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GS-2INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ALLIANCES

What Dropping "Indo" From a Command's Name Actually Signals

The developments come as Trump pursues renewed talks with Kim Jong Un, cancels a second South Korea military exercise citing Iran-war troop constraints and prepares for a summit with Xi Jinping - a pattern security analysts say signals a transactional approach that is reshaping how Japan, Taiwan and India each calculate their reliance on US commitments.

Sub TopicUS STRATEGIC RELIABILITY, INDO-PACIFIC ALLIANCES AND…SourceTHE HINDU, US PACIFIC COMMAND…
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GS-2ONE NATION ONE ELECTION AND BASIC STRUCTURE

The Five-Year Number the Constitution Doesn't Let Parliament Round Down

The JPC, chaired by BJP MP P.P. Chaudhary, held a seven-hour session with Chidambaram, Padma awardees and legal think-tanks including the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, as it continues examining the Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill and Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, introduced in December 2024 to enable simultaneous Lok Sabha and state Assembly elections.

Sub TopicONE NATION ONE ELECTION, BASIC STRUCTURE DOCTRINE AND…SourcePARLIAMENT OF INDIA, INDIAN…
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GS-2OBC RESERVATION AND CREAMY LAYER

Same Candidate, Same Category, Two Different Answers

With the Supreme Court's six-month implementation deadline expiring September 11 and the CSE-2025 Foundation Course due to begin imminently at LBSNAA, the Centre has sought directions limiting the judgment's retrospective reach to protect the "substantially concluded" CSE-2025 selection process from being reopened.

Sub TopicOBC RESERVATIONS, CREAMY LAYER AND SOCIAL JUSTICE…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, SUPREME COURT…
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GS-2RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND ANTI-CONVERSION LAW

The Burden-Shift Nobody Waited For

The Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Act, notified July 31, comes into force on August 28, criminalising conversions carried out through coercion, fraud or allurement and placing the burden of proving voluntariness on the person facilitating the gathering. Nine FIRs tied to five disruption incidents between April and July have made pastors act pre-emptively, before the law's own enforcement machinery has begun.

Sub TopicRELIGIOUS FREEDOM, ANTI-CONVERSION LAWS AND MINORITY…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, ECONOMIC TIMES…
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GS-2INDIA-RUSSIA RELATIONS

The $50 Billion Problem Neither Delhi Nor Moscow Wants to Name

Jaishankar's two-day Moscow visit (August 23-24) comes just ahead of two scheduled Modi-Putin meetings - at the SCO summit in Kyrgyzstan and the BRICS summit India will host in New Delhi in September - making the trade imbalance and cooperation roadmap discussed this week the working agenda for both upcoming encounters.

Sub TopicINDIA-RUSSIA BILATERAL RELATIONS AND STRATEGIC COOPERATIONSourceMEA, THE HINDU, INDIAN EXPRESS…
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