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11 Aug 2026 : Indian Express Important Articles Today

 

  1. House clears Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026; Govt says no UPI payment charge for consumers
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  • GS 3: Indian Economy: Digital payments architecture, UPI/MDR debate, taxation legislation, Bankers' Books Evidence (Amendment) Bill; fiscal policy-making and parliamentary passage of money-related Bills.
  1. Amid din, LS passes Bill to set up panel to select chiefs and members of tribunals
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  • GS 2: Polity & Governance: Tribunals Reforms, separation of powers, judicial independence, selection/appointment of tribunal members, statutory tribunals vs regular courts, and issues flagged in earlier Supreme Court rulings on tribunal autonomy.
  1. Amendments to FCRA to bring more transparency: Kwatra
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  • GS 2: Polity & Governance: Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, regulation of foreign funding to NGOs, transparency in civil-society financing, and Centre's regulatory oversight of foreign contributions.
  1. Brij Bhushan acquittal: Court says victims gave 'incorrect' details, 'fatal' to prosecution case
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  • GS 1 / GS 2: Social Justice & Polity: Crimes against women, sexual harassment in sports bodies, evidentiary standards, witness credibility, and appellate scrutiny of trial court findings.
  1. Mecca Agreement: What India must watch out for (Saudi Arabia-Pakistan-Turkey defence pact)
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  • GS 2: International Relations: West Asian geopolitics, Saudi-Pakistan Mutual Defence Agreement, trilateral strategic convergence with Turkey, implications for India's ties with the Gulf, and India's strategic-autonomy calculus.
  1. Centre reviews J&K demography, focus on Rohingya, Bangladeshi 'settlements'
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  • GS 2 / GS 3: Polity & Internal Security: Demographic changes in border states, illegal migration, national identity documentation (Aadhaar/voter rolls), and Centre-UT coordination on internal security.
  1. India expands e-visa entry points, Attari among 9 land ports on list
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  • GS 2 / GS 3: International Relations & Internal Security: Visa policy liberalisation, land port infrastructure, cross-border trade and travel facilitation, and India-Pakistan border management at Attari.
  1. April-June unemployment rate rises to 5.4%, highest in four quarters
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  • GS 3: Indian Economy: Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), unemployment measurement, urban-rural employment trends, youth and female unemployment, and labour-market policy responses.
  1. Can banks lock phone for loan default? What RBI's new debt-recovery rules say
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  • GS 3: Indian Economy: RBI regulatory framework for recovery agents, retail lending practices, borrower rights, fintech-enabled recovery tools, and consumer protection in financial services.
  1. In opposing creamy layer for SC/STs, what govt argued (before the Supreme Court)
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  • GS 2: Polity & Social Justice: Reservation policy, sub-classification of SC/STs, the 'creamy layer' principle, Article 341/342, separation of powers between judiciary, legislature and executive on reservation matters.
  1. 82 dead after 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes Colombia
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  • GS 1: Geography & Disaster Management: Seismicity of the Pacific 'Ring of Fire', earthquake-prone regions, disaster response and international humanitarian coordination.
  1. Artificial Intelligence agents are taking entire online courses, even chatting with classmates, for cheating students
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  • GS 3: Science & Technology: AI agents and autonomous behaviour, academic integrity in ed-tech, AI-safety and governance challenges, and regulatory gaps in emerging technologies.