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• Polity › Elections, Delimitation

  Telangana’s 94 Lakh Electors Face SIR Scrutiny

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

  19 Aug 2026

  Explained States

• Polity › Fundamental Rights and Duties

  A secular republic’s sacrilege problem and the legal price of criticising holy writ

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

  19 Aug 2026

  Bills/Act/Laws Prelims Only SC Judgements

• Governance › Various Acts

  Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Act, 2026 makes obstructing Vande Mataram an offence

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

  19 Aug 2026

  Bills/Act/Laws

• Governance › Tribunal · Polity

  Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2026 creates National Tribunals Commission after a decade-long tussle with the Supreme Court

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

  19 Aug 2026

  Bills/Act/Laws Explained

• Governance › Census

  Census 2027 questionnaire notified with 40 questions and India’s first caste enumeration since Independence

  GS2 · GS2-10.Government Policies & Interventions for development of various sectors (issues in their design, implementation)

  19 Aug 2026

  Explained

• Economics › Trade

  [19th August 2026] The Hindu OpED: Time to push back: On India and the continuing U.S. pressure

  GS2 · GS2-20.Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate.

  19 Aug 2026

  Op-ed World Mapping

• Polity › Judiciary

  Supreme Court invokes Article 142 to quash FIRs against student protesters, sets up panel on use of force

  GS2 · GS2-03.Separation of Powers between different organs, dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions

  19 Aug 2026

  SC Judgements

• Polity › Union and State Executive

  Parliament curbs States’ power to tax mineral rights through MMDR Amendment Bill, 2026

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

  19 Aug 2026

  Bills/Act/Laws Explained

• International Relations › Choke Points,Connectivity Projects,Pipelines

  60 days on, a disturbing US-Iran stalemate

  GS2 · GS2-18.Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.

  18 Aug 2026

  Explained World Mapping

• International Relations › Geo-politics affecting India's Interest

  At Afghan embassy, Taliban diplomats mark 5th anniversary of victory day

  GS2 · GS2-17.India and its neighborhood- relations.

  18 Aug 2026

  World Mapping