The Hindu Important News Articles - 15 December

GS2 - Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes.

One-stop centres help 2 crore women

GS2 - Functioning of the Judiciary.

Supreme Court rejects PIL pleas for Rafale deal probe

GS3 - Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.

Migratory birds at Chilika face flu threat

GS2 - India and its neighborhood- relations.

Nepal declares high denomination Indian notes illegal

GS2 - Functioning of the Judiciary.

HC quashes Centre’s ban on oxytocin manufacture

GS2 - Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests.

‘Tibet Bill of U.S. grossly interferes in China affairs’

GS2 - India and its neighborhood

Rajapaksa to resign, pave the way for Ranil’s return

Role of civil services in a democracy.

Gutkha scam: CBI summons Health Minister, four others

GS3 - Awareness in the fields of nano-technology, biotechnology.

Scientists create bee vaccine to fight off ‘insect apocalypse’

GS3 - Awareness in the fields of IT.

Google's new AI model to help detect diabetic retinopathy

GS3 - Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security.

Rift widening between Maoist leadership, front organisations?

GS3 - Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.

The plastic question is hard to crack