Reading News for UPSC is utmost important and rising number of questions year on year in UPSC Prelims is a testimony of this

We are starting a daily series where we will analyze news covered in The Hindu, Indian Express and other newspapers which are important from exam perspective and which are not

Important news would have been covered in our daily news coverage in form of newscards.

Unimportant ones will be mentioned here and a short description regarding why it is not relevant for the exam

Click on news headlines to read the full news

High relevance news

UNDP report lauds India’s strides in reducing poverty in past decade

https://www.civilsdaily.com/news/undp-report-lauds-indias-strides-in-reducing-poverty-in-past-decade/

Read about MPI and its 2018 report findings. Can be asked in Pre as well as Mains.

Now outsourced eco-impact checks

https://www.civilsdaily.com/news/now-outsourced-eco-impact-checks/

Make notes about EIA. Important from Mains point of view.

Who is at risk from China’s Belt and Road Initiative debt trap?

https://www.civilsdaily.com/news/who-is-at-risk-from-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-debt-trap/

Read and remember about Paris Club. Terms like these are favourite of UPSC for Prelims.

[pib] National Board of Examinations

https://www.civilsdaily.com/news/pib-national-board-of-examinations/

Make notes about NBE. Important for Prelims

Low Relevance News

Reinstated staff can’t have back wages: SC

An employee has no right to back wages merely because the court has set aside his dismissal and returned his old job, the Supreme Court held in a judgment

No important points in the news from the exam point of view