What to Read in Indian Express (Topic and Syllabus wise)

1. 4 years of delay, short 87-km stretch derails Rs 1-lakh-crore Delhi-Mumbai Expressway
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GS 3: Indian Economy | Infrastructure (Transport & Connectivity): Issues related to planning, implementation and governance of large infrastructure projects such as highways and expressways.

2. For Delhi to be liveable, our duty to use public transport: CM
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GS 3: Environment & Ecology (Environmental Pollution, Air Quality Management and Sustainable Urban Transport).

3. PM in Oman, to sign free trade agreement today
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GS 2: International Relations: India’s bilateral relations and trade agreements (CEPA/FTA) with West Asia and Africa, including strategic partnerships and economic diplomacy.

4. Diversify freight basket, send more crew in DFCS: House panel to rlys
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GS 3: Indian Economy | Infrastructure (Railways, logistics, transport sector reforms and freight corridors).

5. SC advisory opinion on Governor’s role is flawed, let it stay advisory
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GS 2: Polity & Governance: Constitutional position, powers and role of the Governor; Centre–State relations; Supreme Court’s advisory jurisdiction under Article 143.

6. Quality control orders, a welcome regulatory reset
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GS 3: Indian Economy: Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, Manufacturing & Regulatory Framework (Quality Standards/BIS, Make in India, PLI).

7. A nuclear step towards energy security
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GS 3: Infrastructure (Energy sector), including nuclear energy policy, energy security, and investment reforms.

8. The marital rape exception in criminal law is a colonial relic. It needs to go
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GS 2: Indian Polity & Governance: Issues relating to Fundamental Rights, gender justice, criminal law reforms, and constitutional values (women’s rights and bodily autonomy)

9. Over Taiwan, China and Japan are playing a risky game
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GS 2: International Relations: East Asian geopolitics, China–Japan relations and the Taiwan Strait issue, and their implications for regional and global security.

10. Nov exports to US surge, but a trade deal is still key
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GS 3: Indian Economy: External sector (International trade, balance of payments, and impact of tariffs, trade agreements, and global supply-chain disruptions).

11. Navy inducts 2nd Seahawk chopper squadron in boost to anti-sub combat
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GS 3: Defence & Security: Security challenges and preparedness of India, defence technology and modernisation, with specific reference to maritime security and naval capability augmentation.

12. Interest rates likely to remain low for a long period: RBI Governor
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GS 3: Indian Economy: Monetary Policy and Role of RBI (interest rates, inflation targeting, growth–inflation dynamics).

13. SEBI overhauls mutual fund norms, cuts expense ratio limits
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GS 3: Indian Economy: Financial markets and institutions, capital markets regulation, and the role of regulatory bodies like SEBI (mutual funds, IPOs, investor protection).

14. UK to rejoin EU’s student exchange programme for closer ties after Brexit
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GS 2: (International Relations) – Bilateral/Regional Groupings and Important International Institutions (EU–UK relations; Erasmus Programme in the post-Brexit context).