Context- With climate change a reality today, Indian agriculture needs to cope with the increasing unpredictability of the weather, declining soil health, and growing air pollution, for India to continue meeting domestic food demands. India’s need for Climate Resilient Agriculture. What is Climate Resilient Agriculture (CRA)? Climate-resilient agriculture uses a range of biotechnology and complementary… Continue reading India’s need for Climate Resilient Agriculture
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Housing Affordability in Urban India
UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 3 –Infrastructure Introduction Housing affordability in urban India has emerged as a serious urban challenge, with home ownership slipping beyond the reach of most city residents. Despite rising urbanisation, housing prices are driven less by construction costs and more by land speculation, weak land policies, and real estate–led development. As… Continue reading Housing Affordability in Urban India
How India’s oil basket has changed over the years
Source: The post “How India’s oil basket has changed over the years’’ has been created, based on “How India’s oil basket has changed over the years” published in “The Hindu” on 31 December 2025. How India’s oil basket has changed over the years. UPSC Syllabus: GS Paper-3- International Relations Context: India, the third-largest oil consumer… Continue reading How India’s oil basket has changed over the years
A multipolar world with bipolar characteristics
Source: The post “A multipolar world with bipolar characteristics’’ has been created, based on “A multipolar world with bipolar characteristics” published in “The Hindu” on 31 December 2025. A multipolar world with bipolar characteristics. UPSC Syllabus: GS Paper-3- International Relations Context: The post-Cold War unipolar world, dominated by the United States, is transitioning to a… Continue reading A multipolar world with bipolar characteristics
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
A grand vision and the great Indian research deficit
Source: The post “A grand vision and the great Indian research deficit’’ has been created, based on “A grand vision and the great Indian research deficit” published in “The Hindu” on 29 December 2025. A grand vision and the great Indian research deficit. UPSC Syllabus: GS Paper-3- Science and technology Context: India aspires to emerge… Continue reading A grand vision and the great Indian research deficit
Rare Earth Elements
UPSC Syllabus- GS 3- Science & Technology and Economic Development Rare Earth Elements (REEs) are a group of 17 metallic elements comprising the 15 lanthanides, along with scandium and yttrium. Though termed “rare”, they are relatively abundant in the Earth’s crust but are geologically dispersed and occur in low concentrations, making their extraction and separation… Continue reading Rare Earth Elements
