1. 'Negligible progress': NHAI notice to firm on ending contract for expressway work
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- GS 3: Infrastructure (Roads & Highways) / Government policies and implementation related to infrastructure development.
2. Any judicial direction on air purifier GST will violate basic structure: Govt to HC
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- GS 2: Polity & Governance: Separation of Powers, Judicial Review, and Constitutional role of Legislature–Executive–Judiciary (with reference to GST Council).
3. Indus Waters Treaty on hold, green panel's nod for another hydel power project on Chenab
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- GS 2: International Relations: India–Pakistan relations and international agreements (Indus Waters Treaty), with linkages to GS 3: (environmental clearance and hydroelectric infrastructure).
4. 100 yrs of CPI: In 1st conclave, it criticised Gandhi's khadi push, hailed Tilak
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- GS 1: Modern Indian History (Freedom Struggle & Political Ideologies: Growth of Communism and Left Movements in India).
5. Something about the price of petrol doesn't add up
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- GS 3: Indian Economy: Energy sector reforms, fuel pricing, taxation (GST vs VAT) and biofuel/ethanol blending policy.
6. Rebuilding trust in police, in shadow of doubt, under scrutiny
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- GS 2: Polity & Governance: Issues relating to police reforms, accountability, transparency, and the role of institutions in strengthening trust in a constitutional democracy.
7. Tepid foreign investor interest is worrying
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- GS 3: Indian Economy: Issues relating to investment, capital flows (FDI/FPI), balance of payments, and growth–investment dynamics.
8. My rights, in my language
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- GS 2: Indian Constitution: Features, Amendments, Schedules; Issues relating to minorities, vulnerable sections and inclusive governance (language and cultural rights).
9. India moves towards unlocking nuclear energy. The hard work begins now
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- GS 3: Indian Economy & Infrastructure: Energy sector (nuclear energy), investment, regulatory reforms and energy security.
10. For Opposition today, lessons from Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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- GS 2: Indian Polity & Governance (Role of Opposition, Parliamentary Democracy, Political Parties).
11. MSMES seek better credit access, protection from tariff shocks, exchange rate risks
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- GS 3: Indian Economy: Government Budgeting, MSMEs, Credit availability, GST reforms, and external sector risks (tariffs and exchange rate volatility).
12. Amid global battery boom, graphite mining gets a fresh look in the US
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- GS 3: Science & Technology (critical minerals, lithium-ion batteries, energy security and strategic supply chains).
13. A poll win for Tarique Rahman is not a forgone conclusion
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- GS 2: International Relations: India and its neighbourhood relations, with specific focus on India–Bangladesh relations and political developments in neighbouring countries.