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GS-4DIPLOMATIC DUTY OF CARE IN CONFLICT ZONES

A Gujarat Family Waited for a Call. The Embassy Sent Condolences Instead.

The death of an Indian citizen in Russian strikes on Ukraine surfaces just days after PM Modi personally appealed to President Putin at the SCO Summit for an end to the war. It puts India's carefully calibrated neutral posture - maintained through defence and energy ties with Moscow while avoiding direct condemnation - under fresh, personal pressure, testing where the state's unconditional duty of care toward its own…

Sub TopicDIPLOMATIC DUTY OF CARE, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND…SourceMINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS…
UPSC Relevance9/10
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GS-4MATERNITY RIGHTS & CORPORATE ETHICS

Same Salary, Smaller Job: What the Delhi HC Called Out at HashiCorp

On August 31, 2026, Justice Sachin Datta of the Delhi High Court ruled in favour of chartered accountant Rakhi Bisht, who had resigned from software company HashiCorp in October 2024 after being reassigned to a subordinate role on returning from maternity leave. The judgment sets out a detailed framework for how employers must handle post-maternity role changes and directs the Centre to frame national rules within six months…

Sub TopicWORKPLACE ETHICS, MATERNITY RIGHTS AND COMPETING…SourceDELHI HIGH COURT, INDIAN…
UPSC Relevance9/10
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GS-4INSTITUTIONAL DUTY OF CARE & WORKPLACE SAFETY

RG Kar, Two Years On: The Guards Came. The Washrooms Didn't.

An Indian Express on-ground investigation, timed to two years since the August 9, 2024 rape-murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College, found that while CISF deployment and CCTV coverage ordered by the Supreme Court have been implemented, the hospital's commitment - made during Supreme Court hearings - to build separate, biometric-secured resting spaces for male and female doctors has not materialised…

Sub TopicINSTITUTIONAL DUTY OF CARE, WORKPLACE SAFETY AND…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, THE HINDU
UPSC Relevance9/10
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