\n\n 01<\/span><\/p>\nSupreme Court Uses Article 142 to Quash CJP-Linked FIRs: What Powers Does It Give, and Why Is It Controversial?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-II \u00b7 Polity \u2014 Judiciary, Constitutional Provisions<\/span>\n Prelims + Mains<\/span>\n The Indian Express<\/span>\n <\/p>\nA Supreme Court bench led by CJI Surya Kant invoked Article 142 to quash FIRs linked to nationwide exam protests, after the Centre said it would not pursue the cases \u2014 reviving a decades-old debate on the scope of the court’s “complete justice” power.<\/p>\n\n\u25c8 Background & Context<\/p>\nArticle 142 lets the Supreme Court pass any order “necessary for doing complete justice” in a pending matter \u2014 without defining what complete justice means or when the power may be used.<\/p>\n\nTraced to Section 210 of the Government of India Act, 1935, and earlier colonial-era “justice, equity and good conscience” practice; adopted without debate as Article 118 of the Draft Constitution on 27 May 1949.<\/li>\nAll FIRs from the July protests were quashed except those against roughly 2,873 people with “serious and grave criminal antecedents”; compensation was ordered for families of students who died by suicide over the NEET-UG 2026 leak.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\u25a4 The numbers<\/p>\n\nAn IIM Ahmedabad study of 1950\u20132023 case law found 1,579<\/b> references to “Article 142″\/”complete justice” and 791<\/b> direct invocations, mostly in civil matters.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\nLandmark invocations<\/p>\n\n1989:<\/b> Bhopal gas tragedy \u2014 secured a $470 million Union Carbide settlement and quashed related criminal cases.<\/li>\n2019:<\/b> Ayodhya title dispute \u2014 settled on “preponderance of probability”, awarding five acres to the Muslim side.<\/li>\n2022:<\/b> Ordered release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict A. G. Perarivalan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\nFigure 1 \u2014 Article 142: self-imposed limits vs. major invocations<\/p>\n \n \n \n \n 1949<\/text>\n Adopted<\/text><\/p>\n \n 1962<\/text>\n Prem Chand<\/text>\n Garg fence<\/text><\/p>\n \n 1989<\/text>\n Bhopal<\/text>\n settlement<\/text><\/p>\n \n 1998<\/text>\n SCBA fence<\/text><\/p>\n \n 2019\/22<\/text>\n Ayodhya \/<\/text>\n Perarivalan<\/text><\/p>\n \n 2026<\/text>\n CJP FIRs<\/text>\n quashed<\/text>\n <\/g>\n <\/svg><\/p>\nBlue dots mark the Court’s own fencing judgments (1962, 1998); maroon and green dots mark major invocations, including the 2026 CJP order.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nHow the court has fenced its own discretion<\/p>\n\nPrem Chand Garg v. State of UP (1962):<\/b> orders under Article 142 must still be consistent with fundamental rights and the law.<\/li>\nSupreme Court Bar Association v. Union of India (1998):<\/b> Article 142 can supplement a statute’s gap but cannot supplant or override an existing statutory scheme.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe critical view<\/p>\n\nIn the CJP order, thousands of FIRs across States were clubbed and quashed as part of a negotiated settlement, without the case-by-case scrutiny Section 528 BNSS ordinarily requires \u2014 which critics argue circumvents, rather than supplements, the statutory scheme.<\/li>\nArticle 142 has previously drawn sharp criticism: Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar called its use to deem Tamil Nadu Bills assented to a “nuclear missile” against democratic institutions; former Attorney General K. K. Venugopal described it as a “Kamdhenu from which unlimited powers flowed” and suggested only five-judge Constitution Benches invoke it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\u270e Mains Practice Question<\/p>\nArticle 142 has been called both an instrument of “complete justice” and a threat to the rule of law. Discuss, with examples, how the Supreme Court has used and fenced this power, and examine the concerns raised by its recent invocation to quash a large batch of FIRs. 15 marks \u00b7 250 words<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n <\/svg>\n International RelationsGeneral Studies Paper II<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n 02<\/span><\/p>\nU.K. Asserts “Unshakeable” Falklands Stance After Argentina Revives Sovereignty Claim<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-II \u00b7 IR \u2014 Territorial Disputes<\/span>\n Prelims + Mains<\/span>\n The Hindu (AFP)<\/span>\n <\/p>\nArgentine President Javier Milei revived Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands (Las Malvinas), citing a perceived shift in U.S. neutrality, while Britain reaffirmed sovereignty is not up for discussion.<\/p>\n\n\u25c8 Background & Context<\/p>\nBritain and Argentina fought a ten-week war in 1982 over the South Atlantic islands, a British Overseas Territory. Islanders voted overwhelmingly in a 2013 referendum to remain British.<\/p>\n\nThe dispute resurfaced after U.S. President Donald Trump signalled willingness to review U.S. neutrality on the issue, and after anger in Argentina over a British-Israeli oil project (led by Rockhopper and Navitas) near the islands.<\/li>\nMr. Milei announced sanctions on firms linked to the oil extraction and said the project violates a UN resolution calling on both sides to avoid unilateral action in the islands; Argentine war veterans and environmental lawyers have filed a lawsuit to halt it.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\nThe critical view<\/p>\n\nBritain’s position rests on the islanders’ 2013 self-determination vote; Argentina’s claim rests on geographic proximity and historical sovereignty predating the 1833 British occupation.<\/li>\nA shift in U.S. neutrality \u2014 if it materialises \u2014 would be significant since Washington has historically avoided taking sides despite its “special relationship” with London.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\u270e Mains Practice Question<\/p>\nExamine the competing legal and political bases of the British and Argentine claims over the Falkland Islands\/Malvinas, and discuss the significance of a potential shift in U.S. neutrality on the dispute. 10 marks \u00b7 150 words<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n <\/svg>\n EconomyGeneral Studies Paper III<\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n 03<\/span><\/p>\nWhat Could Have Prompted the Latest Hike in Commercial LPG Prices?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-III \u00b7 Economy \u2014 Energy Pricing & Subsidy<\/span>\n Prelims + Mains<\/span>\n The Hindu<\/span>\n <\/p>\nOil-marketing companies raised commercial LPG cylinder prices by about \u20b910 from September 1, after two months of decline, largely to offset persistent under-recoveries on the domestic cylinder segment.<\/p>\n\n\u25c8 Background & Context<\/p>\nUnder-recoveries are the gap between what OMCs receive from consumers and the actual cost of production and distribution. The 19-kg commercial cylinder in Delhi now costs \u20b92,747.5; the 14.2-kg domestic cylinder price is unchanged.<\/p>\n\nDomestic-cylinder under-recoveries fell from over \u20b9700\/cylinder in June to \u20b9500 in July to \u20b9188 in early August, per government data; analysts estimate current under-recovery at about \u20b9200\/cylinder.<\/li>\nThe packaged domestic segment is 90.4% of total LPG consumption (April\u2013June); about 10.6 crore Ujjwala beneficiaries (\u224833% of domestic users) get an additional \u20b9300\/cylinder subsidy.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\nSupply-side picture<\/p>\n\nPOL product imports fell 45.1% between April and July, partly due to lower LPG, pet coke and fuel oil imports; OMCs raised daily LPG production from 34,000 to 55,000 tonnes to compensate.<\/li>\nFollowing an August 13 directive, upstream and OMC companies have been set a daily production target of 63,810 tonnes.<\/li>\nIndustrial demand (e.g. glass-making) is expected to rise with the festive season, though industry is increasingly shifting to piped natural gas \u2014 PNGRB data shows industrial piped-gas sales up 30% year-on-year (April\u2013June).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe critical view<\/p>\nAnalysts describe the immediate impact as “negligible” given the small share of commercial LPG in overall consumption, but flag it as a signal that under-recovery pressure on the much larger subsidised domestic segment persists.<\/p>\n\n\u270e Mains Practice Question<\/p>\nDiscuss the concept of “under-recovery” in India’s LPG pricing mechanism and examine the trade-offs the government faces between consumer subsidy, fiscal cost and energy security. 10 marks \u00b7 150 words<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n <\/svg>\n Environment & EcologyGeneral Studies Paper III<\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n 04<\/span><\/p>\nIndia Can Cut Steel Emissions Before Coal Plants Lock Them In<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-III \u00b7 Environment \u2014 Industrial Decarbonisation, Climate Change<\/span>\n Prelims + Mains<\/span>\n The Hindu<\/span>\n <\/p>\nIndia’s steel sector \u2014 among the most emissions-intensive in the world and 12% of national greenhouse gas emissions \u2014 faces a narrowing window to shift new capacity toward electric-arc and hydrogen-based routes before coal-based blast furnaces lock in decades of emissions.<\/p>\n\n\u25c8 Background & Context<\/p>\nIndia’s steel emissions intensity is about 32% above the global average. FY2025-26 production, at roughly 160 million tonnes, was the world’s second-highest after China, driven by infrastructure, construction and auto demand.<\/p>\n\nThe government’s National Mission on Green Steel targets cutting emissions intensity from 2.55\u20132.65 to 2.2 tCO2e per tonne of crude steel by 2029-30; a 2024 certification scheme labels sub-2.2 tCO2e steel “green” \u2014 still well above the global average of 1.85 tCO2e.<\/li>\nA \u20b95,000-crore decarbonisation scheme is set to launch in the coming months.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\nFigure 2 \u2014 India’s steelmaking route mix, current vs. 2030 projection<\/p>\n \n \n \n \n \n 43%<\/text>\n BF-BOF<\/text>\n (now)<\/text><\/p>\n \n 56%<\/text>\n BF-BOF<\/text>\n (2030 proj.)<\/text><\/p>\n \n 22%<\/text>\n EAF<\/text><\/p>\n \n 35%<\/text>\n Induction<\/text>\n <\/g>\n <\/svg><\/p>\nCoal-based BF-BOF capacity share is projected to rise from 43% to 56% by 2030 unless new investment is redirected toward EAF\/DRI routes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nThe decarbonisation pathway<\/p>\n\nBF-BOF<\/b> (blast furnace\u2013basic oxygen furnace): the dominant, highly carbon-intensive route worldwide (70.4% of global output) and in India (43%).<\/li>\nEAF<\/b> (electric arc furnace) and DRI<\/b> (direct reduced iron): use electricity\/scrap or natural gas, with a pathway to near-zero emissions once green hydrogen replaces natural gas.<\/li>\nBlast-furnace “relining” \u2014 a capital-intensive maintenance task every two decades \u2014 locks in coal-based production for another 15\u201320 years; over 43 million tonnes\/year of Indian BF capacity is due for relining before 2030.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe critical view<\/p>\n\nResearchers argue steel is less a “hard-to-abate” sector than one facing a “hard-to-abate barrier” that early investment redirection \u2014 not necessarily new capital \u2014 could overcome, since most of India’s planned BF-BOF plants have not yet broken ground.<\/li>\nNatural-gas-based EAFs (a near-term bridge before green hydrogen becomes cost-competitive, expected around 2040-45) carry their own risks: import dependence, geopolitical exposure and potential stranded-asset costs.<\/li>\nIndia’s “green steel” certification threshold (up to 2.2 tCO2e) is well above the global average, and no significant domestic demand market for green steel yet exists even though supply-side certification has begun (89 units certified, covering 12.34 million tonnes, as of March).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nInstitutions & terms to know<\/p>\n\nEU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM):<\/b> in effect since January, taxes carbon-intensive imports including Indian steel \u2014 a key driver of India’s decarbonisation push.<\/li>\nNational Mission on Green Steel:<\/b> the government’s umbrella emissions-intensity reduction and certification framework.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\u270e Mains Practice Question<\/p>\n“Steel is less a hard-to-abate sector than one facing a hard-to-abate investment barrier.” Critically examine this view in the context of India’s steel decarbonisation pathway and the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. 15 marks \u00b7 250 words<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n <\/svg>\n Internal Security & SocietyGeneral Studies Paper II & III<\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n 05<\/span><\/p>\nAre Nicotine Pouches Beyond the Law?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-II \u00b7 Governance \u2014 Public Health Regulation<\/span>\n Prelims + Mains<\/span>\n The Hindu<\/span>\n <\/p>\nAn ICMR study has found nicotine pouches spreading through online platforms and gig delivery in Indian cities, exposing a gap in India’s tobacco and drug laws that neither clearly bans nor clearly permits them.<\/p>\n\n\u25c8 Background & Context<\/p>\nA nicotine pouch is a tobacco-free, tea-bag-like sachet of nicotine and flavourings, placed between lip and gum for direct bloodstream absorption without smoke or vapour. The WHO flagged the products’ health risks in May 2026.<\/p>\n\nThe Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 (COTPA) does not extend to all nicotine-containing products, so pouches fall outside it since restrictions on trade must be strictly construed.<\/li>\nNicotine is not scheduled as a drug under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, though nicotine gums\/patches are approved for therapeutic use, and Schedule K exempts low-dose (under 2 mg) nicotine gums\/lozenges from licensing \u2014 implying other nicotine products may fall within the Drugs Act’s ambit.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\nThe duty-free question<\/p>\n\nPouches are sold at a few Indian airport duty-free stores, licensed under Section 58 of the Customs Act; in Flemingo Duty Free Shop v. Kaushik Bhattacharya<\/i> (2024), the Calcutta High Court held such stores are deemed outside India for Customs Act purposes \u2014 but this does not place them beyond all Indian law.<\/li>\nPermitted duty-free goods include cigarettes, alcohol, jewellery, watches and food; nicotine pouches are not on this list unless classified as food, and given their restricted customs classification, an import licence is unlikely to exist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe critical view<\/p>\nThe piece argues the legal position is unsettled but the remedy is simple \u2014 a Customs Act\/Foreign Trade Act notification banning import and sale could be issued quickly. Delay, as with e-cigarettes, risks the products becoming entrenched before a ban can take effect, pushing the trade underground.<\/p>\n\n\u270e Mains Practice Question<\/p>\nExamine the regulatory gaps in Indian law governing novel nicotine products such as pouches, and discuss the risks of delayed regulatory action, drawing lessons from India’s experience with e-cigarettes. 10 marks \u00b7 150 words<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n\nA1<\/span><\/p>\nVolcanic Eruption Disrupts Indonesian Flight Operations, Strands 1,70,000<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-I \u00b7 Geography \u2014 Volcanism<\/span>\n Prelims-oriented<\/span>\n Times of India<\/span>\n <\/p>\nThe Anak Krakatau volcano’s eruption forced closure of Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta and Halim Perdanakusuma airports and six others, with ash clouds reaching up to 15,200 metres over parts of Java and Sumatra.<\/p>\n\nPrelims hook:<\/b> Anak Krakatau (“child of Krakatau”) is the offspring of the 1883 Krakatau eruption, which caused a period of global cooling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article>\n\nA2<\/span><\/p>\nKashmir Hosts Its Inaugural International Film Festival<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-I \u00b7 Society \u2014 Culture & Regional Development<\/span>\n Prelims-oriented<\/span>\n The Hindu<\/span>\n <\/p>\nSrinagar’s four-day festival opened with the Lebanese film “Dead Dog,” screening 135 of over 1,100 entries from 41 countries across Srinagar, Gulmarg and Jammu, three decades after militancy shut all 15 valley cinemas.<\/p>\n\nPrelims hook:<\/b> Srinagar’s Inox theatre, reopened in 2022, was the first functional cinema hall in the Kashmir Valley in 23 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article>\n\nA3<\/span><\/p>\nNews in Numbers: EU\u2013Greenland Package, SIR Rolls, Road Safety and More<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-II\/III \u00b7 Governance, Federalism, Road Safety<\/span>\n Prelims-oriented<\/span>\n AP \u00b7 PTI<\/span>\n <\/p>\nThe EU unveiled a \u20ac200-million ($232 million) investment package for Greenland. In Mizoram, the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls deleted 78,442 names and added 39,243, taking the final voter count to 8.35 lakh.<\/p>\n\nPrelims hook:<\/b> Uttar Pradesh’s Zero Fatality District (ZFD) scheme recorded a 6.97% fall in road accidents and an 8.03% drop in fatalities (Jan\u2013Aug).<\/li>\nOver 1,000 West Bengal teachers who lost jobs after court rulings held a sit-in demanding expedited recruitment; Kerala booked 2,799 people for drunk driving in a week-long enforcement drive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n Legacy IAS Academy \u00b7 Daily Current Affairs<\/span>\n 8 September 2026 \u00b7 The Hindu & The Indian Express<\/span>\n <\/p>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In-Depth News Analysis5 Items Core TopicImportantConcise Polity, Governance & JudiciaryGeneral Studies Paper II 01 Supreme…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1283],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-september-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\n 02<\/span><\/p>\nU.K. Asserts “Unshakeable” Falklands Stance After Argentina Revives Sovereignty Claim<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-II \u00b7 IR \u2014 Territorial Disputes<\/span>\n Prelims + Mains<\/span>\n The Hindu (AFP)<\/span>\n <\/p>\nArgentine President Javier Milei revived Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands (Las Malvinas), citing a perceived shift in U.S. neutrality, while Britain reaffirmed sovereignty is not up for discussion.<\/p>\n\n\u25c8 Background & Context<\/p>\nBritain and Argentina fought a ten-week war in 1982 over the South Atlantic islands, a British Overseas Territory. Islanders voted overwhelmingly in a 2013 referendum to remain British.<\/p>\n\nThe dispute resurfaced after U.S. President Donald Trump signalled willingness to review U.S. neutrality on the issue, and after anger in Argentina over a British-Israeli oil project (led by Rockhopper and Navitas) near the islands.<\/li>\nMr. Milei announced sanctions on firms linked to the oil extraction and said the project violates a UN resolution calling on both sides to avoid unilateral action in the islands; Argentine war veterans and environmental lawyers have filed a lawsuit to halt it.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\nThe critical view<\/p>\n\nBritain’s position rests on the islanders’ 2013 self-determination vote; Argentina’s claim rests on geographic proximity and historical sovereignty predating the 1833 British occupation.<\/li>\nA shift in U.S. neutrality \u2014 if it materialises \u2014 would be significant since Washington has historically avoided taking sides despite its “special relationship” with London.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\u270e Mains Practice Question<\/p>\nExamine the competing legal and political bases of the British and Argentine claims over the Falkland Islands\/Malvinas, and discuss the significance of a potential shift in U.S. neutrality on the dispute. 10 marks \u00b7 150 words<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n <\/svg>\n EconomyGeneral Studies Paper III<\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n 03<\/span><\/p>\nWhat Could Have Prompted the Latest Hike in Commercial LPG Prices?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-III \u00b7 Economy \u2014 Energy Pricing & Subsidy<\/span>\n Prelims + Mains<\/span>\n The Hindu<\/span>\n <\/p>\nOil-marketing companies raised commercial LPG cylinder prices by about \u20b910 from September 1, after two months of decline, largely to offset persistent under-recoveries on the domestic cylinder segment.<\/p>\n\n\u25c8 Background & Context<\/p>\nUnder-recoveries are the gap between what OMCs receive from consumers and the actual cost of production and distribution. The 19-kg commercial cylinder in Delhi now costs \u20b92,747.5; the 14.2-kg domestic cylinder price is unchanged.<\/p>\n\nDomestic-cylinder under-recoveries fell from over \u20b9700\/cylinder in June to \u20b9500 in July to \u20b9188 in early August, per government data; analysts estimate current under-recovery at about \u20b9200\/cylinder.<\/li>\nThe packaged domestic segment is 90.4% of total LPG consumption (April\u2013June); about 10.6 crore Ujjwala beneficiaries (\u224833% of domestic users) get an additional \u20b9300\/cylinder subsidy.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\nSupply-side picture<\/p>\n\nPOL product imports fell 45.1% between April and July, partly due to lower LPG, pet coke and fuel oil imports; OMCs raised daily LPG production from 34,000 to 55,000 tonnes to compensate.<\/li>\nFollowing an August 13 directive, upstream and OMC companies have been set a daily production target of 63,810 tonnes.<\/li>\nIndustrial demand (e.g. glass-making) is expected to rise with the festive season, though industry is increasingly shifting to piped natural gas \u2014 PNGRB data shows industrial piped-gas sales up 30% year-on-year (April\u2013June).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe critical view<\/p>\nAnalysts describe the immediate impact as “negligible” given the small share of commercial LPG in overall consumption, but flag it as a signal that under-recovery pressure on the much larger subsidised domestic segment persists.<\/p>\n\n\u270e Mains Practice Question<\/p>\nDiscuss the concept of “under-recovery” in India’s LPG pricing mechanism and examine the trade-offs the government faces between consumer subsidy, fiscal cost and energy security. 10 marks \u00b7 150 words<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n <\/svg>\n Environment & EcologyGeneral Studies Paper III<\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n 04<\/span><\/p>\nIndia Can Cut Steel Emissions Before Coal Plants Lock Them In<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-III \u00b7 Environment \u2014 Industrial Decarbonisation, Climate Change<\/span>\n Prelims + Mains<\/span>\n The Hindu<\/span>\n <\/p>\nIndia’s steel sector \u2014 among the most emissions-intensive in the world and 12% of national greenhouse gas emissions \u2014 faces a narrowing window to shift new capacity toward electric-arc and hydrogen-based routes before coal-based blast furnaces lock in decades of emissions.<\/p>\n\n\u25c8 Background & Context<\/p>\nIndia’s steel emissions intensity is about 32% above the global average. FY2025-26 production, at roughly 160 million tonnes, was the world’s second-highest after China, driven by infrastructure, construction and auto demand.<\/p>\n\nThe government’s National Mission on Green Steel targets cutting emissions intensity from 2.55\u20132.65 to 2.2 tCO2e per tonne of crude steel by 2029-30; a 2024 certification scheme labels sub-2.2 tCO2e steel “green” \u2014 still well above the global average of 1.85 tCO2e.<\/li>\nA \u20b95,000-crore decarbonisation scheme is set to launch in the coming months.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\nFigure 2 \u2014 India’s steelmaking route mix, current vs. 2030 projection<\/p>\n \n \n \n \n \n 43%<\/text>\n BF-BOF<\/text>\n (now)<\/text><\/p>\n \n 56%<\/text>\n BF-BOF<\/text>\n (2030 proj.)<\/text><\/p>\n \n 22%<\/text>\n EAF<\/text><\/p>\n \n 35%<\/text>\n Induction<\/text>\n <\/g>\n <\/svg><\/p>\nCoal-based BF-BOF capacity share is projected to rise from 43% to 56% by 2030 unless new investment is redirected toward EAF\/DRI routes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nThe decarbonisation pathway<\/p>\n\nBF-BOF<\/b> (blast furnace\u2013basic oxygen furnace): the dominant, highly carbon-intensive route worldwide (70.4% of global output) and in India (43%).<\/li>\nEAF<\/b> (electric arc furnace) and DRI<\/b> (direct reduced iron): use electricity\/scrap or natural gas, with a pathway to near-zero emissions once green hydrogen replaces natural gas.<\/li>\nBlast-furnace “relining” \u2014 a capital-intensive maintenance task every two decades \u2014 locks in coal-based production for another 15\u201320 years; over 43 million tonnes\/year of Indian BF capacity is due for relining before 2030.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe critical view<\/p>\n\nResearchers argue steel is less a “hard-to-abate” sector than one facing a “hard-to-abate barrier” that early investment redirection \u2014 not necessarily new capital \u2014 could overcome, since most of India’s planned BF-BOF plants have not yet broken ground.<\/li>\nNatural-gas-based EAFs (a near-term bridge before green hydrogen becomes cost-competitive, expected around 2040-45) carry their own risks: import dependence, geopolitical exposure and potential stranded-asset costs.<\/li>\nIndia’s “green steel” certification threshold (up to 2.2 tCO2e) is well above the global average, and no significant domestic demand market for green steel yet exists even though supply-side certification has begun (89 units certified, covering 12.34 million tonnes, as of March).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nInstitutions & terms to know<\/p>\n\nEU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM):<\/b> in effect since January, taxes carbon-intensive imports including Indian steel \u2014 a key driver of India’s decarbonisation push.<\/li>\nNational Mission on Green Steel:<\/b> the government’s umbrella emissions-intensity reduction and certification framework.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\u270e Mains Practice Question<\/p>\n“Steel is less a hard-to-abate sector than one facing a hard-to-abate investment barrier.” Critically examine this view in the context of India’s steel decarbonisation pathway and the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. 15 marks \u00b7 250 words<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n <\/svg>\n Internal Security & SocietyGeneral Studies Paper II & III<\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n 05<\/span><\/p>\nAre Nicotine Pouches Beyond the Law?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-II \u00b7 Governance \u2014 Public Health Regulation<\/span>\n Prelims + Mains<\/span>\n The Hindu<\/span>\n <\/p>\nAn ICMR study has found nicotine pouches spreading through online platforms and gig delivery in Indian cities, exposing a gap in India’s tobacco and drug laws that neither clearly bans nor clearly permits them.<\/p>\n\n\u25c8 Background & Context<\/p>\nA nicotine pouch is a tobacco-free, tea-bag-like sachet of nicotine and flavourings, placed between lip and gum for direct bloodstream absorption without smoke or vapour. The WHO flagged the products’ health risks in May 2026.<\/p>\n\nThe Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 (COTPA) does not extend to all nicotine-containing products, so pouches fall outside it since restrictions on trade must be strictly construed.<\/li>\nNicotine is not scheduled as a drug under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, though nicotine gums\/patches are approved for therapeutic use, and Schedule K exempts low-dose (under 2 mg) nicotine gums\/lozenges from licensing \u2014 implying other nicotine products may fall within the Drugs Act’s ambit.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\nThe duty-free question<\/p>\n\nPouches are sold at a few Indian airport duty-free stores, licensed under Section 58 of the Customs Act; in Flemingo Duty Free Shop v. Kaushik Bhattacharya<\/i> (2024), the Calcutta High Court held such stores are deemed outside India for Customs Act purposes \u2014 but this does not place them beyond all Indian law.<\/li>\nPermitted duty-free goods include cigarettes, alcohol, jewellery, watches and food; nicotine pouches are not on this list unless classified as food, and given their restricted customs classification, an import licence is unlikely to exist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe critical view<\/p>\nThe piece argues the legal position is unsettled but the remedy is simple \u2014 a Customs Act\/Foreign Trade Act notification banning import and sale could be issued quickly. Delay, as with e-cigarettes, risks the products becoming entrenched before a ban can take effect, pushing the trade underground.<\/p>\n\n\u270e Mains Practice Question<\/p>\nExamine the regulatory gaps in Indian law governing novel nicotine products such as pouches, and discuss the risks of delayed regulatory action, drawing lessons from India’s experience with e-cigarettes. 10 marks \u00b7 150 words<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n\nA1<\/span><\/p>\nVolcanic Eruption Disrupts Indonesian Flight Operations, Strands 1,70,000<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-I \u00b7 Geography \u2014 Volcanism<\/span>\n Prelims-oriented<\/span>\n Times of India<\/span>\n <\/p>\nThe Anak Krakatau volcano’s eruption forced closure of Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta and Halim Perdanakusuma airports and six others, with ash clouds reaching up to 15,200 metres over parts of Java and Sumatra.<\/p>\n\nPrelims hook:<\/b> Anak Krakatau (“child of Krakatau”) is the offspring of the 1883 Krakatau eruption, which caused a period of global cooling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article>\n\nA2<\/span><\/p>\nKashmir Hosts Its Inaugural International Film Festival<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-I \u00b7 Society \u2014 Culture & Regional Development<\/span>\n Prelims-oriented<\/span>\n The Hindu<\/span>\n <\/p>\nSrinagar’s four-day festival opened with the Lebanese film “Dead Dog,” screening 135 of over 1,100 entries from 41 countries across Srinagar, Gulmarg and Jammu, three decades after militancy shut all 15 valley cinemas.<\/p>\n\nPrelims hook:<\/b> Srinagar’s Inox theatre, reopened in 2022, was the first functional cinema hall in the Kashmir Valley in 23 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article>\n\nA3<\/span><\/p>\nNews in Numbers: EU\u2013Greenland Package, SIR Rolls, Road Safety and More<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-II\/III \u00b7 Governance, Federalism, Road Safety<\/span>\n Prelims-oriented<\/span>\n AP \u00b7 PTI<\/span>\n <\/p>\nThe EU unveiled a \u20ac200-million ($232 million) investment package for Greenland. In Mizoram, the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls deleted 78,442 names and added 39,243, taking the final voter count to 8.35 lakh.<\/p>\n\nPrelims hook:<\/b> Uttar Pradesh’s Zero Fatality District (ZFD) scheme recorded a 6.97% fall in road accidents and an 8.03% drop in fatalities (Jan\u2013Aug).<\/li>\nOver 1,000 West Bengal teachers who lost jobs after court rulings held a sit-in demanding expedited recruitment; Kerala booked 2,799 people for drunk driving in a week-long enforcement drive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n Legacy IAS Academy \u00b7 Daily Current Affairs<\/span>\n 8 September 2026 \u00b7 The Hindu & The Indian Express<\/span>\n <\/p>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In-Depth News Analysis5 Items Core TopicImportantConcise Polity, Governance & JudiciaryGeneral Studies Paper II 01 Supreme…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1283],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-september-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\n 03<\/span><\/p>\nWhat Could Have Prompted the Latest Hike in Commercial LPG Prices?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-III \u00b7 Economy \u2014 Energy Pricing & Subsidy<\/span>\n Prelims + Mains<\/span>\n The Hindu<\/span>\n <\/p>\nOil-marketing companies raised commercial LPG cylinder prices by about \u20b910 from September 1, after two months of decline, largely to offset persistent under-recoveries on the domestic cylinder segment.<\/p>\n\n\u25c8 Background & Context<\/p>\nUnder-recoveries are the gap between what OMCs receive from consumers and the actual cost of production and distribution. The 19-kg commercial cylinder in Delhi now costs \u20b92,747.5; the 14.2-kg domestic cylinder price is unchanged.<\/p>\n\nDomestic-cylinder under-recoveries fell from over \u20b9700\/cylinder in June to \u20b9500 in July to \u20b9188 in early August, per government data; analysts estimate current under-recovery at about \u20b9200\/cylinder.<\/li>\nThe packaged domestic segment is 90.4% of total LPG consumption (April\u2013June); about 10.6 crore Ujjwala beneficiaries (\u224833% of domestic users) get an additional \u20b9300\/cylinder subsidy.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\nSupply-side picture<\/p>\n\nPOL product imports fell 45.1% between April and July, partly due to lower LPG, pet coke and fuel oil imports; OMCs raised daily LPG production from 34,000 to 55,000 tonnes to compensate.<\/li>\nFollowing an August 13 directive, upstream and OMC companies have been set a daily production target of 63,810 tonnes.<\/li>\nIndustrial demand (e.g. glass-making) is expected to rise with the festive season, though industry is increasingly shifting to piped natural gas \u2014 PNGRB data shows industrial piped-gas sales up 30% year-on-year (April\u2013June).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe critical view<\/p>\nAnalysts describe the immediate impact as “negligible” given the small share of commercial LPG in overall consumption, but flag it as a signal that under-recovery pressure on the much larger subsidised domestic segment persists.<\/p>\n\n\u270e Mains Practice Question<\/p>\nDiscuss the concept of “under-recovery” in India’s LPG pricing mechanism and examine the trade-offs the government faces between consumer subsidy, fiscal cost and energy security. 10 marks \u00b7 150 words<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n <\/svg>\n Environment & EcologyGeneral Studies Paper III<\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n 04<\/span><\/p>\nIndia Can Cut Steel Emissions Before Coal Plants Lock Them In<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-III \u00b7 Environment \u2014 Industrial Decarbonisation, Climate Change<\/span>\n Prelims + Mains<\/span>\n The Hindu<\/span>\n <\/p>\nIndia’s steel sector \u2014 among the most emissions-intensive in the world and 12% of national greenhouse gas emissions \u2014 faces a narrowing window to shift new capacity toward electric-arc and hydrogen-based routes before coal-based blast furnaces lock in decades of emissions.<\/p>\n\n\u25c8 Background & Context<\/p>\nIndia’s steel emissions intensity is about 32% above the global average. FY2025-26 production, at roughly 160 million tonnes, was the world’s second-highest after China, driven by infrastructure, construction and auto demand.<\/p>\n\nThe government’s National Mission on Green Steel targets cutting emissions intensity from 2.55\u20132.65 to 2.2 tCO2e per tonne of crude steel by 2029-30; a 2024 certification scheme labels sub-2.2 tCO2e steel “green” \u2014 still well above the global average of 1.85 tCO2e.<\/li>\nA \u20b95,000-crore decarbonisation scheme is set to launch in the coming months.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\nFigure 2 \u2014 India’s steelmaking route mix, current vs. 2030 projection<\/p>\n \n \n \n \n \n 43%<\/text>\n BF-BOF<\/text>\n (now)<\/text><\/p>\n \n 56%<\/text>\n BF-BOF<\/text>\n (2030 proj.)<\/text><\/p>\n \n 22%<\/text>\n EAF<\/text><\/p>\n \n 35%<\/text>\n Induction<\/text>\n <\/g>\n <\/svg><\/p>\nCoal-based BF-BOF capacity share is projected to rise from 43% to 56% by 2030 unless new investment is redirected toward EAF\/DRI routes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nThe decarbonisation pathway<\/p>\n\nBF-BOF<\/b> (blast furnace\u2013basic oxygen furnace): the dominant, highly carbon-intensive route worldwide (70.4% of global output) and in India (43%).<\/li>\nEAF<\/b> (electric arc furnace) and DRI<\/b> (direct reduced iron): use electricity\/scrap or natural gas, with a pathway to near-zero emissions once green hydrogen replaces natural gas.<\/li>\nBlast-furnace “relining” \u2014 a capital-intensive maintenance task every two decades \u2014 locks in coal-based production for another 15\u201320 years; over 43 million tonnes\/year of Indian BF capacity is due for relining before 2030.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe critical view<\/p>\n\nResearchers argue steel is less a “hard-to-abate” sector than one facing a “hard-to-abate barrier” that early investment redirection \u2014 not necessarily new capital \u2014 could overcome, since most of India’s planned BF-BOF plants have not yet broken ground.<\/li>\nNatural-gas-based EAFs (a near-term bridge before green hydrogen becomes cost-competitive, expected around 2040-45) carry their own risks: import dependence, geopolitical exposure and potential stranded-asset costs.<\/li>\nIndia’s “green steel” certification threshold (up to 2.2 tCO2e) is well above the global average, and no significant domestic demand market for green steel yet exists even though supply-side certification has begun (89 units certified, covering 12.34 million tonnes, as of March).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nInstitutions & terms to know<\/p>\n\nEU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM):<\/b> in effect since January, taxes carbon-intensive imports including Indian steel \u2014 a key driver of India’s decarbonisation push.<\/li>\nNational Mission on Green Steel:<\/b> the government’s umbrella emissions-intensity reduction and certification framework.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\u270e Mains Practice Question<\/p>\n“Steel is less a hard-to-abate sector than one facing a hard-to-abate investment barrier.” Critically examine this view in the context of India’s steel decarbonisation pathway and the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. 15 marks \u00b7 250 words<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n <\/svg>\n Internal Security & SocietyGeneral Studies Paper II & III<\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n 05<\/span><\/p>\nAre Nicotine Pouches Beyond the Law?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-II \u00b7 Governance \u2014 Public Health Regulation<\/span>\n Prelims + Mains<\/span>\n The Hindu<\/span>\n <\/p>\nAn ICMR study has found nicotine pouches spreading through online platforms and gig delivery in Indian cities, exposing a gap in India’s tobacco and drug laws that neither clearly bans nor clearly permits them.<\/p>\n\n\u25c8 Background & Context<\/p>\nA nicotine pouch is a tobacco-free, tea-bag-like sachet of nicotine and flavourings, placed between lip and gum for direct bloodstream absorption without smoke or vapour. The WHO flagged the products’ health risks in May 2026.<\/p>\n\nThe Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 (COTPA) does not extend to all nicotine-containing products, so pouches fall outside it since restrictions on trade must be strictly construed.<\/li>\nNicotine is not scheduled as a drug under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, though nicotine gums\/patches are approved for therapeutic use, and Schedule K exempts low-dose (under 2 mg) nicotine gums\/lozenges from licensing \u2014 implying other nicotine products may fall within the Drugs Act’s ambit.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\nThe duty-free question<\/p>\n\nPouches are sold at a few Indian airport duty-free stores, licensed under Section 58 of the Customs Act; in Flemingo Duty Free Shop v. Kaushik Bhattacharya<\/i> (2024), the Calcutta High Court held such stores are deemed outside India for Customs Act purposes \u2014 but this does not place them beyond all Indian law.<\/li>\nPermitted duty-free goods include cigarettes, alcohol, jewellery, watches and food; nicotine pouches are not on this list unless classified as food, and given their restricted customs classification, an import licence is unlikely to exist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe critical view<\/p>\nThe piece argues the legal position is unsettled but the remedy is simple \u2014 a Customs Act\/Foreign Trade Act notification banning import and sale could be issued quickly. Delay, as with e-cigarettes, risks the products becoming entrenched before a ban can take effect, pushing the trade underground.<\/p>\n\n\u270e Mains Practice Question<\/p>\nExamine the regulatory gaps in Indian law governing novel nicotine products such as pouches, and discuss the risks of delayed regulatory action, drawing lessons from India’s experience with e-cigarettes. 10 marks \u00b7 150 words<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n\nA1<\/span><\/p>\nVolcanic Eruption Disrupts Indonesian Flight Operations, Strands 1,70,000<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-I \u00b7 Geography \u2014 Volcanism<\/span>\n Prelims-oriented<\/span>\n Times of India<\/span>\n <\/p>\nThe Anak Krakatau volcano’s eruption forced closure of Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta and Halim Perdanakusuma airports and six others, with ash clouds reaching up to 15,200 metres over parts of Java and Sumatra.<\/p>\n\nPrelims hook:<\/b> Anak Krakatau (“child of Krakatau”) is the offspring of the 1883 Krakatau eruption, which caused a period of global cooling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article>\n\nA2<\/span><\/p>\nKashmir Hosts Its Inaugural International Film Festival<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-I \u00b7 Society \u2014 Culture & Regional Development<\/span>\n Prelims-oriented<\/span>\n The Hindu<\/span>\n <\/p>\nSrinagar’s four-day festival opened with the Lebanese film “Dead Dog,” screening 135 of over 1,100 entries from 41 countries across Srinagar, Gulmarg and Jammu, three decades after militancy shut all 15 valley cinemas.<\/p>\n\nPrelims hook:<\/b> Srinagar’s Inox theatre, reopened in 2022, was the first functional cinema hall in the Kashmir Valley in 23 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article>\n\nA3<\/span><\/p>\nNews in Numbers: EU\u2013Greenland Package, SIR Rolls, Road Safety and More<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-II\/III \u00b7 Governance, Federalism, Road Safety<\/span>\n Prelims-oriented<\/span>\n AP \u00b7 PTI<\/span>\n <\/p>\nThe EU unveiled a \u20ac200-million ($232 million) investment package for Greenland. In Mizoram, the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls deleted 78,442 names and added 39,243, taking the final voter count to 8.35 lakh.<\/p>\n\nPrelims hook:<\/b> Uttar Pradesh’s Zero Fatality District (ZFD) scheme recorded a 6.97% fall in road accidents and an 8.03% drop in fatalities (Jan\u2013Aug).<\/li>\nOver 1,000 West Bengal teachers who lost jobs after court rulings held a sit-in demanding expedited recruitment; Kerala booked 2,799 people for drunk driving in a week-long enforcement drive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n Legacy IAS Academy \u00b7 Daily Current Affairs<\/span>\n 8 September 2026 \u00b7 The Hindu & The Indian Express<\/span>\n <\/p>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In-Depth News Analysis5 Items Core TopicImportantConcise Polity, Governance & JudiciaryGeneral Studies Paper II 01 Supreme…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1283],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-september-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\n 04<\/span><\/p>\nIndia Can Cut Steel Emissions Before Coal Plants Lock Them In<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-III \u00b7 Environment \u2014 Industrial Decarbonisation, Climate Change<\/span>\n Prelims + Mains<\/span>\n The Hindu<\/span>\n <\/p>\nIndia’s steel sector \u2014 among the most emissions-intensive in the world and 12% of national greenhouse gas emissions \u2014 faces a narrowing window to shift new capacity toward electric-arc and hydrogen-based routes before coal-based blast furnaces lock in decades of emissions.<\/p>\n\n\u25c8 Background & Context<\/p>\nIndia’s steel emissions intensity is about 32% above the global average. FY2025-26 production, at roughly 160 million tonnes, was the world’s second-highest after China, driven by infrastructure, construction and auto demand.<\/p>\n\nThe government’s National Mission on Green Steel targets cutting emissions intensity from 2.55\u20132.65 to 2.2 tCO2e per tonne of crude steel by 2029-30; a 2024 certification scheme labels sub-2.2 tCO2e steel “green” \u2014 still well above the global average of 1.85 tCO2e.<\/li>\nA \u20b95,000-crore decarbonisation scheme is set to launch in the coming months.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\nFigure 2 \u2014 India’s steelmaking route mix, current vs. 2030 projection<\/p>\n \n \n \n \n \n 43%<\/text>\n BF-BOF<\/text>\n (now)<\/text><\/p>\n \n 56%<\/text>\n BF-BOF<\/text>\n (2030 proj.)<\/text><\/p>\n \n 22%<\/text>\n EAF<\/text><\/p>\n \n 35%<\/text>\n Induction<\/text>\n <\/g>\n <\/svg><\/p>\nCoal-based BF-BOF capacity share is projected to rise from 43% to 56% by 2030 unless new investment is redirected toward EAF\/DRI routes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nThe decarbonisation pathway<\/p>\n\nBF-BOF<\/b> (blast furnace\u2013basic oxygen furnace): the dominant, highly carbon-intensive route worldwide (70.4% of global output) and in India (43%).<\/li>\nEAF<\/b> (electric arc furnace) and DRI<\/b> (direct reduced iron): use electricity\/scrap or natural gas, with a pathway to near-zero emissions once green hydrogen replaces natural gas.<\/li>\nBlast-furnace “relining” \u2014 a capital-intensive maintenance task every two decades \u2014 locks in coal-based production for another 15\u201320 years; over 43 million tonnes\/year of Indian BF capacity is due for relining before 2030.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe critical view<\/p>\n\nResearchers argue steel is less a “hard-to-abate” sector than one facing a “hard-to-abate barrier” that early investment redirection \u2014 not necessarily new capital \u2014 could overcome, since most of India’s planned BF-BOF plants have not yet broken ground.<\/li>\nNatural-gas-based EAFs (a near-term bridge before green hydrogen becomes cost-competitive, expected around 2040-45) carry their own risks: import dependence, geopolitical exposure and potential stranded-asset costs.<\/li>\nIndia’s “green steel” certification threshold (up to 2.2 tCO2e) is well above the global average, and no significant domestic demand market for green steel yet exists even though supply-side certification has begun (89 units certified, covering 12.34 million tonnes, as of March).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nInstitutions & terms to know<\/p>\n\nEU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM):<\/b> in effect since January, taxes carbon-intensive imports including Indian steel \u2014 a key driver of India’s decarbonisation push.<\/li>\nNational Mission on Green Steel:<\/b> the government’s umbrella emissions-intensity reduction and certification framework.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\u270e Mains Practice Question<\/p>\n“Steel is less a hard-to-abate sector than one facing a hard-to-abate investment barrier.” Critically examine this view in the context of India’s steel decarbonisation pathway and the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. 15 marks \u00b7 250 words<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n <\/svg>\n Internal Security & SocietyGeneral Studies Paper II & III<\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n 05<\/span><\/p>\nAre Nicotine Pouches Beyond the Law?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-II \u00b7 Governance \u2014 Public Health Regulation<\/span>\n Prelims + Mains<\/span>\n The Hindu<\/span>\n <\/p>\nAn ICMR study has found nicotine pouches spreading through online platforms and gig delivery in Indian cities, exposing a gap in India’s tobacco and drug laws that neither clearly bans nor clearly permits them.<\/p>\n\n\u25c8 Background & Context<\/p>\nA nicotine pouch is a tobacco-free, tea-bag-like sachet of nicotine and flavourings, placed between lip and gum for direct bloodstream absorption without smoke or vapour. The WHO flagged the products’ health risks in May 2026.<\/p>\n\nThe Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 (COTPA) does not extend to all nicotine-containing products, so pouches fall outside it since restrictions on trade must be strictly construed.<\/li>\nNicotine is not scheduled as a drug under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, though nicotine gums\/patches are approved for therapeutic use, and Schedule K exempts low-dose (under 2 mg) nicotine gums\/lozenges from licensing \u2014 implying other nicotine products may fall within the Drugs Act’s ambit.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\nThe duty-free question<\/p>\n\nPouches are sold at a few Indian airport duty-free stores, licensed under Section 58 of the Customs Act; in Flemingo Duty Free Shop v. Kaushik Bhattacharya<\/i> (2024), the Calcutta High Court held such stores are deemed outside India for Customs Act purposes \u2014 but this does not place them beyond all Indian law.<\/li>\nPermitted duty-free goods include cigarettes, alcohol, jewellery, watches and food; nicotine pouches are not on this list unless classified as food, and given their restricted customs classification, an import licence is unlikely to exist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe critical view<\/p>\nThe piece argues the legal position is unsettled but the remedy is simple \u2014 a Customs Act\/Foreign Trade Act notification banning import and sale could be issued quickly. Delay, as with e-cigarettes, risks the products becoming entrenched before a ban can take effect, pushing the trade underground.<\/p>\n\n\u270e Mains Practice Question<\/p>\nExamine the regulatory gaps in Indian law governing novel nicotine products such as pouches, and discuss the risks of delayed regulatory action, drawing lessons from India’s experience with e-cigarettes. 10 marks \u00b7 150 words<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n\nA1<\/span><\/p>\nVolcanic Eruption Disrupts Indonesian Flight Operations, Strands 1,70,000<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-I \u00b7 Geography \u2014 Volcanism<\/span>\n Prelims-oriented<\/span>\n Times of India<\/span>\n <\/p>\nThe Anak Krakatau volcano’s eruption forced closure of Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta and Halim Perdanakusuma airports and six others, with ash clouds reaching up to 15,200 metres over parts of Java and Sumatra.<\/p>\n\nPrelims hook:<\/b> Anak Krakatau (“child of Krakatau”) is the offspring of the 1883 Krakatau eruption, which caused a period of global cooling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article>\n\nA2<\/span><\/p>\nKashmir Hosts Its Inaugural International Film Festival<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-I \u00b7 Society \u2014 Culture & Regional Development<\/span>\n Prelims-oriented<\/span>\n The Hindu<\/span>\n <\/p>\nSrinagar’s four-day festival opened with the Lebanese film “Dead Dog,” screening 135 of over 1,100 entries from 41 countries across Srinagar, Gulmarg and Jammu, three decades after militancy shut all 15 valley cinemas.<\/p>\n\nPrelims hook:<\/b> Srinagar’s Inox theatre, reopened in 2022, was the first functional cinema hall in the Kashmir Valley in 23 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article>\n\nA3<\/span><\/p>\nNews in Numbers: EU\u2013Greenland Package, SIR Rolls, Road Safety and More<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-II\/III \u00b7 Governance, Federalism, Road Safety<\/span>\n Prelims-oriented<\/span>\n AP \u00b7 PTI<\/span>\n <\/p>\nThe EU unveiled a \u20ac200-million ($232 million) investment package for Greenland. In Mizoram, the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls deleted 78,442 names and added 39,243, taking the final voter count to 8.35 lakh.<\/p>\n\nPrelims hook:<\/b> Uttar Pradesh’s Zero Fatality District (ZFD) scheme recorded a 6.97% fall in road accidents and an 8.03% drop in fatalities (Jan\u2013Aug).<\/li>\nOver 1,000 West Bengal teachers who lost jobs after court rulings held a sit-in demanding expedited recruitment; Kerala booked 2,799 people for drunk driving in a week-long enforcement drive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n Legacy IAS Academy \u00b7 Daily Current Affairs<\/span>\n 8 September 2026 \u00b7 The Hindu & The Indian Express<\/span>\n <\/p>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In-Depth News Analysis5 Items Core TopicImportantConcise Polity, Governance & JudiciaryGeneral Studies Paper II 01 Supreme…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1283],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-september-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\n 05<\/span><\/p>\nAre Nicotine Pouches Beyond the Law?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-II \u00b7 Governance \u2014 Public Health Regulation<\/span>\n Prelims + Mains<\/span>\n The Hindu<\/span>\n <\/p>\nAn ICMR study has found nicotine pouches spreading through online platforms and gig delivery in Indian cities, exposing a gap in India’s tobacco and drug laws that neither clearly bans nor clearly permits them.<\/p>\n\n\u25c8 Background & Context<\/p>\nA nicotine pouch is a tobacco-free, tea-bag-like sachet of nicotine and flavourings, placed between lip and gum for direct bloodstream absorption without smoke or vapour. The WHO flagged the products’ health risks in May 2026.<\/p>\n\nThe Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 (COTPA) does not extend to all nicotine-containing products, so pouches fall outside it since restrictions on trade must be strictly construed.<\/li>\nNicotine is not scheduled as a drug under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, though nicotine gums\/patches are approved for therapeutic use, and Schedule K exempts low-dose (under 2 mg) nicotine gums\/lozenges from licensing \u2014 implying other nicotine products may fall within the Drugs Act’s ambit.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\nThe duty-free question<\/p>\n\nPouches are sold at a few Indian airport duty-free stores, licensed under Section 58 of the Customs Act; in Flemingo Duty Free Shop v. Kaushik Bhattacharya<\/i> (2024), the Calcutta High Court held such stores are deemed outside India for Customs Act purposes \u2014 but this does not place them beyond all Indian law.<\/li>\nPermitted duty-free goods include cigarettes, alcohol, jewellery, watches and food; nicotine pouches are not on this list unless classified as food, and given their restricted customs classification, an import licence is unlikely to exist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe critical view<\/p>\nThe piece argues the legal position is unsettled but the remedy is simple \u2014 a Customs Act\/Foreign Trade Act notification banning import and sale could be issued quickly. Delay, as with e-cigarettes, risks the products becoming entrenched before a ban can take effect, pushing the trade underground.<\/p>\n\n\u270e Mains Practice Question<\/p>\nExamine the regulatory gaps in Indian law governing novel nicotine products such as pouches, and discuss the risks of delayed regulatory action, drawing lessons from India’s experience with e-cigarettes. 10 marks \u00b7 150 words<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n\nA1<\/span><\/p>\nVolcanic Eruption Disrupts Indonesian Flight Operations, Strands 1,70,000<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-I \u00b7 Geography \u2014 Volcanism<\/span>\n Prelims-oriented<\/span>\n Times of India<\/span>\n <\/p>\nThe Anak Krakatau volcano’s eruption forced closure of Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta and Halim Perdanakusuma airports and six others, with ash clouds reaching up to 15,200 metres over parts of Java and Sumatra.<\/p>\n\nPrelims hook:<\/b> Anak Krakatau (“child of Krakatau”) is the offspring of the 1883 Krakatau eruption, which caused a period of global cooling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article>\n\nA2<\/span><\/p>\nKashmir Hosts Its Inaugural International Film Festival<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-I \u00b7 Society \u2014 Culture & Regional Development<\/span>\n Prelims-oriented<\/span>\n The Hindu<\/span>\n <\/p>\nSrinagar’s four-day festival opened with the Lebanese film “Dead Dog,” screening 135 of over 1,100 entries from 41 countries across Srinagar, Gulmarg and Jammu, three decades after militancy shut all 15 valley cinemas.<\/p>\n\nPrelims hook:<\/b> Srinagar’s Inox theatre, reopened in 2022, was the first functional cinema hall in the Kashmir Valley in 23 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article>\n\nA3<\/span><\/p>\nNews in Numbers: EU\u2013Greenland Package, SIR Rolls, Road Safety and More<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-II\/III \u00b7 Governance, Federalism, Road Safety<\/span>\n Prelims-oriented<\/span>\n AP \u00b7 PTI<\/span>\n <\/p>\nThe EU unveiled a \u20ac200-million ($232 million) investment package for Greenland. 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\nA1<\/span><\/p>\nVolcanic Eruption Disrupts Indonesian Flight Operations, Strands 1,70,000<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-I \u00b7 Geography \u2014 Volcanism<\/span>\n Prelims-oriented<\/span>\n Times of India<\/span>\n <\/p>\nThe Anak Krakatau volcano’s eruption forced closure of Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta and Halim Perdanakusuma airports and six others, with ash clouds reaching up to 15,200 metres over parts of Java and Sumatra.<\/p>\n\nPrelims hook:<\/b> Anak Krakatau (“child of Krakatau”) is the offspring of the 1883 Krakatau eruption, which caused a period of global cooling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article>\n\nA2<\/span><\/p>\nKashmir Hosts Its Inaugural International Film Festival<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-I \u00b7 Society \u2014 Culture & Regional Development<\/span>\n Prelims-oriented<\/span>\n The Hindu<\/span>\n <\/p>\nSrinagar’s four-day festival opened with the Lebanese film “Dead Dog,” screening 135 of over 1,100 entries from 41 countries across Srinagar, Gulmarg and Jammu, three decades after militancy shut all 15 valley cinemas.<\/p>\n\nPrelims hook:<\/b> Srinagar’s Inox theatre, reopened in 2022, was the first functional cinema hall in the Kashmir Valley in 23 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article>\n\nA3<\/span><\/p>\nNews in Numbers: EU\u2013Greenland Package, SIR Rolls, Road Safety and More<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-II\/III \u00b7 Governance, Federalism, Road Safety<\/span>\n Prelims-oriented<\/span>\n AP \u00b7 PTI<\/span>\n <\/p>\nThe EU unveiled a \u20ac200-million ($232 million) investment package for Greenland. In Mizoram, the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls deleted 78,442 names and added 39,243, taking the final voter count to 8.35 lakh.<\/p>\n\nPrelims hook:<\/b> Uttar Pradesh’s Zero Fatality District (ZFD) scheme recorded a 6.97% fall in road accidents and an 8.03% drop in fatalities (Jan\u2013Aug).<\/li>\nOver 1,000 West Bengal teachers who lost jobs after court rulings held a sit-in demanding expedited recruitment; Kerala booked 2,799 people for drunk driving in a week-long enforcement drive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n Legacy IAS Academy \u00b7 Daily Current Affairs<\/span>\n 8 September 2026 \u00b7 The Hindu & The Indian Express<\/span>\n <\/p>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In-Depth News Analysis5 Items Core TopicImportantConcise Polity, Governance & JudiciaryGeneral Studies Paper II 01 Supreme…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1283],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-september-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nA2<\/span><\/p>\nKashmir Hosts Its Inaugural International Film Festival<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-I \u00b7 Society \u2014 Culture & Regional Development<\/span>\n Prelims-oriented<\/span>\n The Hindu<\/span>\n <\/p>\nSrinagar’s four-day festival opened with the Lebanese film “Dead Dog,” screening 135 of over 1,100 entries from 41 countries across Srinagar, Gulmarg and Jammu, three decades after militancy shut all 15 valley cinemas.<\/p>\n\nPrelims hook:<\/b> Srinagar’s Inox theatre, reopened in 2022, was the first functional cinema hall in the Kashmir Valley in 23 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article>\n\nA3<\/span><\/p>\nNews in Numbers: EU\u2013Greenland Package, SIR Rolls, Road Safety and More<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-II\/III \u00b7 Governance, Federalism, Road Safety<\/span>\n Prelims-oriented<\/span>\n AP \u00b7 PTI<\/span>\n <\/p>\nThe EU unveiled a \u20ac200-million ($232 million) investment package for Greenland. In Mizoram, the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls deleted 78,442 names and added 39,243, taking the final voter count to 8.35 lakh.<\/p>\n\nPrelims hook:<\/b> Uttar Pradesh’s Zero Fatality District (ZFD) scheme recorded a 6.97% fall in road accidents and an 8.03% drop in fatalities (Jan\u2013Aug).<\/li>\nOver 1,000 West Bengal teachers who lost jobs after court rulings held a sit-in demanding expedited recruitment; Kerala booked 2,799 people for drunk driving in a week-long enforcement drive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n Legacy IAS Academy \u00b7 Daily Current Affairs<\/span>\n 8 September 2026 \u00b7 The Hindu & The Indian Express<\/span>\n <\/p>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In-Depth News Analysis5 Items Core TopicImportantConcise Polity, Governance & JudiciaryGeneral Studies Paper II 01 Supreme…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1283],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-september-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nA3<\/span><\/p>\nNews in Numbers: EU\u2013Greenland Package, SIR Rolls, Road Safety and More<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n GS-II\/III \u00b7 Governance, Federalism, Road Safety<\/span>\n Prelims-oriented<\/span>\n AP \u00b7 PTI<\/span>\n <\/p>\nThe EU unveiled a \u20ac200-million ($232 million) investment package for Greenland. In Mizoram, the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls deleted 78,442 names and added 39,243, taking the final voter count to 8.35 lakh.<\/p>\n\nPrelims hook:<\/b> Uttar Pradesh’s Zero Fatality District (ZFD) scheme recorded a 6.97% fall in road accidents and an 8.03% drop in fatalities (Jan\u2013Aug).<\/li>\nOver 1,000 West Bengal teachers who lost jobs after court rulings held a sit-in demanding expedited recruitment; Kerala booked 2,799 people for drunk driving in a week-long enforcement drive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n Legacy IAS Academy \u00b7 Daily Current Affairs<\/span>\n 8 September 2026 \u00b7 The Hindu & The Indian Express<\/span>\n <\/p>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In-Depth News Analysis5 Items Core TopicImportantConcise Polity, Governance & JudiciaryGeneral Studies Paper II 01 Supreme…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1283],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-september-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}