GST 2.0 One Year On: New Rate Slabs, Exam-Ready Notes
GST 2.0 turns one: the 5/18/40 structure, its disinflation effect, record collections and the year-two battles over slabs, cesses and inclusion.
Exam-ready current affairs – national and international developments explained with context and why-it-matters takeaways.
RBI Monetary Policy 2026: Repo Hold at 5.25%, Exam Notes
The RBI holds the repo at 5.25% with a neutral stance - FY27 growth near 6.7%, GST-softened inflation and war-risk crude keeping the next move open.
India-Iran Relations: Pezeshkian at BRICS, UPSC Notes
Iran's President Pezeshkian is in Delhi for the BRICS Summit - his Modi talks, Iran's trade message, and India's Chabahar balancing act, explained.
India-UAE Ties: CEPA, IMEC and BRICS, Exam-Ready Notes
The UAE Crown Prince leads his country's BRICS delegation in Delhi - five years of CEPA, a $100 billion trade target, IMEC and a 3.5-million diaspora, explained.
Bank Strike & Five-Day Week: UFBU Demands, Exam Notes
Bank unions struck on 11 September for a five-day week, pension updation and wage revision - with three-day and indefinite strikes threatened next, explained.
Modi-Xi Meet: The India-China Reset, Exam-Ready Notes
Xi Jinping is in India after seven years for the BRICS Summit - the Modi-Xi bilateral, the post-Galwan reset, and the frictions still unresolved, explained.
The Week AI Researchers Quit: Extinction Warnings From Inside the Labs
Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quits warning of extinction risk; alignment lead Evan Hubinger puts it above 10% a decade. The week AI labs said the quiet part.
88 Hours vs 90 Years: The OpenAI Maths Claim and Why Experts Doubt It
OpenAI claims a 90-year-old Millennium Prize problem cracked in 88 hours by 10,000 agents. Why mathematicians are not convinced - explained.
1746 Flights, One Glitch: The UK Air-Traffic Meltdown, Decoded
NATS technical failure cancels 1,700+ flights across the UK; cyberattack ruled out. Critical-infrastructure lessons, exam-ready.
When AI Builds Itself: Recursive Self-Improvement, Explained
Anthropic research says AI could soon help build its own successors - possibly by 2028. Recursive self-improvement, explained in plain English.
Hormuz on the Boil: Iran, US Warships and the Risk of a Wider War
Iran strikes US warships in the Strait of Hormuz as wider-war fears grow. The chokepoint, the players and what it means for India - exam-ready.
Distillation Wars: The New Flashpoint in US-China Tech Rivalry
The White House calls it malicious distillation; Beijing calls it groundless. The US-China AI fight ahead of Trump-Xi talks, explained for UPSC.