1. 'Weak leadership': Three lawyers' collectives seek Bar Council of India chief's resignation; CJI to law schools: prepare students for the AI era
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- GS 2: Polity & Governance: Regulation of the legal profession under the Advocates Act, 1961, powers and limits of the Bar Council of India, and judicial commentary on students' right to dissent.
2. Note to Bar Council: Disagreement is part of justice
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- GS 2/Essay: Judicial independence, constitutional morality, and the space for disagreement within legal institutions.
3. Editorial: Bring back E10 for older vehicles. Work out food versus fuel trade-off
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- GS 3: Indian Economy: Ethanol blending programme, biofuel policy, and the food-versus-fuel trade-off in agricultural feedstock use.
4. Why the J&K government is stuck in a quota quagmire
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- GS 2: Polity: Reservation policy in government jobs, changes following the reorganisation of Jammu & Kashmir, and contested amendments to the J&K Reservation Act.
5. How the 1946 naval uprising hastened India's independence
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- GS 1: Modern Indian History: The Royal Indian Navy mutiny of February 1946, its causes, and its significance in the final phase of the freedom movement.
6. As AI agents get popular, questions of control, onus
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- GS 3: Science & Technology: Distinction between AI chatbots and AI agents, components of agentic AI systems, and questions of user control and accountability.
7. Odisha's coastal erosion: The measures to save lives, livelihoods
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- GS 1/GS 3: Geography & Disaster Management: Coastal erosion along Odisha's shoreline, contributing climate and human factors, and shoreline-protection measures such as geotextile tubes.
8. Gen Z's buy-now-pay-later habit fuelling unsecured loans, worrying regulator
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- GS 3: Indian Economy: Household debt trends, growth of unsecured consumer credit, and regulatory concern over Buy-Now-Pay-Later lending.
9. States ring-fence agri losses to ease DISCOMs' financial stress
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- GS 3: Indian Economy: Power-sector reforms, agricultural power subsidies, and the financial health of electricity distribution companies (DISCOMs).
10. Successful Bihar SIR led to record turnout in 2025 Assembly elections, says CEC
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- GS 2: Polity: Election Commission of India, Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, and its link to voter turnout.
11. Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary: Protests continue, forest officials booked for murder of three
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- GS 3: Environment: Human–wildlife conflict, rights of forest-dwelling communities, and governance of protected wildlife sanctuaries.
12. 'Ashoka-era stupa, bigger than Sanchi': Ujjain mound comes under renewed focus
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- GS 1: Art & Culture: Buddhist architecture, Ashokan-era stupas, and ongoing ASI excavation and conservation efforts.