Schools are soft targets - and the threats exhausting and disruptive
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GS 3: Internal Security: Challenges to internal security, terrorism threats, and security management of public institutions.
NCERT must heed the lesson in the Court's rebuke
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GS 2: Polity & Governance: Role of institutions (Judiciary), constitutional bodies, and issues relating to education policy and accountability of public institutions.
What could have been done to avert a cooking gas crisis - and wasn't
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GS 3: Energy Security, Infrastructure and Resource Management under the Indian Economy and Environment sections.
Return of Russian oil signals US pragmatism
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GS 2: International Relations: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, and important international institutions, agencies and fora.
Shift to Seva Teerth, a quiet historical correction
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GS 1: Modern Indian History & Post-Independence India: Evolution of India’s administrative institutions and the legacy of colonial architecture in governance.
Disruption carries a reminder: Policy reforms in fertiliser sector are overdue
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GS 3: Indian Economy: Issues related to agriculture, fertiliser subsidy, food security, energy security, and government policies affecting agriculture inputs.
To fill university posts, reframe recruitment
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GS 2: Governance and Social Justice: Issues relating to development and management of the education sector (Higher Education Governance and Institutional Reforms).
How inflexible coal-fired plants harm India's clean energy push
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GS 3: Infrastructure (Energy Sector) & Environment: Renewable Energy Integration and Energy Security.
India's FDI policy tweak for LBCs: Who stands to gain from these changes
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GS 3: Indian Economy: Investment models, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), industrial policy, and their impact on growth and manufacturing.
Game changers in reversing obesity
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GS 3: Science and Technology: Developments and applications in biotechnology and health technologies (new drugs and medical innovations for diseases such as obesity and diabetes).
SHANTI Act: How thorium can power India's path to energy independence
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GS 3: Science & Technology: Indigenisation of technology and development of new energy technologies (Nuclear Energy Programme of India, Thorium-based reactors, Energy security).
Why LPG sector is the worst hit by Iran war
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GS 3: Indian Economy: Energy security, infrastructure, and issues related to supply of energy resources affecting economic development.
Behind Karnataka liquor tax tweak from price to alcohol content
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GS 3: Indian Economy: Government Budgeting, Taxation Policy, and Fiscal Policy (State Excise Revenue & Indirect Taxation).
LPG imports rose with urbanisation, schemes, growing middle class
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GS 3: Indian Economy: Energy Security: Infrastructure and Energy Resources (Oil, Gas and Petroleum Sector).