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Chief Editor’s Note

Twenty stories today, and almost every one asks the same thing: must the State show its reasons before it acts?<br><b>Proof on file:</b> Section 18 of the CEC Act, 2023 (GS2) makes the ECI’s unanimity claim checkable against its file notings, PUCL 2014 (GS4) requires an FIR and NHRC intimation after Bengal’s two custody deaths, and the Jojari’s 100-metre and 500-metre buffers test whether polluter pays reaches the State itself — accountability lives in procedure, a favourite Prelims trap.<br><b>Conscience against compulsion:</b> Bijoe Emmanuel (1986) separates standing from reciting the six-st

  1. GS1

    Ancient Genius In, Caste Out: What Maharashtra's New History Book Has Decided to Forget

  2. GS2

    Unanimous on Paper: Why Only the Election Commission's Own Files Can Settle the SIR Dispute

  3. GS2

    Who Counts as Press? Why India's Journalism Exemption Must Protect the Purpose, Not the Publisher

  4. GS2

    Two Tracks, One Guest List: Why India Invites Pakistan to the SCO While Shutting the Door on SAARC

  5. GS2

    A Line for a Line: What India Gave to Get Pahalgam into the BRICS Declaration

  6. GS2

    Regulation by Exception: How India's Emergency Pricing Power Became Its Main One

  7. GS2

    Two Stanzas or Six: Where Respect for a National Song Ends and Compelled Worship Begins

  8. GS2

    The Lottery and the Ledger: Why India Needs Sentencing Guidelines Judges Must Consider but Need Not Obey

  9. GS3

    Every Permit Passed, the Mountain Failed: Why Himachal Needs a Carrying Capacity, Not More Clearances

  10. GS3

    The Collar Worked, the Boundary Didn't: What KNG22's Death Says About Project Cheetah's Real Frontier

  11. GS3

    Editing a Seed Is Not Enough: Why CRISPR Can End Dependence but Not the Need for Indian Field Trials

  12. GS3

    Back on the Map by Going Dark: Why Qatar's LNG Comeback Shows How Fragile India's Gas Supply Remains

  13. GS3

    Closing KIIFB Answers the Accounting Question, Not the Investment One

  14. GS4

    When the Applause Comes Before the Inquiry: The SP's Real Test After Bengal's Custody Killings

  15. GS4

    A Son, a Piece of Evidence, a Protest Banner: What the Mansa SSP Owed the Body on the Road

  16. Editorial

    Discipline the Regulator, Do Not Become It: The Jojari Test for Judicial Activism

  17. Editorial

    Stop Arguing Doctrine, Start Brokering Roles: How India Should Settle the Theatre Command Deadlock

  18. Opinion

    Build It Right the First Time: Why India Must Lock In Efficiency Before It Locks In Carbon

  19. Essay

    Growth Without Jobs Is Borrowed Time: Who Gets the Gains When Machines Do the Work?

  20. Ethics

    The Stable Patient and the Counted Procedure: What a Cardiologist Owes When the Hospital Is Keeping Score

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