1. TN vs UP debt: The politics and fiscal arithmetic behind debate
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GS 3: Indian Economy: federal finances, state debt, and fiscal federalism (public finance and budgetary policy).

2. A lesson from Beed in raising farmers’ incomes
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GS 3: Indian Economy & Agriculture: Agricultural reforms and strategies for increasing farmers’ income (crop diversification, allied activities, irrigation, marketing & value chains).

3. Going forward, much depends on states’ room for spending
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GS 3: Indian Economy – Government budgeting, fiscal federalism, Centre–State financial relations, and role of Finance Commissions

4. For Centre & state finances, a reckoning
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GS 3: Indian Economy – Government Budgeting, Fiscal Policy, Public Finance (Centre–State finances, fiscal deficit, debt sustainability)

5. In Venezuela, a familiar, dismal script of imperial overreach
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GS 2: International Relations: Foreign policy, global power politics, imperialism/interventionism, and their impact on international order.

6. CBAM isn’t the end, it could be start of a green story
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GS 3: Environment & Ecology / Indian Economy: Climate change mitigation, carbon markets (CBAM), international trade impacts, and green industrial transition (steel sector).

7. A digital hope & challenge: We can shape our Al future
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GS 3: Science & Technology: Artificial Intelligence (AI): implications for society, economy, ethics, governance, and digital commons

8. In disruptive times, principles underlying business success are unchanged
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GS 3: Indian Economy: effects of liberalisation, industrial policy, technological change (AI), business environment, regulation and growth.