1. HC stays Soren govt's cancellation of state civil services exams and appointments
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- GS 2: Governance: Jharkhand High Court intervenes in the cancellation of Class III/IV recruitment; principles of natural justice and legitimate expectation in public appointments.
2. Anti-national, for vote bank: Shah slams CWC decision on two-stanza Vande Mataram
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- GS 1/GS 2: Modern Indian History & Polity: Vande Mataram controversy, Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Act, 2026.
3. Karnataka 'poacher' killings: Forensics indicate men shot from close range, witness 'missing'
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- GS 3: Environment/Internal Security: Wildlife protection enforcement, use of force by forest guards, Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary.
4. RWAs a barrier, Govt may let high-income households compile own spending data
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- GS 3: Economy/Statistics: Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) methodology, MoSPI's shift to diary-based data collection.
5. Police uncover anti-cancer medicine racket; drugs stolen from CGHS stock, private hospitals
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- GS 2/GS 3: Health Governance: Diversion of subsidised/counterfeit anti-cancer drugs, CGHS supply-chain vulnerabilities.
6. Centre notifies Master Plan for Delhi-2047: From high-rise housing to private-sector developers
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- GS 2/GS 3: Urban Governance: TOD zones, high-density corridors, private-sector participation in slum redevelopment.
7. Shah hails southern states: 'Biggest contributor to nation's development' (Southern Zonal Council)
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- GS 2: Polity: Centre-state relations, Zonal Councils under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, fiscal federalism concerns raised by southern states.
8. Union Cabinet clears HC bench for Ladakh; Ladakh to withdraw cases against 25 for statehood protest violence
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- GS 2: Polity: Administrative and judicial set-up for the Union Territory of Ladakh, Sixth Schedule-style safeguards, Leh violence of September 2024.
9. English indigenous or foreign language? Supreme Court to examine constitutionality of CBSE's three-language policy
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- GS 2: Polity/Education: Three-language formula, National Education Policy 2020, medium-of-instruction disputes.
10. Former SC judge-led panel to probe 'police excesses' against NEET paper-leak protesters
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- GS 2: Polity: Police accountability, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita provisions on use of force, right to peaceful protest.
11. In a 5-4 ruling, Supreme Court tweaks the definition of 'industry', exempts pending matters
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- GS 2/GS 3: Labour Law: The 1978 Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage Board vs Rajappa 'triple test', Industrial Disputes Act.
12. 11 years after Section 66A struck down: Panel suggests BNS amendment for social media defamation
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- GS 2: Polity/IT Law: Free speech jurisprudence, Section 66A (IT Act) history, safeguards against misuse of new penal provisions.
13. US: Will impose 'toughest sanctions in history' on Iran
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- GS 2: International Relations: US-Iran tensions, sanctions as an instrument of economic statecraft.
14. Vande Mataram: Religious imagery, political debate — the full song and the 1937 CWC resolution
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- GS 1: Modern Indian History: Composition history of Vande Mataram, the Swadeshi movement, and the Muslim League's objections.
15. Panel to review nuclear liability caps every 5 years (SHANTI Act draft rules)
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- GS 3: Science & Technology/Energy: Graded nuclear liability caps replacing the flat cap under the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010.