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HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Rs. 5.35 lakh crore for new road project News: The Centre on Tuesday announced a Rs. 5.35 lakh crore road construction package, called BharatMala Pariyojana, in a bid to spur the economy as private investment remains moribund. Beyond News: This follows the Cabinet nod to build 34,800 km of roads nationwide, including in border and coastal areas. The BharatMala project will include economic corridors (9,000 km), inter-corridor and feeder route (6,000 km), national corridors efficiency improvement (5,000 km), border roads and international connectivity (2,000 km), coastal roads and port connectivity (2,000 km) and green-field expressways (800 km). Further, the remaining road projects of 10,000 km under the National Highways Development Project will form a part of…

General Studies-01 Today's Hindu notes are provided separately | CLICK HERE  General Studies-02 {Op-Ed}The gown and the Bench Key aspect: An overview of the transformation in collegium system. Background: Political interference in the selection of judges in the third and fourth decades of independent India resulted in the collegium system where judges select judges. In 2014: The opaque system and unsatisfactory selection, transfer, and elevation of judges to the Supreme Court caused disquiet and led to the passing of the Constitution (99th Amendment) Act, 2014 and the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act, 2014, which sought to give politicians and civil society a final say in the appointment of judges to the highest courts. In 2015: A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court declared these unconstitutional on the ground that the…

Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 U.S.-backed forces wrest Raqqa from IS News: U.S.-backed forces took full control of Raqqa from the Islamic State group on Tuesday, defeating the last jihadist holdouts in the de facto Syrian capital of their now-shattered ‘caliphate.’ Background: The victory caps a battle of more than four months for Raqqa, and hammers another nail in the coffin of the jihadist group’s experiment in statehood, which has collapsed in the face of offensives in Syria and Iraq. Inside Raqqa, joyous fighters from the Kurdish-Arab Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) celebrated and raised their yellow flag in the city’s Al-Naim traffic circle, which became known as ‘Hell Roundabout’ after it was used for gruesome public executions. The SDF broke into Raqqa in June, after months of fighting to surround…