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Indian Express Analysis for IAS/UPSC Exam

10 Feb
2026

Urban Governance Failure

A fatal incident in Noida (January 2026), where a man drowned after his car fell into an unguarded water-filled pit on a city road, has raised serious concerns about urban planning, governance failures, and accountability.

09 Feb
2026

Tax Cuts on Cancer Drugs: A Relief, But Not a Complete Solution

The Union Budget 2026 announced customs duty exemption on 17 cancer therapies, aiming to improve affordability of high-cost targeted and immunotherapy drugs.

09 Feb
2026

Budget Makes Good Moves on the Textile Economy

The Union Budget 2026 has repositioned the textile sector as a strategic engine of growth, employment, and exports through an integrated value-chain approach.

09 Feb
2026

We Need to Keep Children Safe from Social Media Harms

Growing evidence of rising mental health problems among children and Australia’s ban on social media for those under 16 have renewed debate in India on regulating children’s access to social media.

07 Feb
2026

India’s Energy Security vs Geopolitics

Recent US claims linking tariff reductions to India halting Russian oil imports have renewed debate on India’s energy security, strategic autonomy, and geopolitical balancing.

07 Feb
2026

RBI Maintains Status Quo

In its February Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) maintained the policy rate status quo after cumulative rate cuts in 2025, citing comfortable inflation and improving growth prospects.

07 Feb
2026

Lower Tariffs are Welcome

The United States has announced a sharp reduction in tariffs on Indian goods amid a broader India–EU trade agreement, raising questions about reliability and institutional stability in global trade.

06 Feb
2026

Decline in Road Accidents on National Highways

Data tabled by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) shows an over 11% decline in road accidents and fatalities on National Highways in 2025, led by states like Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

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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