Abbreviation: ITDTW (Issues to Track Down This Week), SM (Supplementary Material): Both are KANT IAS Initiatives for Mentorship.
Today’s Editorial/Columns/Opinions
- Should voter ID be linked with Aadhaar to combat voter fraud? GS II (For Offline Students: Tomorrow’s Peer Learning Discussion Topic)
- Force of ideas GS II
- Reflections as the world grows more ‘polarised’ GS II
- Cost and benefit GS II
- Remembering the impactful legacy of wise leadership GS III (For Offline Students: Tomorrow’s Peer Learning Discussion Topic)
Other Articles from Today’s Paper
- Will do whatever is possible in Nimisha Priya case: Iran GS II
- Poverty, trafficking in Bengal linked to climate change: experts GS III ITDTW
- PSLV C-60 mission: space start-up firm gets desired results GS III
- Experts on GM crop panels to declare conflict of interest GS III
- Indian researchers develop injectable hydrogel for targeted cancer treatment GS III
- Govt. report reveals stark infrastructure gap in Indian schools GS II
- Factory activity at 12-month low GS III
- Government constitutes panel to rejig the Wholesale Price Index GS III
- Front-running: SEBI bans Ketan Parekh & 21 others GS III
- Households’ balance sheet stress is also K-shaped, reckons Nomura GS III
- U.S. Army veteran who killed 15 in New Orleans was ‘inspired’ by the IS GS II
- 27 Europe-bound migrants die as boats capsize off Tunisia GS II
Note
If you are a beginner in reading, prioritise articles from the start. Do not read for more than one hour; it is perfectly fine to read only one article per day in the initial months. Try to learn some vocabulary (3 to 5 words as discussed in the mentorship class), and then gradually increase your speed. Focus on quality over quantity; speed will naturally improve over time. For example, if you read only one or two articles per day for the first six months (180 days), you will cover 180 to 360 articles with quality and revisions. This number is sufficient to grasp the basics thoroughly. You will still have the remaining six months of the year, which will be ample time to increase your speed and cover more topics. So, be patient, avoid following the crowd, and adhere to the guidance provided in the class.