1. Over to Noel: Inside the Tata succession battle
- Page: 13 (The Big Picture)
- GS2: Economy: Corporate governance in family-promoted business groups, role of philanthropic trusts (Tata Trusts) vs professional boards, and leadership transition at Tata Sons.
2. Behind the new Tribunals Bill: a decade-long tussle between Centre and states
- Page: Explained
- GS2: Polity & Governance: Tribunalisation of justice, judicial independence, the proposed National Tribunals Commission, and Supreme Court rulings striking down earlier tribunal-appointment rules.
3. Panel to probe assault, 'excessive' use of force at Jantar Mantar: SC
- Page: 1/2
- GS 2: Polity: Right to peaceful protest and assembly, judicial oversight of police excesses, and use of facial-recognition technology in policing.
4. NTA refresh: 4-tier paper checks, 600 experts out, CISF security at offices
- Page: 1/2
- GS 2: Governance: Reform of the National Testing Agency after paper-leak controversies, examination integrity, and institutional accountability.
5. Inside one-shot gene therapy to lower 'bad' cholesterol
- Page: Explained (Health)
- GS 3: Science & Technology: In-vivo gene editing (VERVE-102), PCSK9 protein and LDL cholesterol regulation, and comparison with statins/PCSK9-inhibitor drugs.
6. With 'no soap or toothpaste', why the USS Abraham Lincoln is still at sea
- Page: Explained (Defence)
- GS 3: Defence & Security: US Central Command deployments in West Asia, aircraft-carrier operations, the Strait of Hormuz, and India's own carrier fleet (INS Vikramaditya, INS Vikrant).
7. How India's new nuclear rules could favour old nuclear-energy partner Russia
- Page: Explained (Energy)
- GS 3: Energy Security: Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), private-sector participation in India's nuclear power sector, and India-Russia nuclear cooperation.
8. Trump cites CEC's remark, India's voter ID to push 'Save America Act'
- Page: 9
- GS 2: Polity & Comparative Governance: Election Commission of India's voter-roll processes cited abroad, and debates on voter-identification requirements.
9. SC rejects plea seeking abolition of execution by hanging
- Page: 9
- GS 2: Polity/Judiciary: Constitutional validity of Section 354(5) CrPC, Article 21 and the 'least painful method' doctrine on capital punishment.
10. Study links shape of starling flight patterns to threats from predators
- Page: 9 Nation (Science)
- GS 3/GS 1: Science & Environment: Animal collective behaviour (murmuration), predator-prey dynamics, and India's first such study from an Ahmedabad campus.
11. 80% of India's elderly could face heat stress for up to three months at 3°C warming, says study
- Page: 9
- GS 3: Environment: Climate change and public health, heat-stress vulnerability of ageing populations, and findings from The Lancet Planetary Health.
12. As Vande Mataram row simmers, CWC to chart Congress's next offensive
- Page: 8
- GS 1/GS 2: Modern Indian History & Polity: Origins of Vande Mataram, national song vs national anthem, and the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971.
13. BRICS Environment Ministers oppose EU's Carbon Border Tax
- Page: 8
- GS 2/GS 3: International Relations & Environment: EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), climate finance (New Collective Quantified Goal), and BRICS coordination on trade-linked climate measures.