The Hindu Important Topics :-
GS2, Polity
SC refuses to stay law on CEC, EC selection; issues notice to govt.
- Petitioner said the Act diluted earlier judgment of top court in the matter by replacing CJI with a Union Cabinet Minister in selection committee
- Selection of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and other Election Commissioners (ECs).
GS3, Economy
Retail inflation rose to a 4-month high of 5.7% in Dec
- Retail inflation
GS2, Polity
SC issues summons to Centre on Kerala’s suit alleging financial curbs
- Centre was violating the federal structure of governance
- Causing “severe damage to the economy of a small State with meagre resources” by interfering with the finances of the State
GS3, Economy
Robust revenues
- Strong direct tax receipts create a fiscal cushion and room for more reforms
- Interim Budget 2024-25
GS2, Governance
A case diary for the Indian police
- The higher ranks in the police force have to be conscious of the many problems that confront policing
GS2, Polity
Numbers game
- Factors affecting general improvement in sanitation must be overcome
GS3, Agriculture
Focus on best practices as global meet on pulses returns to India
- National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED)
- ‘Superfood’
GS3, Infrastructure
India’s longest sea bridge inaugurated
- The sixlane transharbour bridge is 21.8 km long with a 16.5 km sea link
- Atal Setu shows India’s infrastructural prowess
- Government’s vision is to improve ease of mobility of citizens by strengthening transport infrastructure
GS3, S&T
Science Ministry team visits Hawaii to take stock of telescope project
- Mauna Kea, an inactive volcano on the island of Hawaii in the U.S
- Discuss “challenges” to the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project
