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Great Nicobar Project

Why in news? India’s environment ministry cleared the final decks in August 2025 for a multi‑billion‑dollar infrastructure project on Great Nic...

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Constitution’s Ninth Schedule: History and Debate

Why in news? The Ninth Schedule of the Constitution has once again become a talking point. Some State governments have proposed adding more laws to th...

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Kerala: India’s First Fully Digitally Literate State

Why in news? The Chief Minister of Kerala announced that the state has achieved full digital literacy. This means that at least one member in every ho...

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National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO)

Why in news? Organ donation and transplantation have been in focus due to recent awareness campaigns and the rising number of people waiting for trans...

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Consumer Protection and the Penalty on Rapido

Why in news? The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a penalty on the bike‑taxi aggregator Rapido for charging a “platform fe...

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Democracy and the Migrant Citizen Crisis

Why in news? Recent reports from Bihar suggested that over three million migrant workers were removed from electoral rolls because they were not resid...

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Mercator Projection: Uses and Limitations

Why in news? Discussions around cartography and map representation often reference the Mercator projection because of its influence on how people perc...

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130th Constitution Amendment Bill 2025: Ensuring Ethical Governance

Why in news? The Government introduced the 130th Constitution Amendment Bill in Parliament in 2025 to strengthen accountability among ministers and ot...

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Machine‑Readable Electoral Rolls

Why in news? The topic of machine‑readable electoral rolls arose after the Election Commission halted the provision of such rolls to political parti...

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Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill 2025

Why in news? The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill was passed by Parliament in August 2025. The Bill seeks to protect citizens from the d...

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Creamy Layer Equivalence in OBC Reservation

Why in news? The Centre is considering new guidelines to bring uniformity in the implementation of the “creamy layer” rule for Other Backward Clas...

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Anna‑Chakra Supply Chain Optimisation Tool

Why in news? The central government launched the Anna‑Chakra platform across thirty states and Union Territories in August 2025. The digital tool u...

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