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13 Sep
2025

As Modi visits Manipur, 5 key issues in war-torn state

Prime Minister is scheduled to visit conflict torn Manipur. This is his first visit since the conflict broke out between Kuki and Meitei communities in 2023. The state is placed under President’s rule. Certain key challenges still remain to be solved.

12 Sep
2025

Indus treaty and strategy

Recent terror attacks in Pahalgam have renewed the debates on the relevance of Indus water treaty. India has pressed for renegotiating a new treaty. Pakistan fears of losing the control over Indus River and its tributaries.

12 Sep
2025

No magic pill.

India faces the double burden of malnutrition persisting with obesity. The Semaglutide drug used for sugar control in diabetes is used in weight loss industry. It poses the risk of shifting the treatment of obesity as lifestyle disease to the drug-dependent condition.

11 Sep
2025

Himachal declared 'fully literate': what does this mean?

Recently Himachal Pradesh was declared a ‘fully literate’ state along with Goa, Ladakh, Mizoram, and Tripura. They have achieved the literacy rate above 95%. Many government schemes such as ULLAS have played a major role in making these states fully literate.

11 Sep
2025

The GST template

GST council unanimously has restructured the GST tax regime in two slabs rate of 5 and 18 percent. This unanimous decision makes GST council unique example of fiscal federalism. Also this restructuring is considered a step towards making GST tax simpler and create a unified single tax market.

10 Sep
2025

Building a city of the future

India’s urban population account for about 37% of its total population in 2023. By 2050, it is expected to increase to more than 50% of its total population. Today, the urban areas are extremely vulnerable to floods, extreme heat, cyclones, landslides, and earthquakes. India must ensure that the new infrastructure build to accommodate this increased urban population should be resilient to climate change. It will have profound impact on cities and its inhabitants.

10 Sep
2025

A double failure

Recently the Parliament referred The Constitution 130th Amendment Bill, 2025 to the Joint Parliamentary Committee. This bill allows the removal of Prime Minister, Chief Minister or minister who remains in custody for 30 days on charges carrying punishment of five years or more. It violates the basic structure of the constitution and risks promoting the discretion of unelected officials over the people’s mandate.

09 Sep
2025

Graft and gag: Why social media ban triggered Nepal's GenZ

Recent protests in Nepal were triggered by the government’s social media ban. Police lathi charge has resulted in the death of 19 persons and the capital “Kathmandu” has been put under curfew. While the ban on social media was a trigger, the unrest was caused by simmering discontent due to factors such as corruption.

HOW TO READ INDIAN EXPRESS ANALYSIS TODAY

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.

  • Explained – This page of the newspaper deals with day-to-day issues in the news that people might be aware of but lack detailed knowledge of. These are common yet important topics such as; NPA, CRYPTOCURRENCY, CYCLONES, POLICY RATES BY RBI, RECESSION, etc.
  • Editorials – Editorials are the expert opinion of different government policies and actions. They provide both positive and negative aspects on decisions taken by the government, thereby helping students to come up with their own viewpoints. Topics covered here are; Agriculture, International Relations, Indian Economy, Government Schemes, High/Supreme Court verdicts, etc.
  • 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.

  • Ideas – Under ideas experts provide their own take on how a particular problem like Communism, Climate Change, Indian Education System, Caste system, Issues in Health Sector, Religious tensions etc. can be tackled.

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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