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India Rankings 2025

Why in news? The Ministry of Education released the India Rankings 2025 under the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). These rankings eval...

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Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)

Why in news? The Ministry of Tribal Affairs requested the Census Commissioner to enumerate Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups separately in the for...

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Environment Auditors

Why in news? The Government of India notified the Environment Audit Rules 2025, creating a new class of “environment auditors.” These independent ...

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Should India Raise Reservation Beyond 50%?

Why in news? The long‑standing debate over the constitutional limit on caste reservations came back into focus in early September 2025. Some state...

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Corporatisation of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB)

Why in news? India’s defence production sector received a boost in 2025 when export orders from the corporatised ordnance factories crossed ₹3,500...

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Supreme Court questions RTE exemption for minority schools

Why in news? The Supreme Court has reopened a decade‑old debate about whether schools run by religious and linguistic minorities should be exempt fr...

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Gender imbalance in the Supreme Court

Why in news? With the retirement of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia in August 2025, India’s Supreme Court once again has only one woman on its 34‑member ...

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Global Peace Index 2025

Why in news? The Institute for Economics and Peace released the Global Peace Index (GPI) for 2025, ranking 163 countries on their level of peacefulnes...

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Foreigners Tribunals: new powers and concerns

Why in news? The Union government has issued new rules under the Immigration and Citizenship laws giving Foreigners Tribunals (FTs) powers equivalent ...

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Rise and risks of health insurance in India

Why in news? India’s health‑care policy has pivoted towards publicly funded insurance schemes such as Ayushman Bharat–Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya ...

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Corruption in India: types, causes and solutions

Why in news? Recent scams in public works and procurement have renewed public debate on corruption in India. With Transparency International’s Corru...

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UDISE+ 2024–25 report: what the data reveals

Why in news? The Ministry of Education released the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) report for 2024–25. The report p...

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