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• Polity › Executive Vs Legislature

  An institution in freefall: Parliament is all dressed up with nowhere to go

  GS2 · GS2-06.Parliament and State Legislatures (structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges; issues therein)

  20 Aug 2026

  Op-ed

• International Relations › Conflict Zones/Areas of Interest broad-based

  [20th August 2026] The Hindu OpED: A Palestinian state is the foundation for regional peace

  GS2

  20 Aug 2026

  Op-ed World Mapping

• International Relations › Bilateral Relations

  India to build hospital in West Bank, seeks to deploy field hospital in Gaza

  GS2

  20 Aug 2026

  World Mapping

• Social Justice › Education

  [20th August 2026] The Hindu OpED: The IISERs have a leadership problem

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

  20 Aug 2026

  Op-ed

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Polity › Federalism

  Punjab’s decade-long journey towards a formal sacrilege law

  GS2 · GS2-02.Functions & responsibilities of the Union and the States; issues and challenges of federal structure;

  20 Aug 2026

  Bills/Act/Laws Explained States

• Governance › Sectoral Regulatory Bodies

  National Medical Commission proposes a single national licence to practise medicine

  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