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International Relations

India-South Korea relations: the Special Strategic Partnership

Korea’s technology meets India’s scale: the 2015 Special Strategic Partnership, the 2009 CEPA under upgrade, K-9 Vajra co-production and the trade deficit that defines the agenda.

30 September 2026 · 8 min read

Polity

Special provisions for states: Articles 371 to 371J, from Nagaland's shield to Karnataka's board

Articles 371 to 371J give a dozen Indian states special constitutional provisions: Nagaland and Mizoram's cultural shield, development boards, tribal-area committees, and Governors with special responsibilities. The complete anatomy, with tables.

30 September 2026 · 19 min read

Environment

The Diversity of Life: Biodiversity and Its Conservation

India holds 7-8% of the world's species on 2.4% of its land, yet wildlife has crashed 73% since 1970. Biodiversity levels, hotspots, the Evil Quartet, conflict, and global conservation law.

28 September 2026 · 54 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

International Relations

India-Japan: the special strategic partnership

Shinzo Abe's 'natural ally', a bullet train, a reported 10-trillion-yen investment pledge and the Quad: how Japan became India's steadiest Indo-Pacific partner.

27 September 2026 · 14 min read

Polity

Supreme Court jurisdictions, explained: Articles 131, 132-134, 136, 143 and 32

The Supreme Court's five jurisdictions, original, appellate, advisory, writ and special leave, mapped article by article: who can approach, who holds the gate, and where each one stops.

27 September 2026 · 37 min read

Polity

How the Constitution is amended: Article 368 and the three types

Article 368 decoded: the three types of constitutional amendment, the special-majority procedure, state ratification, compulsory presidential assent, and the procedural and substantive limits on Parliament's power.

27 September 2026 · 34 min read

Current Affairs

RBI's forex playbook, decoded: FCNR(B), reserves, and $104 oil

Why RBI opened a special $143.6 billion forex window, what record reserves insure against at $104 oil, and how to read a Bulletin like an examiner.

27 September 2026 · 2 min read