1. To fund hydel project, NHPC proposed its forest land assets as collateral, Govt said no
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- GS 3: Environment & Infrastructure: Issues related to hydropower projects, environmental clearances, forest land diversion, and infrastructure financing.
2. Govt orders IndiGo to cut down flights by 10%, summons CEO
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- GS 3: Infrastructure: Aviation sector, Issues in transport and mobility, Role of regulators (DGCA), Government policies affecting transport sector.
3. CAQM wants BS III compliant & vehicles of earlier models out of SC order purview
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- GS 3: Environment: (Air Pollution, Environmental Governance, Vehicular Emissions Policy).
4. MAGA agenda is now America's global strategy
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- GS 2: International Relations (US Foreign Policy, India–US Relations, Changing Geopolitics, Strategic Shifts in Major Powers).
5. Kerala case has a silver lining, breaks a silence
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- GS 2: Governance (Issues related to women, institutional mechanisms like POSH Act, role of civil society and pressure groups in governance).
6. India's small enterprises hold key to job growth
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- GS 3: Indian Economy (Employment, MSME Sector, Informal sector, Credit & Productivity Challenges).
7. The many lives and unenviable destiny of Vande Mataram
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- GS 1: Modern Indian History (National movement, nationalism, communal politics, evolution of national symbols).
8. What Indians eat, and how being unhealthy is easier and cheaper
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- GS 2 & GS 3: Issues related to Health, Nutrition, Food Security, Public Policy, and Government Interventions in the Social Sector; Economics of Food Consumption and NCD Burden.
9. Remembering Ambedkar, the internationalist
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- GS 2: International Relations (Foreign Policy) & Indian Constitution (Polity): India’s Foreign Policy, Role of India in Global South, Ambedkar’s Constitutional Vision & Internationalist Thought.
10. Centre recommends Al companies pay creator royalties at govt panel-set rates
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- GS 2: Governance (Government policies/interventions, regulatory frameworks, and issues relating to intellectual property rights and emerging technologies such as AI).
11. RBI Governor asks banks to bring down intermediation costs
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- GS 3: Indian Economy: Banking sector, Monetary policy transmission, financial inclusion, Intermediation costs, Credit growth, Asset quality & digital frauds.
12. In world's first Australia's social media ban for U-16s takes effect
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- GS 2: Governance; Government Policies & Interventions; Issues related to regulation of social media, child safety, and Big Tech oversight.
13. Why India is not 'dumping' rice in the US as Trump says
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- GS 3: Indian Economy: External Sector (Trade), Food Processing & Agriculture (Rice Economy), and Issues related to WTO, Tariffs & Trade Policy.
14. Blue-Corner Notice against Goa club owners
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- GS 2: International Relations / Security Cooperation (Role of Interpol, extradition mechanisms, international criminal notice systems).
15. Yellow Line that may define Gaza border
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- GS 2: International Relations (India and its neighbourhood + Middle East geopolitics; global conflicts and ceasefire negotiations).
16. How countries like Myanmar and Cambodia turned into hubs of cyber slavery
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- GS 2: International Relations / Internal Security.