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Download PSIR & GS2 Daily Brief- 26 \u2013 October \u2013 2026<\/strong>
Today\u2019s brief covers these important themes:
Murali Krishnan in Bar & Bench traces how an Enforcement Directorate letter, a public interest litigation and a court-ordered FIR have become a sequence that lets a central agency into a State subject, and asks what that does to federalism.
Giti Pratap and Prashant Jha in Bar & Bench trace the peace bond from Edward III\u2019s Justices of the Peace Act of 1361 to Section 126 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and set four senior advocates against one another on whether it is preventive policing or a curb on dissent.
Mohamed Sajid Nadwi in Bar & Bench reads the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling that conversion to Islam does not by itself bring a claim to backward class reservation, and asks where that leaves a convert whose social disadvantage survives the conversion.
Aleksei Zakharov in ORF explains why the eighth Moscow Format round on Afghanistan ended without a joint statement, and why Russia\u2019s bilateral relationship with the Taliban has outrun the Taliban\u2019s relations with its neighbours.
Soumya Awasthi and Anubhuti Jain in ORF examine the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organisation, the China-headquartered body that 35 states signed in July 2026 and India did not, and what is left for India to offer the Global South.
UPSC has previously asked question on these themes:
\u2022 PSIR Paper I, 2026: Highlight any five constitutional provisions that restrain the powers of the executive, and evaluate their effectiveness in current times.
\u2022 PSIR Paper II, 2026: What strategic options can India exercise as a response to the tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan?
\u2022 GS Paper II, 2026: Examine how the separation of powers is practised in India compared to the rigid presidential model of the United States of America. In this context, compare the actual authority of the Indian Prime Minister with that of the President of the USA.
\u2022 GS Paper II, 2026: Do constitutional bodies like the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) possess adequate enforcement powers to secure substantive social equality? Suggest measures to enhance their institutional effectiveness.
\u2022 GS Paper II, 2026: \u201cBRICS acts as a powerful counterweight in global governance, actively amplifying the voice and influence of the Global South.\u201d Explain the role of BRICS in projecting itself as an alternative to other groupings.
\u2022 PSIR Paper I, 2025: The recent developments in Indian Politics has not eroded the true spirit of federalism in India. Critically examine this statement with the help of appropriate examples.
\u2022 GS Paper II, 2024: Explain the reasons for the growth of public interest litigation in India. As a result of it, has the Indian Supreme Court emerged as the world\u2019s most powerful judiciary?
\u2022 GS Paper I, 2024: Despite comprehensive policies for equity and social justice, underprivileged sections are not yet getting the full benefits of affirmative action envisaged by the Constitution. Comment.<\/td>		Click Here to Download<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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This daily brief provides a structured and comprehensive analysis of important national and international developments through the lens of political theory, comparative politics, Indian politics, and international relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Daily Brief, Issue 172: courts and political interest litigation, peace bonds in 2026, reservation for converts, the Moscow Format on Afghanistan, and China\u2019s bid to write the AI rules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"fx_brief_v2":"","fx_brief_issue":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psir-gs-2-daily-brief"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Daily-Brief-Issue-172-cover.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}