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• Environment › Solid Wastes

  Supreme Court makes school students the instrument for changing household waste behaviour

  GS3 · GS3-18.Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment.

  20 Aug 2026

  Explained SC Judgements

• Social Justice › Disabled

  Census 2027: rights groups flag gaps in disability categories

  GS2 · GS2-13.Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.

  20 Aug 2026

  Explained

• Indian Society › Women

  The myth called ‘perfect victim’

  GS1 · GS1-07.Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues.

  20 Aug 2026

  Explained SC Judgements

• Environment › National Parks

  Supreme Court orders a time bound eviction framework for Agasthyamalai encroachments

  GS3 · GS3-18.Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment.

  20 Aug 2026

  National Parks/WS SC Judgements States

• Governance › Sectoral Regulatory Bodies

  Due diligence: curbs on surrogate advertising must avoid regulatory overreach

  GS2 · GS2-09.Appointment to various Constitutional posts; Constitutional Bodies(powers, functions and responsibilities); Statutory, Regulatory and Quasi-judicial bodies

  20 Aug 2026

  Bills/Act/Laws Op-ed

• Economics › Finance/Capital Market

  SEBI’s Closing Auction Session: Better Price Discovery, and the First Manipulation Case

  GS3 · GS3-01.Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.

  20 Aug 2026

  Explained

• Polity › Fundamental Rights and Duties

  Workers protesting for higher wages spent over 50 days in jail on average until courts intervened

  GS2 · GS2-01.Indian Constitution-Historical underpinnings & evolution; Features, amendments, significant provisions, basic structure of Constitution

  20 Aug 2026

  Explained

• Environment › Rio Family/UNFCCC/IPCC

  BRICS is working for a future that puts the planet first

  GS3 · GS3-18.Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment.

  20 Aug 2026

  Op-ed

• Polity › RPAxElectoral Reforms

  Clean electoral rolls are a necessary condition, and their selective use is the risk

  GS2 · GS2-08.Salient features of the Representation of People’s Act.

  20 Aug 2026

  Op-ed

• Economics › Foreign Exchange,Currency Devaluation

  Early Closure of the FCNR(B) Swap Window and the Cost of Absorbing Dollars

  GS3 · GS3-01.Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.

  20 Aug 2026

  Explained