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GS-3EXTERNAL SECTOR & FOREX RESERVES

$729 Billion and Climbing - But Who Actually Pays for India's War Chest?

With reserves at an all-time high and concessional swap windows still open, the debate over "how much is enough" has moved from academic to concrete - Patra's $1 trillion target is a specific, quantified answer that carries real costs most coverage of the milestone skips over. India's foreign exchange reserves hit a record $729.33 billion, prompting discussions on whether the RBI should aim for a $1 trillion buffer to shield…

Sub TopicTHE REAL COST OF HOLDING FOREX RESERVES BEYOND THE…SourceRBI, INDIAN EXPRESS, NEWS ON…
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GS-3SPACE OBSERVATORIES & COSMOLOGY

Hubble Zooms In, Webb Zooms Deeper, Roman Zooms Out - Why NASA Needed a Third Kind of Telescope

Roman's launch completes a three-telescope division of labour in space astronomy - Hubble's established visible-light view, Webb's deep infrared zoom and now Roman's unprecedented wide-field survey speed - a structural upgrade to how astronomers search the universe, not merely another observatory joining the fleet.

Sub TopicROMAN TELESCOPE'S WIDE-FIELD SURVEY ROLE ALONGSIDE…SourceNASA, THE HINDU, INDIAN EXPRESS…
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GS-3SPACE WEATHER FORECASTING

Three Instruments, One Sun and the Flicker That Warns You Hours Before It Erupts

The study, combining Aditya-L1's ultraviolet imaging with two independent X-ray instruments, gives scientists their clearest evidence yet of a measurable "tell" before major solar flares - a finding with direct implications for protecting satellites, astronauts and Earth-based communication and power systems from space weather disruption.

Sub TopicPRE-FLARE DIAGNOSTICS USING ADITYA-L1'S MULTI-PAYLOAD DATASourceTHE HINDU, ARXIV, INDIAN DEFENCE…
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GS-3MACROECONOMIC RESILIENCE & STRUCTURAL RISK

The Goldilocks Economy Is Real - And It's Being Paid For By People Who Never See the Headline Number

As Q1 GDP data releases Monday and is expected to confirm growth above 7%, HSBC's research note frames India's resilience through the West Asia war as a "Goldilocks" moment - but the underlying data shows this stability rests disproportionately on the services sector, whose own growth is not guaranteed to continue at the same pace.

Sub TopicSERVICES-SECTOR DEPENDENCE BEHIND INDIA'S "GOLDILOCKS"…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, ET NOW
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