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Quantum physics, despite being counterintuitive, has had profound technological and scientific impacts over the past century, influencing energy, electronics, medicine, and computing.
The year 2025 highlighted serious deficiencies in governance, internal security, foreign policy management, institutional accountability, and infrastructure safety, exposing a widening gap between constitutional ideals and political practice.
Recent court verdicts and institutional failures in high-profile sexual violence cases have revived concerns about access to justice for survivors, especially when the accused wield political, economic, or social power.
The Supreme Court has stayed its recent verdict that restricted the definition of the Aravalli range by applying a minimum elevation criterion, raising concerns over environmental protection and illegal mining.
The Delhi High Court’s intervention in a Public Interest Litigation seeking reduction of GST on air purifiers has revived the debate on judicial overreach, separation of powers, and the constitutional role of the GST Council in fiscal decision-making.
India’s economy in 2025 displayed resilience amid global uncertainty, marked by strong growth, low inflation, and effective fiscal and monetary policy interventions despite external shocks such as high US tariffs and volatile capital flows.
Ethanol blending in petrol is central to India’s energy transition, aiming to reduce fossil fuel dependence, lower emissions, and support the domestic sugarcane and ethanol industry.
Public trust in policing is critical for democratic governance, internal security, and law enforcement legitimacy. Declining confidence in the police, coupled with allegations of discrimination, can erode institutional credibility, affect citizen cooperation, and weaken the rule of law.
ISRO has achieved multiple technological milestones this year, demonstrating its growing capabilities in heavy-lift launches, international collaboration, and human spaceflight.
Recent data indicate that after years of divergence, India’s lower-income states have begun growing faster in the post-pandemic period, signalling early signs of economic convergence.
Recently, the SC accepted a new definition of Aravalli hills—considering only landforms above 100 metres in elevation—which has sparked controversy among environmentalists, scientists, and local communities.
Christianity in India is historically indigenous, contributing to education, healthcare, and social welfare, contrary to the perception of it being a colonial legacy.
High-profile financial and cyber frauds in India underscore the growing role of digital footprints in crime detection.
The critiques the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, highlighting risks of disenfranchising eligible voters and constitutional flaws in citizenship verification.
Parliament’s emphasis on debating the symbolism of Vande Mataram while neglecting urgent discussion and accountability on India’s worsening air pollution crisis, particularly in Delhi.
Bangladesh is witnessing renewed political instability marked by institutional weakening, street violence, and ideological radicalisation. The editorial places current developments in a long-term historical perspective, highlighting the country’s troubled democratic trajectory since 1975.
The VB-GRAMG Bill, replacing MGNREGA, has been passed with procedural haste, raising concerns about rural employment, fiscal federalism, and democratic scrutiny.
India’s proactive diplomacy under PM Modi has transformed its role in West Asia, yielding economic, strategic, and political gains.
Recently, Indian Prime Minister’s visit to Ethiopia strengthens India’s Africa policy through personal diplomacy, strategic partnership, and enhanced bilateral cooperation.
The Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), or VB-GRAMG, is a recent rural employment reform in India aimed at strengthening social protection and addressing structural weaknesses in the existing MGNREGA framework.
Rethinking teacher authority for inclusive, inquiry-based education reforms.
Gradual dilution of MGNREGA’s demand-driven employment guarantee.
India has withdrawn mandatory Quality Control Orders (QCOs) on several industrial raw materials, marking a shift towards risk-based regulation to support manufacturing competitiveness and ease of doing business, in line with recommendations by NITI Aayog.
The Supreme Court’s advisory opinion delivered under Article 143 on the Governor’s role in granting assent to State Bills has brought renewed focus on constitutional silence, discretionary powers, federal balance, and democratic accountability, especially amid recurring instances of prolonged gubernatorial delays in Opposition-ruled States.
2025 marks the centenary of the Communist Party of India (CPI), contrasting sharply with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which celebrated its 100 years with public fanfare.
It highlights the persistent issue of government school teachers in India being assigned non-teaching duties, particularly as Booth Level Officers (BLOs) during elections.
The government has proposed to replace MGNREGA with VB-GRAMG, promising enhanced rural employment while restructuring funding and implementation mechanisms.
Recently, a terrorist attack at a Hanukkah gathering at Bondi Beach, Australia, highlighted the vulnerability of open societies to ideologically motivated violence.
Recently, Saudi Crown Prince MBS’s visit to the US and what Saudi Arabia and the US gained from it.
India’s rampant preventive use of antibiotics has accelerated antimicrobial resistance, making it the epicentre of the global AMR crisis.
The UN’s Global Environment Outlook-7 (GEO-7) highlights the escalating climate crisis, but US obstruction has weakened global consensus on clean energy and fossil fuel phase-out.
India’s regulatory hurdles for entrepreneurs and how the Jan Vishwas Siddhant aims to simplify compliance, decriminalise minor offences, and promote ease of doing business.
In the digital age, individuals increasingly form “parasocial” relationships one-sided emotional bonds with celebrities, fictional characters, or imagined entities reflecting social isolation and changing patterns of human interaction.
The role of increasing political interference in Indian public universities, undermining academic freedom and institutional autonomy.
It shows how the inward-looking shift in US foreign policy, particularly its "America First" ideological impulses, presents both challenges and a significant strategic opportunity for India.
It argues that childcare infrastructure, often viewed merely as a social safety net, must be recognized and treated as "soft infrastructure" critical for achieving India's 8-10% growth ambition by unlocking the economic potential of women and fostering human capital development in children.
India’s employment challenge is not only about creating jobs but also about improving productivity and growth in its millions of small and unincorporated enterprises.
The US National Security Strategy (NSS) 2025 marks a shift from post-Cold War internationalism to an inward-looking “America First” approach, impacting global power dynamics and India’s strategic space.
India-UK defence cooperation is expanding through joint exercises, industrial collaboration, and strategic alignment to address regional and global security challenges.
India’s STEM potential will remain underutilized unless systemic issues in research funding, mentorship, and academic infrastructure are addressed.
The rise of “skip intro” and similar features on streaming platforms reflects changing audience engagement patterns and cultural shifts in storytelling.
Despite high GDP growth, India faces challenges of jobless growth, poor data quality, and environmental degradation, raising concerns about the sustainability and inclusiveness of its economic development.
Delhi High Court allowed Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories to manufacture and export generic semaglutide, rejecting Novo Nordisk’s patent infringement plea, citing concerns of evergreening.
Russian President Putin’s state visit to India in December 2025 highlights India’s strategic balancing act amid evolving global power dynamics, Russia’s isolation, and shifting India-US relations.
India-Russia ties face challenges post-Ukraine war, requiring Moscow to share responsibility for sustaining the partnership.
The delay in conducting India’s Census and ambiguity over caste and migration enumeration threatens effective governance, welfare allocation, urban planning, and political representation. Census 2027 is crucial for informed policymaking, delimitation, and women’s reservation.
The Indian rupee has crossed the psychologically critical 90-per-dollar mark, highlighting vulnerabilities in India’s external sector despite a strong macroeconomic backdrop.
India needs to update its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement to align economic growth with ambitious climate action.
State legislatures in India, as pillars of democracy, require enhanced productivity, transparency, and accountability to meet the evolving governance needs of a rapidly changing nation.
President Vladimir Putin’s December 2025 visit to India offers an opportunity to modernize India-Russia ties amid ongoing Ukraine peace negotiations and shifting global geopolitics.
Rupee depreciation, though significant, presents opportunities to boost India’s export competitiveness and manage trade imbalances.
It examines the trends in fiscal transfers from the Centre to states in India and highlights concerns over the shrinking fiscal space, particularly for high-income states, in the context of Finance Commission recommendations.
Decline of parliamentary oversight and increasing executive dominance in India’s democracy.
India’s Q2 FY26 GDP grew at a robust 8.2%, highlighting strong domestic demand and sectoral recovery, setting the stage for RBI’s MPC to balance growth and inflation.
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