1. J&K important part of India, will relook at travel warnings: US envoy in Srinagar
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- GS 2: International Relations: US-India ties, Jammu & Kashmir, signalling to Pakistan and China post Pahalgam/Operation Sindoor.
2. Congress invokes Tagore, Mahatma: Will sing only first 2 stanzas of Vande Mataram
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- GS 1/GS 2: Modern Indian History & Polity: Origins of Vande Mataram, the CWC's 'purification' resolution, national song vs national anthem debates.
3. Institutionalise NTA reforms, says apex court, citing UPSC's 'vibrant' example
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- GS 2: Governance: Supreme Court directs the Centre to report on National Testing Agency reforms within three weeks; UPSC cited as the institutional benchmark.
4. Workers protesting for higher wages got over 50 days on average in jail — until courts stepped in
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- GS 2: Polity/Rights: Right to protest, use of the National Security Act (NSA) against labour protesters, judicial scrutiny of bail denials.
5. Delhi SIR schedule revised third time, final rolls to be released on November 4
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- GS 2: Polity: Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, timelines for draft/final rolls and claims-objections.
6. Can't use all construction rights? Delhi Master Plan 2047 lets you sell them
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- GS 2/GS 3: Urban Governance: Transferable Development Rights (TDR) under the new Delhi Master Plan 2047, heritage conservation, transit-oriented redevelopment.
7. Multi-crore sewage treatment plant tender fraud: Court sends Satyendar Jain to judicial custody
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- GS 2: Governance/Corruption: Anti-Corruption Branch probe into an STP tender scam, delay between FIR registration and arrest.
8. Cabinet clears major rail projects to decongest the Howrah-Chennai line
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- GS 3: Infrastructure: Multi-tracking projects linking mineral-rich hinterlands of Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu for freight movement.
9. Collectors in 6 border states, J&K, Ladakh get power to grant citizenship
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- GS 2: Polity: Union Home Ministry delegates citizenship-related powers (registration/naturalisation) to District Collectors in specified border districts and UTs.
10. 9 disability categories in Census form; rights groups want all 21
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- GS 2: Social Justice: Census 2027's disability enumeration format, Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016, gap between recognised and enumerated categories.
11. Dignity in death: Debate over 'humane' execution
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- GS 2: Polity/Judiciary: Supreme Court reaffirms the constitutionality of execution by hanging, Article 21, the 1983 Deena vs Union of India precedent, and BNSS provisions.
12. From scientific research to geopolitics: Why India needs a clear Arctic narrative
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- GS 2/GS 3: International Relations & Environment: India's Arctic Policy, Himadri research station at Svalbard, Arctic Council observer status, geopolitical competition in the region.
13. FCNR(B) decision data-driven, well thought-out: RBI Governor
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- GS 3: Economy: RBI's early closure of the Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank) swap window, external-sector management, forex inflow schemes.
14. Trump says he plans to meet Kim (North Korea) & UAE suspends trade ties with Iran after missile attacks
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- GS 2: International Relations: US-North Korea engagement track, and Gulf-Iran tensions after missile strikes on maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.