News Analysis

GS 2: GovernanceGS 1: Indian Society

The issue with criminalising all adolescent relationships, Pg6

The Supreme Court's May 2025 judgment in Re: Right to Privacy of Adolescents reopened the debate on how the POCSO Act criminalises all adolescent sexual relationships, even when consensual.

GS 2: Governance

More than symbolic, Pg6

In light of rising obesity rates in India, the Health Ministry has initiated campaigns to display oil, sugar, and trans-fat content in Indian snacks and reduce sugar consumption in schools.

GS 3: EconomyGS 3: Environment & Ecology

How is global shipping trying to decarbonise?, Pg8

As global shipping moves toward net-zero emissions by 2040–2050, India is exploring opportunities to become a major green fuel hub by leveraging its solar potential and industrial capacities.

GS 3: Economy

Pain remains, Pg6

While headline retail inflation fell to a 77-month low of 2.1% in June 2025, the decline masks price rise in essential non-food items, raising concerns over the relevance of CPI measurement and its implications on policymaking.

GS 3: Economy

Services exports cut India’s trade deficit by 9.4% in Q1, Pg1

India’s trade deficit narrowed by 9.4% in Q1 of FY26, mainly due to a significant rise in services exports, as per Commerce Ministry data.

GS 2: International Relations

The U.S. established and extinguished multilateralism, Pg6

This article critiques how the United States' shift from multilateralism to strategic bilateralism is reshaping global governance and outlines implications for India's foreign and domestic policy frameworks.

GS 3: Environment & EcologyGS 2: GovernanceGS 1: Indian Society

Contesting the future of forest governance, Pg7

The Chhattisgarh forest department’s attempt to assume control over Community Forest Resource Rights (CFRR) under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 triggered public protests and raised serious concerns about the autonomy of gram sabhas in forest governance.

GS 1: Indian SocietyGS 2: Polity

The need to protect India’s linguistic secularism, Pg8

The article underscores the importance of linguistic secularism as a core feature of India’s pluralistic democracy, especially in light of recent language-based tensions in Maharashtra and continuing resistance to Hindi imposition in southern and northeastern states.

GS 3: Economy

Govt. data show fall in women at work in rural, urban areas, Pg12

The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for June 2025 shows a decline in female labour force participation rate (LFPR) in both rural and urban areas, while unemployment remained stagnant at 5.6% for those aged 15 and above.

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