Economy Press conference or press note by Government, SEBI, RBI, Planning Commission etc. ASSOCHAM, NASSCOM etc. (they usually complaint or suggest about Government policies that affect the business houses.) Columns and Editorials related to Economy. IIP, GDP, WPI, CPI etc. Not the “numbers” but the reasons behind that number and the future because of that number. International: ASEAN, World Bank, EU etc. Those preparing for Bank exams, should also note down the names of Chaimen of various companies and banks. What is not important in Economy Daily Ups and downs of sharemarket. “Numbers”. Because Economy is not about number but the meaning, history and future related to that number. For example, if IIP was 0.13 on Jan-2012. That itself is not important. Whether it was 0.13 or 0.128? that is not important. Important Questions are : is this IIP good or bad? And why is it good or bad? What’ll be its impact on future of Indian economy and Government / RBI policies? FrontPage There is a narrow column on the left hand side of the front page, most of the time, the yearbook related information, government schemes etc. appear here. The main news item on the frontpage: it is usually “not-very-important”. Reason most of the time it is the political news. For example, “Bihar Mahadalit Land Racket.” If you are a candidate from Bihar, you should read it, for the others, it is not worth it. Columns / Editorials Question: What is a column / Editorial? These are big paragraphs like articles in the centre pages of a newspaper. Generally each article has photo of the author and usually the author gives a 20 years’ old photo when he/she was in college. If you ever happen to see them in actual TV Debate, it turns out they’re quite older than what they look in the newspapers. Editorial is written by the editor himself. For example Shekhar Gupta for IndianExpress on Saturday. While Columns are written by experts (including self-proclaimed experts) on a particular topic of politics, economy, international events. What to prepare from Columns/ Editorials? Usually columns are made up of 7-8 paragraphs. But not every sentence and line is important; there are just 3-4 gemstones in it, which you can use in your mains / essay / interview answers. So just note them down. Some people use highlighters to mark important lines and then file those newspaper cuttings. So do whichever method suits you (noting down or filing the cuttings). But Not every column is worth your time and energy. For example in Indianexpress, there is one guy writes about Nepal’s political turomil every week. But in Nepal, the Prime ministers are changed every week and this guy happens to give ball by ball commentery of everything. It’s not worth the “Cost-benefit” ratio. So skip him. Similarly there is one Yogindar Alagh in Indianexpress, who pretends to write on rural Development but just “I did this and that when I was a minister”=Not important. Maintain the balance: some column writers have a habit of being totally cynical and anti-Government. For example Tavleen Singh of Indianexpress, while I do admire her for having the guts to openly write against Sonia, Mohan and Rahul, but in your answers, You must not admire or criticize a particular individual (minister / politician) in the mains / interview. And don’t prepare a line that is “too leftist” or “too rightists.” And if you criticise the Government, then you should also offer the reform suggestions. Sports / music / life-style/ Bollywood Lifestyle = painting, pottery, music, fashion events etc. most of which cannot be afforded by middle class people. The last 3-4 pages of English newspaper are devoted to this. if your “hobby” is tennis or chess, then you must follow the related sport-news. For others, I say just skip it. Anything historic about Sports will get published in the competitive magazines and or the free blogs/ current-affairs related websites anyways. So daily following these sports-pages = not worth the time and energy. Bollywood and cricket related news = not important in any case. Unless something related to ad
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