Front Page

• Port economy will drive India’s growth, says PM
  • GS -3 Infrastructure
  • Read about Sagarmala Programme – Key features – Importance
  • Prelims – Vizhinjam port – Mother port
• Row escalates as Centre advises Punjab to release 4,500 cusecs of water to Haryana for eight days
  • GS -2 Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure,
  • Read about Inter‐State River Water Disputes Act, 1956 – Key provisions – Article 262 and 263 of the constitution

World

• China evaluates U.S. trade talks, cites tariffs as obstacle
  • GS -2 Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.
    

News

• Ministers stress need for inclusive global discourse
  • Prelims – WAVES Summit – UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity (2005)
• Indian scientists help develop brain-computer interface that enables movement for people with paralysis
  • GS -3 Science & tech
• ‘Worried’ about tensions between nuclear powers, says U.S. Vice-President
  • GS -2 Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests
• Pakistan armed forces hold a series of exercises
  • GS -2 Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security.
• ‘India poised to become the capital of MICE tourism’
  • Prelims -MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) tourism, 
• Primary failing of SECC was that proforma did not have a list of castes: NCBC chief
  • GS -2 Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
  • Prelims –  National Commission for Backward Classes – SECC
• Licensed stamp vendors are public servants, says SC
  • Prelims – Public Servants under Prevention of Corruption Act
• Can ethics keep pace with the rapid evolution of AI?
  • GS -4 Ethics / GS -3 Science & Tech
  • Read about Importance of AI ethics without stifling innovation

Editorial

• A profound shift in the global order
  • GS -2 Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests / Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
• Strengthening parliamentary oversight in India
  • GS -2 Parliament and State Legislatures – structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these.
• Fire and smoke
  • GS -1 urbanization, their problems and their remedies.