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  Current Affairs  Important Newspaper Highlights for UPSC Civil Services Examination. 11 August 2022 The HINDU   🟠 (Page 1) : To boost spending Centre releases 1.6 lakh crore to States  🟢 (Page 1) : SC to take up plea to ban convicts from polls for life  🟠 (Page 1) : Justice Lalit appointed 49th CJI  🟢 (Page 2) : 17% rise in crimes against women in city, show police data till July 15  🟠 (Page 6) : Remains of Cannon found in Kerala's Taliparamba  🟢 (Page 7) : Stolen Chola-era Buddha idol stuck in the U.S.  🟠 (Page 8) : Covid -19, arguably, has become endemic in India  🟢 (Page 9) : A new global vision for G20  🟠 (Page 10) : The new U.S. Bill on climate action 🟢 (Page 10) : The uproar over the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2022  🟠 (Page 11) : Aviation safety regulator opens door for transgender pilots  🟢 (Page 14) : India, Australia to sign film treaty 🟠 (Page 16) : RBI targets unfair methods in digital lending ...

 1. Marx's concept of 'alienation' is an essential part of the reality in capitalism. Explain. [200words, 15marks] [2021] 2. Comment on: J.S. Mill's idea on women suffrage.  [150words, 10marks] [2021] 3. Explain the Aristotelian view of politics. To what extent do you think it has contributed to the development of modern-day Constitutional democracies? [250words, 20marks] [2021] 4. Trace the evolution of Western Political Thought from ancient to contemporary period. [250words, 20marks] [2020] 5. Comment on Machiavelli's secularism. [150words, 10marks] [2020] 6. Discuss Karl Marx's concept of class. [200words, 15marks] [2020] 7. Explain Aristotle's critique of Plato's Idealism. [250words, 20marks] [2019] 8. According to Gramsci, 'hegemony is primarily based on the organisation of consent.' Comment. [250words, 20marks] [2019] 9. Critically examine Hannah Arendt's conceptual triad of labour, work and action. [250words, 20marks] [2019] 10. Com...