Following are today’s UPSC Mains Marathon Questions
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Questions
1) Analyze the significance of India’s transition from a ‘dependent user’ to a ‘sovereign shaper’ in the Artificial Intelligence landscape. Examine the strategic imperatives of this ‘railway moment’ and the policy interventions required to ensure technological autonomy and global leadership.
2) Examine the judicial rationale for a ‘Romeo-Juliet’ exception in the POCSO Act. Evaluate the socio-legal tensions between ensuring child protection and acknowledging adolescent autonomy in the context of criminalizing consensual adolescent relationships.
