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GS-2CHINA'S OVERSEAS MILITARY FOOTPRINT

The Label Is the Strategy: Why Ban Keun Is Called a Training Facility

Satellite images taken on September 30, 2026 showed K-8 light attack jets and military vehicles at the newly announced China-Laos joint training facility at Ban Keun, near Vientiane. Regional analysts are watching the site as a possible first full Chinese military base in mainland Southeast Asia. Satellite imagery reveals Chinese light attack jets and military vehicles at a newly announced joint training facility in Ban…

Sub TopicTHE CHINA-LAOS JOINT TRAINING FACILITY AT BAN KEUN…SourceTHE HINDU, TIMES OF INDIA…
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GS-2MARITIME SECURITY AND SEAFARER PROTECTION

Wrong Flag, Right Passport: Why India's Seafarers Need Multilateral Cover, Not Just Escorts

On October 6, 2026, the Ministry of External Affairs condemned two attacks on commercial vessels that injured Indian seafarers: MT On Peace in the Strait of Hormuz and MV Royad Mammadov in the Black Sea. It called for an immediate end to attacks on commercial shipping and the restoration of navigation through international waterways.

Sub TopicATTACKS ON MT ON PEACE AND MV ROYAD MAMMADOV, FLAG-STATE…SourceMINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS…
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GS-2LEGISLATIVE PRIVILEGES AND PRESS FREEDOM

Twenty-Three Years, No Answer: Why the Privilege Reference Ended as a Non-Decision

On October 6, 2026, a seven-judge Supreme Court Bench disposed of the long-pending reference on legislative privilege versus press freedom as infructuous. The Tamil Nadu Assembly's 2003 resolution against The Hindu had been withdrawn in 2004 and the Bench left the core constitutional questions open.

Sub TopicARTICLE 194, THE SEARCHLIGHT PRECEDENT AND THE DISPOSAL…SourceSUPREME COURT OF INDIA, THE…
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GS-2FIFTH SCHEDULE AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS

Whose Customs, Whose Soil? How a PESA Shield Is Being Turned Against Tribal Christians

An October 2, 2026 gram sabha resolution in Punpalli, Sukma district, Chhattisgarh, invoked the PESA Act to deny burial land to tribal Christians and bar pastors from entering for religious activity. It is part of a widening pattern across Bastar that lawyers and Christian groups say violates fundamental rights.

Sub TopicPESA GRAM SABHA POWERS, BURIAL RIGHTS AND ARTICLES 12…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, THE HINDU…
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GS-2FEDERALISM - CENTRAL INVESTIGATIVE AGENCIES

The 63-Day Gap: Why Punjab's Federalism Argument Starts in Its Own Police Station

On October 6, 2026, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant agreed to list Punjab's challenge to the High Court's October 5 order directing a CBI probe into allegations involving the Chief Minister's office. The State argues that the order breaches federalism in a poll-bound state. The Supreme Court agreed to hear the Punjab government's plea against a High Court order directing a CBI probe into corruption allegations involving…

Sub TopicWITHDRAWN GENERAL CONSENT, PMLA SECTION 66(2) AND…SourceTHE HINDU, INDIAN EXPRESS, WION…
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