Q1. With reference to hypercapnic hypoxia in mangrove ecosystems, consider the following statements: 1. It is primarily caused by excessive freshwater influx reducing salinity levels. 2. It… Read More »UPSC Prelims Quiz: March 23, 2026
Context The article examines India’s growing water scarcity, climate pressures, and governance gaps, while proposing structural reforms to treat water as a strategic national asset.… Read More »India’s Water Crisis And Strategic Governance Reforms
Context The article analyses the debate in India over its foreign policy response to the Israeli-American war on Iran, focusing on national interest, strategic autonomy,… Read More »India’s Iran Stance And The Debate On Strategic Autonomy
Context The article highlights findings from an ICIMOD report on glacier changes in the Hindukush Himalaya between 1990 and 2020, focusing on accelerating ice loss… Read More »Accelerating Glacier Loss In The Hindukush Himalaya And Its Regional Implications
Context The article discusses a Supreme Court judgment recognising maternity leave for adoptive mothers as a basic human right, expanding constitutional interpretation with a feminist… Read More »Adoptive Mothers’ Rights And Maternity Leave As A Fundamental Entitlement
Context The article examines India’s energy security challenges arising from its dependence on LPG imports amid escalating conflict in West Asia and associated supply disruptions.… Read More »India’s LPG Dependence, Supply Vulnerability And Policy Trade-offs
India’s energy transition is marked by rapid expansion of non-fossil capacity, policy-driven renewable growth, and strategic diversification into nuclear, storage, and green hydrogen systems. India’s… Read More »India Energy Transition Strategy And Renewable Expansion
The recent disruption in the Strait of Hormuz highlights how global trade is critically dependent on a handful of narrow maritime chokepoints that carry a… Read More »Five Narrow Waterways And The Vulnerability Of Global Trade
Context The article examines why India celebrates both Independence Day and Republic Day separately. It also asks what distinguishes democracy from republic in India’s constitutional… Read More »India As A Democratic Republic And Its Conceptual Foundations
Context The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released a new GDP series with base year 2022–23 on February 27, 2026 to improve the accuracy… Read More »New GDP Series 2022–23 And The Challenge Of Data And Methodology