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01 Sep 2026 : Indian Express Important Articles Today

 

  1. Manufacturing and services fire GDP growth to 7.8% in Q1
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  • GS 3: Indian Economy: Q1 FY27 GDP growth of 7.8% versus the RBI's 7% forecast, sectoral drivers (manufacturing, services), and the debate over the reliability/interpretation of national income data.
  1. SCO Summit in Bishkek: In message to Iran's President, Modi flags dialogue, freedom of navigation & trade
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  • GS 2: International Relations: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit at Bishkek, India-Iran engagement amid the US-Iran conflict, and India's stance on West Asia and global chokepoints/shipping lanes.
  1. Modi to Putin: Must move from endless war towards an end to war
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  • GS 2: International Relations: India-Russia strategic ties, India's balancing position on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and its outreach for a negotiated resolution.
  1. 'No jurisdiction': India rejects international court's order on Indus Waters Treaty
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  • GS 2 / GS 3: International Relations & Transboundary Rivers: Indus Waters Treaty (1960), the Court of Arbitration versus the Neutral Expert mechanism, India's suspension/reservations on the treaty, and India-Pakistan water-sharing disputes.
  1. Rajasthan HC Acting Chief Justice goes on leave; SC Collegium recommends new CJ
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  • GS 2: Polity & Governance: Appointment and transfer of High Court judges, role of the Supreme Court Collegium, and judicial administration in the states.
  1. 'Wait 3-4 decades for delimitation, till population of states stabilises' — interview with J K Bajaj, former Chairman, ICSSR
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  • GS 2: Polity: Delimitation of Lok Sabha seats, the freeze on seats since 1976 (based on 1971 Census), the 'one person, one vote, one value' principle, and the North-South demographic-transition debate over future seat allocation.
  1. Tata Advanced Systems to co-produce US Javelin missile system in India
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  • GS 3: Defence & Security / Indigenisation: Joint-venture manufacturing under 'Make in India' in defence, Foreign Military Sales-linked technology transfer, and India's anti-tank guided missile capability (Javelin, Nag, Spike).
  1. Bhagwat departs from classical Hindutva, expands idea of diversity (Editorial)
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  • GS 1 / GS 2: Indian Society & Polity: RSS chief's articulation of Hindutva and religious diversity, secularism debates, and evolving discourse on nationhood and pluralism in India.
  1. Himalayas' hanging glacier threat: Lessons India, China and Nepal must learn
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  • GS 1 / GS 3: Geography & Disaster Management: Hanging glaciers in the Garhwal Himalayas (Alaknanda basin), Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs), and the need for cross-border early-warning and monitoring systems in the Himalayan region.
  1. Domestic chip design to receive a boost with Rs 1.27 lakh crore push (Semicon 2.0 framework)
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  • GS 3: Science & Technology / Economy: India Semiconductor Mission 2.0, incentives for chip design and fabless semiconductor companies, and India's push for self-reliance in critical electronics manufacturing.
  1. Amid 'NRC first' demand, Centre defers Census exercise in Manipur
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  • GS 2: Polity & Governance: Census 2027 house-listing phase, National Register of Citizens (NRC) demands in the Northeast, and Manipur's continuing ethnic and administrative sensitivities.
  1. After seven-month hiatus, ISRO to launch key earth-observation satellite on September 4
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  • GS 3: Science & Technology: ISRO's earth-observation satellite programme, causes and recovery from the earlier launch-vehicle anomaly, and India's satellite-based monitoring capacity for agriculture, forestry, and disaster management.