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GS-2INDUS WATERS TREATY & TRANSBOUNDARY RELATIONS

India Brushes Off Pakistan's Allegations Of Flood Situation

The MEA's rebuttal, delivered at a media briefing on July 24, 2026, comes as the Chenab remains in "high-flood state" during peak monsoon season, testing whether India's suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty's formal mechanisms has actually altered its behaviour as an upper-riparian state.QUICK_FACTS: The Chenab is one of the three Western Rivers allocated to Pakistan under the Indus Waters Treaty, 1960. India placed the…

Sub TopicINDIA'S CONTINUED FLOOD-DATA SHARING WITH PAKISTAN AMID…SourceMINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
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GS-2JUDICIAL OVERSIGHT OF INTERNAL CONFLICT

SC Proposes Special Courts For Manipur Violence Cases

The proposal came during the Supreme Court's continued monitoring of Manipur violence cases, more than two years after the conflict began in May 2023, amid concerns that displaced witnesses and stalled investigations were producing an "inordinate delay" in the pursuit of justice. The Supreme Court proposed setting up special courts for day-to-day trials of Manipur violence cases to overcome inordinate investigative delays…

Sub TopicSUPREME COURT'S PROPOSAL FOR SPECIAL COURTS IN MANIPUR…SourceTHE HINDU
UPSC Relevance9/10
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GS-2UNIFORM CIVIL CODE & FEDERALISM

Chhattisgarh UCC Panel Holds First Meeting To Draft Bill For Winter Session

The committee's first meeting, held on July 24, 2026 at Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhavan in Nava Raipur, comes just three days after Madhya Pradesh passed its own UCC Bill, making Chhattisgarh the latest state to pursue a state-specific code rather than wait for a central law under Article 44. Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai announced that the state will table a Uniform Civil Code Bill in the Winter Session, following the first…

Sub TopicCHHATTISGARH UCC DRAFTING COMMITTEE & STATE-LEVEL…SourceTHE HINDU
UPSC Relevance9/10
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GS-2NATIONAL SYMBOLS & CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS

Bill To Punish Insult To National Song 'Vande Mataram' Introduced In Rajya Sabha

The Bill was tabled in the Rajya Sabha on July 24, 2026, during a Monsoon Session otherwise disrupted over the NEET paper leak controversy and demands for the Education Minister's resignation, making it one of the few substantive legislative developments of the week. The government introduced a Bill in the Rajya Sabha to amend the 1971 Act, making insults to the National Song 'Vande Mataram' a criminal offence punishable by…

Sub TopicPREVENTION OF INSULTS TO NATIONAL HONOUR (AMENDMENT)…SourceRAJYA SABHA
UPSC Relevance9/10
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GS-2EXAMINATION GOVERNANCE & INSTITUTIONAL REFORM

Forty-Seven Sackings and a Tougher Law: Why Neither One Works Without the Other

This is the government's most concrete response yet to a crisis of confidence in India's public examination system, combining a punitive legislative amendment with an administrative rebuild of the body most directly blamed for the failure. The pairing matters for GS2 because it tests whether legal deterrence and institutional capacity-building are being treated as substitutes or as two halves of the same fix - a distinction…

Sub TopicANTI-PAPER-LEAK LAW AMENDMENT AND NTA STRUCTURAL OVERHAULSourceBOTH - HINDU + IE
UPSC Relevance8/10
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GS-2JUDICIAL TRANSPARENCY & ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

The Supreme Court Just Drew a Line Between Watching a Hearing and Owning the Clip

The order responds to a growing pattern of viral courtroom clips being stripped of context and circulated for engagement or profit, which the petitioner argued was undermining public confidence in the judiciary. It matters for GS2 because it tests how far the judiciary can regulate the very transparency mechanism - livestreaming - that its own 2018 ruling in Swapnil Tripathi v. Supreme Court of India established as a…

Sub TopicREGULATION OF LIVESTREAMED COURT PROCEEDINGS ON SOCIAL…SourceSUPREME COURT OF INDIA
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