Renewable energy is one of the favourite topic of upsc.

This article is on Wind Energy.

Important for gs 1 and gs3

Insightful article in Deepdakes.

Deepfakes and hyper realism is a matter of concern than misinformation.

Important for ethics, gs3, gs2 and even can be quote in Essay also.

Plastic pollution is one of the important topic in GS3.

Read this article on recent UN Ocean Conferencs held at Nice, France where india did not sign plastic treaty by citing economic reasons.

Plastic is important for Indias economy by providing employee to 4 million people and export of $11 billion (2024).
However, almost 33% (3.5 million tonne) of plastic which India produced gets leaked into the environment.
The india has made various rules like Plastic waste management rules, extended producers responsibility etc.

So this article is helpful if question come on plastic related pollution.

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The Prakash Singh judgment (Prakash Singh v. Union of India), delivered by the Supreme Court of India in September 2006, issued a set of seven binding directives for police reforms. These aimed to insulate the police from undue political interference and ensure their autonomy and accountability.

Here are the key directives in point form:

State Security Commission (SSC): Establish an SSC in each state to lay down broad policy guidelines for police functioning and evaluate their performance. This body aims to reduce political interference.

DGP Selection and Tenure:
The Director General of Police (DGP) should be selected through a merit-based, transparent process from a panel of senior officers prepared by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
The DGP must be given a minimum tenure of two years, regardless of their superannuation date, to ensure stability and prevent arbitrary transfers.


Minimum Tenure for Other Officers: Provide a minimum tenure of two years for other key operational police officers, including Inspector Generals, Superintendents of Police (SPs), and Station House Officers (SHOs), to prevent frequent, politically motivated transfers.

Separation of Investigation and Law & Order: Separate the police functions of investigation of crimes from maintaining law and order. This aims to improve the quality and impartiality of investigations.


Police Establishment Board (PEB): Constitute a PEB in each state to decide on transfers, postings, promotions, and other service-related matters for police officers of and below the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP). For officers above DySP, the board would make recommendations.

Police Complaints Authority (PCA): Establish Police Complaints Authorities at both state and district levels to inquire into public complaints against police officers for serious misconduct (e.g., custodial death, grievous hurt, rape in police custody).


National Security Commission (NSC): Set up a National Security Commission at the Union level to review the performance of central police organizations and recommend measures to improve them, including preparing panels for the selection and placement of their chiefs with a minimum two-year tenure.

Don't underestimate the power of Consistency.

Very important article on heat wave, heat risk and how it is affecting India.

Very important for GS 1 and GS3 also.

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Recently it was in news that Israel seeks US' bunker buster to hit Irans nuclear site.

What is Bunker Buster
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A bunker buster is a type of specialized bomb or munition designed to penetrate deeply into hardened targets, such as military bunkers, underground facilities, command centers, or nuclear sites, before detonating. Unlike conventional bombs that explode on impact or just below the surface, bunker busters are engineered to bore through layers of earth, rock, and reinforced concrete to reach their intended target deep underground.


The USA is having bunker buster which is also known as The Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), officially known as GBU-57A/B.

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You can quote such examples in topics like NGO or even in ethics

Various central government schemes

Can you tell who are the Stakeholders in the above case study.

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Israel and Iran war and it's implications on Indias cad, growth and inflation..

Editorial on finance commission.

It can be used in centre state relationship, cooperative federalism, Revenue of central government and debate over the divisible pool of revenue from current 41% to demand of 50%