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GS-2REGULATORY ACCOUNTABILITY AND WOMEN'S SAFETY

The Order That Never Left the Page

The plea comes amid renewed concern over gender-based violence involving corrosive substances, with petitioners arguing that thirteen years of licensing-based regulation has failed to meaningfully restrict access. The Supreme Court sought the Union government's response on a plea to completely ban the retail sale of acid due to continued attacks and regulatory failure. This highlights the GS2 theme of regulatory…

Sub TopicACID SALE REGULATION, JUDICIAL DIRECTIONS AND…SourceTHE HINDU

UPSC Relevance8/10

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GS-2CENSUS, NRC AND ETHNIC FEDERALISM

Counting as a Battleground: Centre Defers Manipur Census Under NRC Pressure

House-listing for Census 2027 was due to commence in Manipur on September 1. Meitei and Naga civil society groups, supported by 14 organisations and BJP MLAs, had intensified demands for an NRC-first approach, citing demographic anxieties driven by cross-border migration from Myanmar. Following a high-level meeting in New Delhi chaired by Home Minister Amit Shah, the Centre submitted an undertaking to the Manipur High Court…

Sub TopicMANIPUR CENSUS DEFERRAL - NRC DEMAND, DEMOGRAPHIC…SourceMINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, THE…

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GS-2INDIA-IRAN BILATERAL RELATIONS AND WEST ASIA DIPLOMACY

The Appeal Nobody Asked India to Answer

The meeting is the first top-level India-Iran engagement since the war began and comes just a day after fresh US-Iran strikes near the Strait of Hormuz, adding urgency to Pezeshkian's appeal for outside mediation. PM Modi met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Bishkek, urging the protection of commercial shipping and freedom of navigation amid the West Asia crisis. This highlights the GS2 theme of India's strategic…

Sub TopicSTRATEGIC AUTONOMY, FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION AND INDIA'S…SourcePIB, ANI NEWS, HINDUSTAN TIMES

UPSC Relevance8/10

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GS-2ELECTORAL ROLL REVISION AND VOTER DISENFRANCHISEMENT

One in Three: What Delhi's SIR Deletions Reveal About a Constitutional Silence

Phase 3 draft rolls for Delhi and Maharashtra were published this week, completing SIR coverage of most of the country and triggering objections from Opposition-ruled states including Karnataka and Telangana over the scale of deletions. The Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) draft rolls have deleted over 13 crore names nationwide, with Delhi seeing a 33% reduction. This highlights the UPSC GS2 theme of…

Sub TopicSPECIAL INTENSIVE REVISION, ECI POWERS UNDER ARTICLE…SourcePIB, THE HINDU, INDIAN EXPRESS…

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GS-2TREATY LAW AND INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION

India Dismisses Hague Court's IWT Ruling as It Rejects the Court's Very Existence

The PCA issued its award on the status of the Indus Waters Treaty and interim measures concerning the Ratle Hydro-Electric Plant, directing India to comply with treaty obligations and freeze specific construction. India's MEA immediately rejected both the award and the tribunal's jurisdiction, escalating a legal standoff that has now produced a formally issued order India has declared legally null. The case comes to a head…

Sub TopicINDUS WATERS TREATY - PCA AWARD, JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTE…SourceMINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS…

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