PSIR Brief Issue # 48

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Today’s Brief covers these themes:

Avinash Verma and Ashok R Patil, in Deccan Herald talks about UCC as a test of gender justice and federal experimentation.

Atul Kumar’s article in ORF focuses on the China-Pakistan axis as serious but not a full military alliance.

The third article of K P Nayar in Deccan Herald analysis UAE’s OPEC exit not a win for India but a signal of changing global energy order.

 

UPSC has previously asked question on these themes:

  1. GS-II (2025): “Energy security constitutes the dominant kingpin of India’s foreign policy, and is linked with India’s overarching influence in Middle Eastern countries. How would you integrate energy security with India’s foreign policy trajectories in the coming years?”
  2. PSIR Paper II (2025): “China’s growing footprint and a tangible shift in power dynamics in Bangladesh has weakened India’s leverage in Dhaka. Comment.”
  3. PSIR Paper I (2025): “Explain how the slogan ‘the personal is political’ addresses the issue of women’s oppression and discrimination?”
  4. GS-II ((2024): “Discuss India as a secular state and compare with the secular principles of the US constitution.”
  5. PSIR Paper II (2024): “Does the idea of the 21st century as ‘Asian century’ continue to remain feasible given the growing friction between India and China?”
  6.  GS-II (2023): “Explain the constitutional perspectives of Gender Justice with the help of relevant Constitutional Provisions and case laws.”

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