gap, says report

2.    Now, a ‘tatkal’ system to expedite patent examination

3.    Government eyeing a modest transfer fee for M&As in mining

4.    N.K. Singh to head panel to review FRBM Act

5.     Members for NPA panel hard to come by

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1.      Biodiversity protects fish from global warming

2.    Google wants new emojis to represent professional women 

OTHER MISCELLANEOUS NEWS

1.      ‘Indian companies reworking appraisal system for right talent’