Chief Editor’s Note
Dear aspirant, read today's paper with one question in mind: who is actually responsible?<br>In the Zamrudpur Lodhi tombs case and the MPSC protests, the law exists but accountability is split; revise the Seventh Schedule entries and Article 317 before the analysis.<br>The Cauvery dispute and the expiring Ganga treaty put water at the centre of federalism and diplomacy; know Article 262 and the 50,000-cusec clause.<br>The RBI's first hike since 2023 is a lesson in what interest rates can and cannot fix; learn the rate corridor and the term "second-round effects".<br>The Chemistry Nobel and the
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Six Offices, No Custodian: Why Delhi's Lodhi Tombs Are Vanishing on Paper Before They Vanish on the Ground
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A Salad Bowl, Sorted: When a Court Praising Pluralism Begins Ranking Faiths
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Lost at the Nomination Desk: Why the Supreme Court Had to Rerun 50 Punjab Wards Itself
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A Fixed Number for a Moving River: Can the 2018 Cauvery Verdict Survive "Changed Circumstances"?
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MPSC Crisis: Why Article 317 Shields the Chairman but Not the Aspirant
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Ganga Water Treaty Renewal: India's Two-Front Negotiation Before the December Deadline
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India and the Pandemic Agreement: Why PABS Will Decide What "Pharmacy of the World" Means
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RBI Hikes Repo Rate to 5.5%: Why It Is Fighting Second-Round Effects, Not the Monsoon
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Chemistry Nobel 2026: How Kagan and Soai Taught Chemistry to Amplify a Tiny Molecular Bias
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Living Planet Report 2026: What the 73% Decline Really Measures and Why Freshwater Is the Real Emergency
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Cement and Net Zero: Why Clean Power Alone Cannot Decarbonise the Chemistry of Limestone
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Uranium from Copper Waste: How UCIL Plans to Recover a Strategic Mineral Without Mining It
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Accused Is Not Convicted: The Ethics of Stopping 2,873 Flagged Protesters Before Jantar Mantar 2.0
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Integrity Cannot Be Outsourced to Courage: What an Organisation Owes the Officer It Sends to Seal a Pump
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The Weeds Are Gone and So Is the Law: An Agriculture Officer's Dilemma Over Illegal HT Cotton
- Editorial
Insurance or Overreach? Why the RBI's Two-Word Stance Change Outweighs Its 25 Basis Points
- Editorial
When the Prize Says One and the Science Says Four Hundred
- Opinion
Contest Even a Tilted Election: A Boycott Hands Over the Field
- Essay
The Law Has Recognised Her. Has the Audience?
- Ethics
The Companion That Never Sleeps: Who Is Responsible When a Child Confides in an AI?
