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Friday, January 2, 2026
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Topic: CAPF

UPSC’s 20-day OBC certificate deadline struck down. Why Delhi HC called the rule ‘arbitrary & unreasonable’

The HC Wednesday decided writ petitions from OBC candidates who cleared the initial stages of the CAPF-assistant commandant's exam but were later disqualified or considered 'General' category.

Village fair tattoo may cost man his CRPF future; MHA says can’t bend rules, HC to decide

MHA has told the Delhi High Court that tattoos on the right forearm—the saluting arm—violate uniformity and secular neutrality in the CAPF.  

Over 500 CAPF companies deployed across Bihar ahead of assembly elections

The deployment includes 121 CRPF companies, around 400 from BSF, and contingents from Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Central Industrial Security Force, and Sashastra Seema Bal.

The UPSC beyond IAS, IPS, IFS

When we think UPSC, we think IAS. But India’s infrastructure, security, health, and data backbone run on UPSC recruits we rarely talk about.

CAPF officers were finally allowed to rise to leadership positions. Now, govt is blocking it

The continued deputation of IPS officers to lead CAPFs evokes the image of colonial outposts being administered by viceroys.

Budget 2025: Govt boosts border security funding amid crackdown on illegal immigration

The 49 percent increase in allocation for border infrastructure and management likely to speed up the strengthening of the security grid in border regions.

2 days after terror attack in Reasi, another in Jammu’s Kathua, 1 militant gunned down

MoS Dr Jitendra Singh confirmed that a joint operation by police and paramilitary forces is ongoing in Saida Sukhal village to hunt down the militants.

Modern weapons for CAPF, ‘National Forensics Mission’, swift disposal of old cases — BJP manifesto

Party claims 50% reduction in ‘Left-Wing Extremism-related violence’, 0 major terror attacks since 2014, and that revocation of Article 370 reduced violence in J&K significantly.

Election Commissions asks for deployment of 3.4 lakh CAPFs ahead of LS, Assembly polls

According to the EC, the decision is made after considering requests from state commissions and the deployment will be done in a phased manner.

‘You are not here to observe but to protect’ — Manipur CM Biren Singh slams central forces

Imphal/Guwahati: Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh Sunday criticised the central security forces, saying that they had been deployed in the state “to protect...

On Camera

Hot metals are exposing the fossil fuel fantasy

Two metals, copper and silver, are indelibly associated with mass electrification that is making coal, oil and gas redundant across the world.

Looking to 2026, India to bet on diversification of energy basket—not disengagement from Russia crude

US sanctions reshuffle India’s crude procurement, pushing refiners towards new intermediaries, the Middle East and Americas.

2025 was Indian Army’s year. New battalions & platoons, embracing next-gen warfare

Amidst a doctrinal shift towards joint theaterisation and greater synergy between the various wings of the forces, the Indian Army in 2025 moved further on its path to Vision@2047.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.