UPSC Current Affairs — 25 Aug 2026 Daily Briefing

Tuesday, 25 August 2026

EDITORIALINDUSTRIAL RELATIONS CODE AND LABOUR JURISPRUDENCE

Severing a Working Precedent for the Sake of a Clean Slate

The August 20 verdict in State of U.P. vs Jai Bir Singh resolves a reference pending since 2005 over whether the Triple Test's expansive definition of "industry" - which brought hospitals, charities and welfare bodies within labour law's protective ambit - should continue to govern disputes now that the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 has replaced the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.

Sub TopicLABOUR LAW AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONSSourceSUPREME COURT OF INDIA, THE…

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EDITORIALINDUSTRIAL OUTPUT AND GROWTH SLOWDOWN

Statistical Comfort or Structural Warning: Reading Past July's Core Sector Number

The Office of Economic Adviser's July core sector data, released this week, showed headline growth moderating only slightly from June even as the details revealed base-effect distortion in coal and refinery output, a fresh five-year-low PMI reading and a widening crude oil import bill - prompting The Hindu's editorial to question whether India's growth signals are being read too generously.

Sub TopicINDIAN ECONOMY - GROWTH AND DEMAND INDICATORSSourceMINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND…

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Severing a Working Precedent for the Sake of a Clean Slate

Statistical Comfort or Structural Warning: Reading Past July's Core Sector Number