Source: The post “India’s overlooked crisis: unsafe drinking water’’ has been created, based on “India’s overlooked crisis: unsafe drinking water” published in “BusinessLine” on 5 January 2026. India’s overlooked crisis: unsafe drinking water. UPSC Syllabus: GS Paper-2- Governance Context: India faces a recurring crisis of unsafe drinking water, which causes widespread illness and deaths across… Continue reading India’s overlooked crisis: unsafe drinking water
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Law on ‘suspension of sentence’
UPSC Syllabus GS 2– Structure, organisation and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary The Supreme Court recently put on hold the Delhi High Court’s decision to suspend the life sentence awarded to former MLA in the Unnao rape case. This intervention has once again brought into focus the legal principles governing suspension of sentence,… Continue reading Law on ‘suspension of sentence’
Invalidate all forms of unilateral talaq
UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2- Issues related to Constitution, GS 1- Issues Related to Women. Introduction Invalidating all forms of unilateral talaq raises a core question about fairness, equality, and consent in Muslim marriage and divorce. Recent judicial concern shows that practices allowing a husband to end marriage alone, even through agents, break the… Continue reading Invalidate all forms of unilateral talaq
India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) 2025
Source: The post “India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement’ has been created, based on “What is the India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement? | Explained” published in “The Hindu” on 30 December 2025. India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) 2025. UPSC Syllabus: GS Paper-2- International Relations- Bilateral and Multilateral Agreements Context: The India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement… Continue reading India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) 2025
Gaps in regulating digital campaigns
Source: The post “Gaps in regulating digital campaigns’’ has been created, based on “Gaps in regulating digital campaigns” published in “The Hindu” on 29 December 2025. Gaps in regulating digital campaigns. UPSC Syllabus: GS Paper-2- Governance Context: The nature of election campaigning in India has undergone a significant transformation with the growing dominance of digital… Continue reading Gaps in regulating digital campaigns
RCEP Minus China
Context- India is in a position to reap the benefits of RCEP without actually joining it. With the conclusion of negotiations, India-New Zealand FTA, India has FTAs with all other countries in RCEP except China. This strategy of having one-to-one FTA with other member nations of RCEP, has given India market access without surrendering tariff… Continue reading RCEP Minus China
Rabies: the cruel and expensive disease of India’s most impoverished
Source: The post “Rabies: the cruel and expensive disease of India’s most impoverished’’ has been created, based on “Rabies: the cruel and expensive disease of India’s most impoverished” published in “The Hindu” on 26 December 2025. Rabies: the cruel and expensive disease of India’s most impoverished. UPSC Syllabus: GS Paper-2-Governance Context: Rabies is a viral… Continue reading Rabies: the cruel and expensive disease of India’s most impoverished
Regulating Academia – Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill
Source: The post “Regulating Academia – Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill’’ has been created, based on “Regulating Academia – Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill” published in “The Hindu BusinessLine” on 26 December 2025. Regulating Academia – Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill. UPSC Syllabus: GS Paper-2-Governance Context: The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill was introduced in… Continue reading Regulating Academia – Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill
The Case of Political Funding in India
UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 – Salient features of the Representation of People’s Act Introduction Political funding shapes how democracy works in practice. When access to money is unequal, political competition becomes unequal. In India, private donations dominate political finance, which has created sharp funding asymmetries, weakened electoral fairness, and strengthened the nexus between… Continue reading The Case of Political Funding in India
The bulldozed demolition of MGNREGA
Source: The post “The bulldozed demolition of MGNREGA’’ has been created, based on “The bulldozed demolition of MGNREGA” published in “The Hindu” on 22 December 2025. The bulldozed demolition of MGNREGA. UPSC Syllabus: GS Paper-2-Governance Context: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), enacted in 2005, is a landmark rights-based legislation derived from… Continue reading The bulldozed demolition of MGNREGA
