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GS-2GOVERNOR AND FEDERALISM

The Oath Comes After the Choice: What the Odisha Governor's Remark Reveals About the Silence in Article 155

President Droupadi Murmu appointed Braj Mohan Ram, a Dalit leader and former BJP MP from Jharkhand, as Odisha's 28th Governor through a communiqué dated 12 October 2026. Speaking to PTI in Ranchi on 13 October, he said he would assess the situation in Odisha, activate the BJP's SC morcha there and work for more votes for the party. On 14 October, BJD spokesperson Lenin Mohanty condemned the remark as negating the principle…

Sub TopicAPPOINTMENT OF PARTY WORKERS AS GOVERNORS AND THE LIMITS…SourcePRESIDENT OF INDIA, THE HINDU…
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GS-2ELECTIONS

Restoration, Not Re-Entry: Why an ECI Form Cannot Rewrite the Law of the Electoral Roll

On 14 October 2026, a Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi heard an application in the pending challenge to Delhi's SIR. The application contends that the ECI's requirement for excluded electors to use Form 6, with its first-time declaration and an extra declaration form issued through guidelines, has no force of law. The CJI indicated the Court was considering an order to take care of the issue.…

Sub TopicRESTORING ELECTORS EXCLUDED IN THE DELHI SIR: THE FORM 6…SourceSUPREME COURT OF INDIA, THE…
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GS-2INDIA-CANADA RELATIONS

Deliverables Before Settlement: How India and Canada Rebuilt Ties Without Resolving What Broke Them

On 14 October 2026, Anita Anand held talks with PM Modi and EAM Jaishankar on trade, technology, security, energy and education. The PMO said Modi stressed concluding the India-Canada CEPA early. Anand told The Indian Express that India is central to Canada's plan to double its non-US trade over the next decade. She also cited a top-level security dialogue and Canada's listing of the Bishnoi gang as a terrorist entity as…

Sub TopicTHE INDIA-CANADA RESET: CEPA, THE CAMECO URANIUM DEAL…SourceMINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS…
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GS-2INDIA-US RELATIONS

Buying Certainty by the Issue: Why India Is Trading Alignment, Not Concessions, With Washington

On 10 October 2026, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said the interim trade framework would be finalised in line with changed circumstances. On 7 October, Washington said India and 13 other countries and blocs had agreed to act against structural excess capacity, after the G20 trade ministers' meeting in Milwaukee. The US Section 301 investigation into manufacturing overcapacity, covering India and 15 other economies, is due…

Sub TopicSECTION 301 EXPOSURE, THE G20 MILWAUKEE OVERCAPACITY…SourcePIB, INDIAN EXPRESS, WORLD TRADE…
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GS-2CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PERSONAL LIBERTY

From Right to Remedy to Cost: How the Supreme Court Finally Made Article 22(1) Bite on the Investigating Officer

A Bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Atul S. Chandurkar decided Jaskaran Jeet Singh Deol v. State of Punjab on 21 September 2026. The accused had been arrested under the BNS and the POCSO Act. The Punjab and Haryana High Court had refused him blanket protection against re-arrest. The Supreme Court laid down conditions for any fresh custody after an unconstitutional arrest, including the magistrate's permission and…

Sub TopicWRITTEN GROUNDS OF ARREST UNDER ARTICLE 22(1) AND THE…SourceSUPREME COURT OF INDIA, THE…
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GS-2FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS (RIGHT TO PROTEST)

Fourteen Kilometres from Being Heard: Is the Right to Protest Location-Sensitive?

Advocate Swaty Singh Malik moved the Supreme Court against the denotification, arguing it pushes dissent out of public view and that no SOP exists for reaching the new venues. On 15 October the Court issued notice to the Union government and the Delhi Police. In the Delhi High Court, Indian Youth Congress president Uday Bhanu Chib challenged the order within his pending protest petition. Senior advocate Siddharth Luthra…

Sub TopicDENOTIFICATION OF JANTAR MANTAR AS A PROTEST SITE…SourceTHE HINDU, INDIAN EXPRESS…
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