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Indian Express Analysis for IAS/UPSC Exam

03 Mar
2026

Navigating the Volatile Af-Pak Belt

Escalating cross-border hostilities between Pakistan and Taliban-led Afghanistan, including airstrikes and military offensives, have intensified instability in the Af-Pak region, raising strategic concerns for India.

03 Mar
2026

Conflict in West Asia

Recent US–Israel strikes on Iran and subsequent Iranian retaliation against US-linked bases and energy facilities have expanded the conflict theatre across West Asia, raising geopolitical and energy security concerns.

03 Mar
2026

Energy Shock & Economic Stability

Indian markets fell sharply, the rupee depreciated by 50 paise, and gold prices surged after crude oil prices spiked due to escalating conflict in West Asia and disruption in the Strait of Hormuz.

02 Mar
2026

Fiscal Deficit of 4.3% Needs 14% Nominal Growth: Implications for India’s Fiscal Math

The revision of India’s GDP base year to 2022–23 has reduced nominal GDP estimates, making the Union Government’s fiscal deficit target of 4.3% and the $4 trillion economy milestone more challenging.

02 Mar
2026

Borderlands Rightful

The silver jubilee of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) has renewed debate on integrating India’s border regions into the national narrative.

02 Mar
2026

WAR IN WEST ASIA

The reported killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader in a US–Israel strike has escalated tensions in West Asia, raising concerns about regime stability, regional security, global energy markets, and India’s strategic interests.

28 Feb
2026

Geopolitical Implications for South Asia

Pakistan launched airstrikes inside Afghanistan under Operation “Ghazab lil-Haq”, calling it an “open war” amid rising tensions over Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attacks.

28 Feb
2026

Growth Revision and Its Implications

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released the new GDP series (base year 2022–23), estimating FY26 growth at 7.6%, higher than the earlier 7.4% estimate under the old series.

HOW TO READ INDIAN EXPRESS ANALYSIS TODAY

INDIAN EXPRESS newspaper, especially the editorial section, covers a wide range of topics that are really relevant to the UPSC CSE syllabus. It helps to inculcate a dynamic approach in mains answer writing and fetch good marks.

Here we will analyze three different pages of INDIAN EXPRESS newspaper that can help aspirants in dealing with current burning issues. These pages are – Explained, Editorials, and Ideas.

  • Explained – This page of the newspaper deals with day-to-day issues in the news that people might be aware of but lack detailed knowledge of. These are common yet important topics such as; NPA, CRYPTOCURRENCY, CYCLONES, POLICY RATES BY RBI, RECESSION, etc.
  • Editorials – Editorials are the expert opinion of different government policies and actions. They provide both positive and negative aspects on decisions taken by the government, thereby helping students to come up with their own viewpoints. Topics covered here are; Agriculture, International Relations, Indian Economy, Government Schemes, High/Supreme Court verdicts, etc.
  • At the top of the editorial page, under the WORLDLY WISE section a quote related to issues covered in the below editorials get mentioned every day. Aspirants can use those quotes to enrich their answers.

  • Ideas – Under ideas experts provide their own take on how a particular problem like Communism, Climate Change, Indian Education System, Caste system, Issues in Health Sector, Religious tensions etc. can be tackled.

Besides these above sections you can keep yourself updated on what to read on a daily basis from INDIAN EXPRESS you can click on the link below –

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