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Polity
How India redraws its own map: Articles 3 and 4, from 1956 to Telangana
Articles 3 and 4 let Parliament create states by simple majority: the SRC, the 1956 linguistic settlement, the 2000 trio, Telangana 2014, and the district-creation debate. Full timeline tables inside.
30 September 2026 · 13 min read
International Relations
UNESCO: culture, science and soft power
UNESCO is the UN agency for education, science and culture, custodian of the World Heritage List. This article covers its 1945 founding, mandate, heritage conventions, the US withdrawal saga, and India's 43 World Heritage Sites.
30 September 2026 · 15 min read
International Relations
The WHO: guardian of global health
The World Health Organization directs global health policy for 194 member states. This article covers its 1948 founding, mandate, PHEIC mechanism, COVID-19 record, the 2025 Pandemic Agreement, US withdrawal, and India's deep partnership.
30 September 2026 · 15 min read
International Relations
The G-7: club of the advanced economies
The Group of Seven is the forum of the world's major advanced democracies. This article covers its 1975 origins, the G-8 interlude, how summits work, the Kananaskis 2025 outcomes, India's outreach role, and the G-7 vs G-20 debate.
30 September 2026 · 15 min read
International Relations
NATO: the Atlantic alliance at seventy-six
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, founded in 1949, is the world's most powerful military alliance. This article covers its treaty, Article 5, enlargement to 32 members, the 2025 Hague summit's 5 per cent spending pledge, and what it means for India.
30 September 2026 · 15 min read
Polity
UPSC at 100: A Century of Meritocracy and Inclusion
On 1 October 2026 the Union Public Service Commission completes 100 years. From the 1855 ICS examination in London to Articles 315 to 323 of the Constitution, and from 42,727 applicants in 1950-51 to over 45 lakh at peak: the story of India's merit machine and its long walk toward inclusion.
30 September 2026 · 18 min read
Polity
Law Officers of India: Attorney General, Solicitor General and Advocate General
The Attorney General under Article 76, the Solicitor General and Additional Solicitors General under the 1987 Rules, and the Advocate General under Article 165: who India's law officers are, what they do, and how they differ from the Law Minister.
29 September 2026 · 20 min read
Polity
Jammu and Kashmir: From Article 370 to Union Territory Status
The full constitutional arc of Jammu and Kashmir: the 1947 accession, Articles 370 and 35A, the August 2019 abrogation, the Reorganisation Act, and the Supreme Court's December 2023 verdict.
27 September 2026 · 30 min read
Polity
President's Rule: Article 356 and Its History of Misuse
From Kerala 1959 to Bommai 1994: how Article 356 was misused over a hundred times, and the judicial and constitutional safeguards that finally caged President's Rule.
27 September 2026 · 28 min read
Polity
Official Languages: Articles 343-351 and the making of India's language settlement
Articles 343 to 351 decoded: the 1949 language compromise, the 1965 agitation, the Eighth Schedule's 22 languages, and the three-language formula.
27 September 2026 · 41 min read
Polity
Inter-State Relations: Water Disputes, Councils and Zones
How states settle fights with each other: Article 262 river tribunals, the Cauvery story, the lapsed 2019 reform, the Inter-State Council, zonal councils, and free trade under Articles 301 to 307.
27 September 2026 · 31 min read
Polity
Citizenship in India: Articles 5 to 11 and the CAA story
Citizenship in India from Articles 5-11 to the Citizenship Act, 1955: five ways to acquire it, three ways to lose it, single citizenship, and the complete CAA-NRC story with the 2024 Supreme Court rulings.
27 September 2026 · 30 min read