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04 Feb 2026 : Indian Express Important Articles Today

  1. Only 14% NCAP funds so far used by Delhi
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  • GS 3: Environment & Ecology: Government policies and interventions for environmental pollution control and sustainable development (National Clean Air Programme, air pollution governance).
     
  1. With tariff cloud lifting, India-US can shape balance of power in Asia & world
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  • GS 2: International Relations: India–US bilateral relations, Indo-Pacific geopolitics, great power politics, and their impact on India’s strategic and economic interests.
     
  1. A deal for integration, opens possibilities
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  • GS 2: International Relations (India–US relations, trade agreements, global economic integration) and GS 3: Indian Economy (foreign trade, FDI, balance of payments, global supply chains).
     
  1. SC ruling on menstrual hygiene is about dignity
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  • GS 2: Indian Polity & Governance: Fundamental Rights (Article 21), Supreme Court judgments, women’s rights, social justice and health governance.
     
  1. The economy remains in search of a plan
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  • GS 3: Indian Economy: Government budgeting, industrial policy, employment generation, skill development, FDI, manufacturing, and structural reforms.
     
  1. Two trade deals in the bag, India has a great opportunity
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  • GS 2: International Relations: India and its bilateral/multilateral trade relations; strategic partnerships; geopolitics of Indo-Pacific and Quad.
     
  1. R-Day leaves behind a lingering silence of the public-and republic
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  • GS 2: Indian Constitution: values, democratic institutions, rights, secularism, federalism, role of political parties and challenges to constitutional morality.
     
  1. €2 ticket for a wish and a coin-Rome tightens access to iconic Trevi Fountain
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  • GS 1: Indian & World Geography / Culture: Urban heritage conservation, tourism management, and sustainable management of cultural heritage sites (World context).
     
  1. Iran president now seeks 'fair, equitable negotiations' with US
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  • GS 2: International Relations: India and its neighbourhood, bilateral relations, and developments affecting India’s interests (Iran–US relations, West Asia geopolitics, regional security).
     
  1. Rules on frozen embryo donation, now under legal challenge
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  • GS 2: Polity & Governance: Fundamental Rights (Articles 14 & 21), statutory bodies, judicial review, and ethical–legal issues in public policy (Assisted Reproductive Technology regulation).
     
  1. To tackle India's waste problem, new rules turn focus to source
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  • GS 3: Environment & Ecology: Environmental pollution, waste management, environmental governance, and conservation-related policies and regulations.
     
  1. US farm exports to India surged, even with no deal
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  • GS 3: Indian Economy: Agricultural marketing, external trade, tariffs, WTO-related trade issues, and impact of trade policy on agriculture.
     
  1. Markets soar 2.5% on US deal; FPIs pour in Rs 5.2K cr
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  • GS 3: Indian Economy: Effects of liberalisation on the economy, foreign trade, foreign capital inflows (FPI/FII), capital markets and exchange rate movements.
     
  1. Rupee, interest rates, to GDP growth: US trade agreement & India's economic outlook
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  • GS 3: Indian Economy: International trade, balance of payments, exchange rate, monetary policy, and macroeconomic implications of trade agreements.