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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently announced its Monetary Policy Review and decided not to reduce the policy repo rate. At first glance, this might seem like a missed opportunity to spur growth. However, the central bank’s decision indicates a shift in strategy, away from relying solely on interest rate cuts as a stimulus and toward promoting deeper, structural reforms in the economy.
US President Donald Trump has unveiled an ambitious 20-point peace plan aimed at resolving the long-standing conflict in Gaza. Framed as a bold initiative for peace in West Asia, the plan has triggered debate across the region and beyond, given its far-reaching proposals and the geopolitical stakes involved.
India’s upcoming first fully digital census in 2027 presents a unique opportunity to collect sophisticated metadata on caste and sub-caste structures. If census data remains limited to broad categories like Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC), the exercise will waste advanced technological capabilities and fail to address the real socio-economic realities of Indian society.
Pakistan has increased its engagement with US and signed the military pact with Saudi Arabia. This changing geopolitics situation provide India valuable lesson of how pragmatically tweak its foreign policy to prioritize its domestic interest.
India has emerged as a key player in deep-sea mineral exploration, becoming the first country to secure two contracts with the International Seabed Authority (ISA) for exploring polymetallic sulphides (PMS) in the Indian Ocean. These resources—rich in copper, nickel, cobalt, and rare earth elements—are vital for renewable energy technologies, green infrastructure, and advanced electronics, making the initiative geopolitically and strategically significant.
India’s economic growth has remained stronger than expected in the current fiscal, with the first quarter GDP growth at 7.8 percent. This momentum, however, faces challenges as the fiscal year progresses, particularly from global headwinds, weaker consumption, and slowing exports.
Sonam Wangchuk, a well-known climate activist and education reformer from Ladakh, was recently detained by the local administration using the NSA. His detention sparked debates over the law’s misuse against activists and dissenters.
China has recently announced at the WTO that it will no longer seek “Special and Differential Treatment” (SDT). This development, while technical in nature, has far-reaching consequences for India’s trade strategy, domestic industries, and broader economic policy.
INDIAN EXPRESS newspaper, especially the editorial section, covers a wide range of topics that are really relevant to the UPSC CSE syllabus. It helps to inculcate a dynamic approach in mains answer writing and fetch good marks.
Here we will analyze three different pages of INDIAN EXPRESS newspaper that can help aspirants in dealing with current burning issues. These pages are – Explained, Editorials, and Ideas.
At the top of the editorial page, under the WORLDLY WISE section a quote related to issues covered in the below editorials get mentioned every day. Aspirants can use those quotes to enrich their answers.
Besides these above sections you can keep yourself updated on what to read on a daily basis from INDIAN EXPRESS you can click on the link below –
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