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• Indian Society › Tribal Issues

  Three girls die of a krait bite in a Gadchiroli ashram school, triggering a third party audit of all 513 private aided residential tribal schools in Maharashtra

  GS1 · GS1-06.Salient features of Indian Society

  17 Aug 2026

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• Polity › Fundamental Rights and Duties

  Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet proposal to cap reservation at 50 percent stays pending with the Lieutenant Governor after the 2024 amendment raised the quota from 43 to 70 percent

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

  17 Aug 2026

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• Governance › Domestic Bodies/Agencies

  Safety not on the platter

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

  16 Aug 2026

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• Polity › Elections, Delimitation

  Telangana SIR leaves fate of 94 lakh electors uncertain

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

  16 Aug 2026

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• Agriculture › Crop Diversification

  Punjab’s groundwater collapse demands the diversification its farm politics keeps deferring

  GS3 · GS3-05.Different types of irrigation and irrigation systems

  15 Aug 2026

  Op-ed States

• Internal Security › LWE

  Kondapalli in Bastar shows what state presence looks like after the Maoist withdrawal

  GS3 · GS3-20.Linkages between Development and Spread of Extremism.

  15 Aug 2026

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• Polity › Federalism

  Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill 2026 curbs State taxing powers over mineral rights

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

  15 Aug 2026

  Bills/Act/Laws States

• Post Independence › States Reorganization · Polity

  Parliament clears renaming of Kerala to “Keralam”

  GS1 · GS1-04.Post-Independence- Consolidation and reorganisation within country

  14 Aug 2026

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• Post Independence › States Reorganization · Polity

  Parliament passes Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026 renaming State Keralam

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

  13 Aug 2026

  Bills/Act/Laws States

• Polity › RPAxElectoral Reforms

  A fifth of Telangana voters face exclusion

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

  11 Aug 2026

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