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Environment

The Air We Breathe: Air, Noise and Nuclear Pollution

PM2.5 cuts 3.6 years off Indian life expectancy. This primer covers air pollution's sources and smog chemistry, stubble burning, NCAP and GRAP, noise regulation, and nuclear contamination law.

28 September 2026 · 49 min read

Economy

Farming by the Numbers: MSP, Credit, PDS and the Allied-Sector Engine

1.08-hectare holdings, 22 MSP crops, 7.75 crore Kisan Credit Cards, 81 crore NFSA beneficiaries, the economics of Indian agriculture, minus the history.

28 September 2026 · 75 min read

Medieval History

The Reformer and the Visionary: Alauddin's Markets and Tughlaq's Experiments

One Sultan fixed the price of everything from grain to horses to fund history's first standing army in India. His successor tried to move the capital 1,500 km, print token currency, and tax a famine-struck doab, and failed spectacularly at all three. The Khaljis and Tughlaqs, explained.

27 September 2026 · 34 min read

Ancient History

The religion that sweeps the ground before walking: understanding Jainism

Twenty-four ford-makers, five uncompromising vows, and a philosophy that says truth always has another side. Jainism, explained for the exam, from Mahavira to the great sectarian split.

27 September 2026 · 33 min read

International Relations

India-Australia: from ECTA to critical minerals

How India and Australia moved from Cold War distance to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership built on the 2022 trade deal, critical minerals, defence interoperability and a million-strong diaspora.

27 September 2026 · 17 min read