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19 Feb 2026 : Indian Express Important Articles Today

  1. Flood alerts, speech synthesis to waste segregation, IITs focus wide and deep
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  • GS 2: (Governance) & GS 3: (Science & Technology — AI applications for urban management, fisheries, and waste management).
     
  1. We need a more integrated education imagination. Budget recognises that
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  • GS 2: Education & Human Resource Development (Government Policies and Interventions in the Education Sector).
     
  1. CCI vs WhatsApp is a pivotal battle in regulatory evolution
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  • GS 2: Governance & Polity (Regulatory bodies, Competition Commission of India, Digital Personal Data Protection Act, and issues relating to data governance and digital economy).
     
  1. Finance Commission's balancing act is misleading
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  • GS 2: Indian Polity & Governance: Centre–State financial relations, Finance Commission, and fiscal federalism.
     
  1. Al in classrooms but no calculators in exam halls
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  • GS 2: Social Justice (Education sector reforms, role of technology in education and learning outcomes).
     
  1. Can't have Al Impact if you shrink right to information
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  • GS 2: Governance, Transparency & Accountability; Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to privacy and data protection.
     
  1. Don't force Vande Mataram. Nationalism must include dissenter and quiet observer
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  • GS 2: Indian Polity & Governance (Fundamental Rights, Secularism, National Symbols, Supreme Court Judgements on Freedom of Conscience and Expression).
     
  1. Nicobar project's strategic & ecological consequences
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  • GS 3: (Environment & Ecology): Environmental Impact Assessment & Biodiversity Conservation (with strategic infrastructure)
     
  1. When SC reviews 2018 Sabarimala ruling, the issues on the table
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  • GS 2: Indian Polity & Constitution: (Judiciary, Fundamental Rights, Constitutional Interpretation) Freedom of Religion vs Fundamental Rights (Sabarimala Case)
     
  1. Maharashtra's 5% Muslim quota: Legally greenlit, never availed of
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  • GS 2: Polity & Governance (Issues relating to social justice and vulnerable sections) Reservation policy & affirmative action for socially and educationally backward classes
     
  1. How IITs are using Al-powered devices to spot signs of cancer
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  • GS 3: Science & Technology (Developments and their Applications in Everyday Life)
     
  1. 'Accident is not act of god, but act of humans, AI can only help in getting better data and analysis
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  • GS 3: Infrastructure (Road Safety), Science & Technology (AI applications in governance), and Internal Security (Data-driven public safety).