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GS-2EDUCATION FEDERALISM & NEP IMPLEMENTATION

36 Days: The Number That Actually Explains the CBSE Language Case

The Education Ministry and CBSE have filed counter-affidavits before the Supreme Court defending the mandatory three-language policy, citing that 47.3 percent of CBSE's 28,848 affiliated schools already comply without additional hiring. The petition, filed by parents and teachers, challenges CBSE's May 15 circular for reversing an April 9 position that had deferred the policy to 2029-30, alleging violations of Articles 14…

SourceBOTH - THE HINDU + THE INDIAN…
UPSC Relevance8/10
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GS-2WEST ASIA GEOPOLITICS & ENERGY SECURITY

Why Iran Would Rather Fight Over a Strait Than Talk About Its Nuclear Programme

The MoU signed by the U.S. and Iran on June 17 is unraveling over Article 5, which required Iran to guarantee safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. After Iranian attacks on three tankers using a U.S.-backed route, Washington revoked its sanctions waiver on Iranian crude and resumed air strikes, while the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced a temporary closure of the strait.

SourceTHE HINDU
UPSC Relevance9/10
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GS-2UT GOVERNANCE & ASYMMETRIC FEDERALISM

Same Powers, Unequal Tehsils: The Two Faces of Ladakh's New Councils

Chief Secretary Ashish Kundra announced that each of Ladakh's seven districts will get an Autonomous Hill Development Council with the full powers already held by Leh since 1995 and Kargil since 2003, alongside 17 new tehsils. The Kargil Democratic Alliance has objected that the tehsil distribution disproportionately favours the former Leh district and the Centre is separately weighing a customised Article 371 framework to…

Sub TopicUNION TERRITORY GOVERNANCE & FEDERALISM (ARTICLE 371)SourceBOTH - THE HINDU + THE INDIAN…
UPSC Relevance9/10
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GS-2ELECTION COMMISSION & SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION

The Clause the EC Added Without Asking Parliament's Permission

The Indian Express reported that the ECINET portal's version of Form 6 now carries a new declaration section asking applicants about their parents' status in the last Special Intensive Revision - a section absent from the downloadable version of the same form. Congress MP Pawan Khera and CPI(M) MP John Brittas have accused the EC of amending subordinate legislation without following the Gazette notification process required…

Sub TopicELECTION COMMISSION & ELECTORAL RULESSourceTHE INDIAN EXPRESS
UPSC Relevance9/10
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GS-2CITIZENSHIP DETERMINATION & DUE PROCESS

The Court didn't say she's a citizen. It said the process that unmade her citizenship was never lawful.

A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta ruled on July 13, 2026, that citizenship and foreigner-status determinations must be "fair, lawful and reasoned," setting aside 27 Gauhati High Court judgments that had upheld ex-parte Foreigners Tribunal orders. The cases, including one involving Sabitri and Sambhu Dey dating to a 1997 order, were remanded for fresh adjudication, with no coercive action permitted until the…

Sub TopicSECTION 9 REVERSE BURDEN OF PROOF VS. THE CONSTITUTIONAL…SourceBOTH - HINDU + IE
UPSC Relevance9/10
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GS-2CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT & LEGISLATIVE ARITHMETIC

The number the government is actually chasing isn't a majority - it's 346

With the Monsoon Session starting July 20, the NDA government is working to secure a two-thirds majority to reintroduce the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill - which links delimitation and Lok Sabha expansion to advancing women's reservation - after its April 2026 defeat. The government is courting the DMK for an abstention and NCP (SP) for support, alongside counting rebel TMC MPs and Shiv Sena crossovers.

Sub TopicARTICLE 368 SPECIAL MAJORITY MECHANICS AND THE 131ST…SourceTHE INDIAN EXPRESS
UPSC Relevance8/10
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