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Monday, January 26, 2026
TopicUPSC lateral entry

Topic: UPSC lateral entry

UPSC lateral entry & UPS—why Opposition reacted to 2 Modi govt decisions in opposite ways

Prima facie, India’s political economy has not really changed in spite of more than three decades of economic reforms.

Lateral entry is no silver bullet. Works more for NITI Aayog than ministries

The argument that the govt wanted to induct lateral entrants to inject ‘new ideas’ does not cut much ice. Perhaps it was trying to push multiple agendas, but this has backfired.

Our take on lateral entry, Hema Committee & India’s defence exports—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

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India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.