1. 3 years after Nijjar's killing, tape out: Terrorist Brar claims 'we had to do it'
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- GS 3: Internal Security: Khalistani terrorism, India-Canada diplomatic ties, cross-border organised crime-terror nexus, and NIA/Interpol coordination on gangster-terrorist networks.
2. Doval heads to Beijing, boundary talks with Wang Yi tomorrow
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- GS 2: International Relations: The Special Representatives (SR) mechanism (est. 2003) for the India-China boundary question, Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination (WMCC), and confidence-building along the LAC ahead of the BRICS Summit.
3. After Minister, Secy's kin availed of agri subsidy scheme, new rules bar them
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- GS 2: Governance: National Horticulture Board's revised 'family' definition for subsidy eligibility, conflict of interest in welfare schemes, and accountability in disbursal of public funds.
4. Licence to passport, VFS Global will soon introduce citizen services: CEO
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- GS 2: Governance: Outsourcing of citizen-facing government services to private intermediaries, e-governance delivery models, and data-security safeguards in visa/passport processing.
5. Railways rolls out waterless urinals for pilots of India's most powerful locomotives
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- GS 3: Science & Technology / Infrastructure: Indigenous 12,000 HP electric locomotive development (Madhepura Electric Locomotive factory), loco-pilot welfare, and sustainable engineering solutions in Indian Railways.
6. ICMR says no new strain as Capital reports over 2,000 swine flu cases
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- GS 2/3: Health & Disaster Management: Seasonal Influenza A (H1N1) surveillance, the A/Missouri/11/2025 pdm09-like virus lineage, IDSP's role, and vaccination advisories for high-risk groups.
7. Punjab SIR: Former envoy Navdeep Suri issued notice, told to 'produce documents'
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- GS 2: Polity & Governance: Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Election Commission's draft-roll deletion process, and due process safeguards for citizens flagged during SIR.
8. Stalin pushes for DMK reforms but TVK win signals deeper shift
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- GS 2: Polity: Tamil Nadu's evolving multi-party landscape, organisational reform in a legacy Dravidian party, and the rise of a new political outfit ahead of Assembly polls.
9. Sukhvinder Sukhu has survived rebellion, disaster and debt. Can he now win?
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- GS 2/3: Polity & Economy: Fiscal stress in welfare-heavy states, Himachal Pradesh's debt burden, Finance Commission devolution formula, and political stability of state governments.
10. Graft case: CBI books DGCA ex-official, 4 aviation firms
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- GS 2: Governance: Corruption in aviation-safety regulation, DGCA's licensing/training oversight functions, and CBI's role in prosecuting graft in regulatory bodies.
11. Sealed for 70 years, what BHU found inside 22 boxes from a Varanasi dig
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- GS 1: Art & Culture: Rajghat excavation site (Varanasi), Gupta-period artefacts, and the Archaeological Survey of India's role in documenting ancient urban settlement history.
12. Five years on, how India has warmed up to the Taliban
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- GS 2: International Relations: India's calibrated post-2021 engagement with the Taliban regime (short of formal recognition), humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, and regional security/connectivity implications.
13. Importance of elephant corridors in reducing conflict
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- GS 3: Environment & Wildlife: Human-elephant conflict, fragmentation of habitats, Supreme Court-directed corridor survey, and India's elephant conservation framework (Project Elephant).
14. AI is transforming cyber attacks as well as defences: What this means for India
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- GS 3: Science & Technology / Internal Security: AI-enabled autonomous cyber-espionage (e.g., agentic AI misuse disclosed by Anthropic), dual-use AI risk, and India's cyber-defence preparedness.
15. The personalised vaccine that could cut skin cancer death risk
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- GS 3: Science & Technology / Health: mRNA-based personalised cancer vaccines encoding tumour-specific neoantigens, combination therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors, and precision oncology.
16. Chipflation: Electronics see years of price hikes replicated in 6 months
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- GS 3: Indian Economy: Global memory-chip (DRAM/NAND) supply shortage, its pass-through to consumer electronics prices, and implications for India's electronics manufacturing ambitions.
17. Musk is keen, but what is holding up Starlink launch
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- GS 3: Science & Technology: Satellite broadband spectrum allocation norms, DoT guidelines for satcom companies, and India's push for indigenous NavIC-based positioning alongside global LEO constellations.