11 November 2026
In this issue
- 1
Abu Dhabi talks and India’s stake
The Indian Express - 2
No buffer between detention and arrest
The Indian Express - 3
What the Collegium’s own record shows
Bar & Bench - 4
Starlink and strategic autonomy
The Hindu - 5
China’s AI diplomacy is working
Foreign Affairs
UPSC has asked questions on these themes
- PSIR Paper II · 2026
Does power transition theory reflect the dynamics of US-China relations?
- PSIR Paper II · 2025
India continues to invoke its time-tested policy of strategic autonomy vis-à-vis both the United States of America and Russia by rejecting US' offer of mediation on Kashmir issue and by refusing to criticize Russia in its ongoing war against Ukraine. Comment.
- GS Paper II · 2025
Discuss the evolution of collegium system in India. Critically examine the advantages and disadvantages of the system of appointment of the Judges of the Supreme Court of India and that of the USA.
- PSIR Paper I · 2024
Legal remedies in Part III of the Constitution of India
- GS Paper II · 2023
"The Constitution of India is a living instrument with capabilities of enormous dynamism. It is a constitution made for a progressive society." Illustrate with special reference to the expanding horizons of the right to life and personal liberty.
- PSIR Paper II · 2022
Critically examine the rise of People's Republic of China (PRC) as a great power and its implications on Asian Political order.
- PSIR Paper I · 2014
Examine the debates on the appointment procedure of judges to the higher judiciary in India.
- PSIR Paper II · 2014
Critically assess the changing nature of the concept of national security.
Each issue takes five readings from the day’s newspapers and journals and sets them against the PSIR syllabus and the UPSC questions they bear on. All briefs