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GS-2DEFENCE DIPLOMACY & INDIA-JAPAN TIES

A Four-Star Officer Flew Tejas - What Japan's Trust in India's Jet Actually Signals

Veer Guardian 2026, the second edition of the India-Japan bilateral air exercise, is being conducted at Jodhpur through September 22. During the exercise, Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh and JASDF Chief of Staff General Takehiro Morita flew together in a Tejas formation, with Morita personally experiencing India's indigenous Light Combat Aircraft. This is the first time JASDF fighters have operated…

Sub TopicINDIA'S DEFENCE DIPLOMACY & BILATERAL MILITARY COOPERATIONSourcePIB, THE HINDU, INDIAN EXPRESS…
UPSC Relevance8/10
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GS-2INDIA-US RELATIONS & SANCTIONS DIPLOMACY

Jaishankar's UNGA Trip Is a Bilateral Problem Wearing a Multilateral Disguise

The Ministry of External Affairs announced on September 20 that EAM S. Jaishankar will travel to New York for the High-Level Week of the 81st UN General Assembly, where he will attend plurilateral and bilateral meetings alongside his scheduled General Debate address on September 26. The visit follows the US House of Representatives passing and President Trump signing, the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of…

Sub TopicMULTILATERAL FORUMS AS LEVERAGE IN BILATERAL SANCTIONS…SourceMINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS…
UPSC Relevance8/10
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GS-2SCHEDULED TRIBE STATUS & UCC EXEMPTIONS

Bengal Promises Kurmis a UCC Exemption Before They Are Even Scheduled Tribes - Is That Constitutionally Backwards?

Addressing a Karam festival gathering in Purulia, West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari announced that the Kurmi community would be exempted from the state's proposed Uniform Civil Code, that protest-related cases against Kurmi community members would be withdrawn and that the government would push for constitutional recognition of the Kurmali and Rajbanshi languages. The state has also said it will submit a "Further Common…

Sub TopicPOLITICAL PROMISES, CONSTITUTIONAL SEQUENCE AND TRIBAL…SourceTHE HINDU, INDIAN EXPRESS, PIB
UPSC Relevance8/10
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GS-2CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & COMPANY LAW

Tata Sons-Tata Trusts Showdown: The Veto Clause Tata Built to Protect Itself Is Now Being Used Against It

On September 20, 2026, Tata Trusts issued a formal statement rejecting the Tata Sons board's decision to reappoint N. Chandrasekaran as Executive Chairman for a further five-year term. The Trusts argue that Articles 104B and 121 of the Articles of Association require the affirmative support of a majority of their nominee directors on the board, a condition that failed when nominee director Noel Tata voted against the…

Sub TopicARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AND AFFIRMATIVE VOTING RIGHTS IN…SourceTATA TRUSTS, THE HINDU, INDIAN…
UPSC Relevance9/10
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GS-2JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION & COURT DEPOSITS

When Winning Your Case Isn't the End - the Supreme Court's Fix for the Money Litigants Leave Behind

The ruling exposes a long-ignored administrative gap in India's judicial system - the absence of any uniform law governing what happens to the crores litigants deposit with courts during pending appeals - and is significant because the Supreme Court chose not to prescribe the fix itself, instead formally routing the matter to the Law Commission, RBI and two central ministries.

Sub TopicCOURT-ORDERED DEPOSITS, THE CRIS MODEL AND THE LIMITS OF…SourceSUPREME COURT OF INDIA, THE…
UPSC Relevance8/10
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GS-2INTER-STATE RIVER WATER DISPUTES & FEDERALISM

The Mahanadi Dispute Wasn't Settled by a Tribunal - It Was Settled by an Election Result

The remarks highlight a notable shift - a dispute that has sat before a statutory tribunal for nearly eight years without final resolution is now moving toward settlement through political negotiation and Central Water Commission mediation, made possible only because the same party governs all three jurisdictions involved. This raises a structural question about how India's constitutional mechanism for inter-state river…

Sub TopicARTICLE 262, THE MAHANADI TRIBUNAL AND RESOLUTION BY…SourceTHE HINDU, PTI NEWS, TIMES OF…
UPSC Relevance8/10
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GS-2ELECTORAL ROLLS & SPECIAL INTENSIVE REVISION

The 45-Day Window: Why India's Voter Rolls Treat the Powerful and the Undocumented the Same on Paper - and Very Differently in Practice

The appearance of India's most powerful public figures - and a deceased former Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council chairman - on the same flagged list as lakhs of ordinary voters has intensified political criticism of the SIR exercise, with the Aam Aadmi Party asking what recourse an ordinary citizen has if even a three-time Chief Minister's family gets flagged. It has sharpened debate over whether India's electoral…

Sub TopicECINET, ARTICLE 324/326 AND THE LIMITS OF A STATUTORY…SourceTHE HINDU, INDIAN EXPRESS, NEWS…
UPSC Relevance9/10
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