21 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.      Is this is the last Yamuna plan?

NATIONAL

1.      40 million Indians at risk from rising sea levels: UN report

2.    India has 31 million Muslim households

3.    Centre clears NEET ordinance

INTERNATIONAL

1.      India sends relief material to Sri Lanka

OPINION

1.      Days and nights in Kathmandu

BUSINESS / ECONOMY

1.      FM says competition vital in public transport, discoms

2.    ‘No immunity for those who earned money through graft’

3.    Facebook co-founder’s $143 mn fund to focus on India, SE Asia

4.    Budget support not needed for Rs.25 lakh cr. plan: Gadkari

5.     Cotton panel set up for production push

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1.      Largest gene database of Indians soon

2.    Lure, trap and digest: meet the carnivorous plants

OTHER MISCELLANEOUS NEWS

1.      “Douma used to smell of roses”

2.    Gujarat’s heat record in 100 years

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