📌 High Heat: India's Growing Vulnerability to Warming

UPSC Mains Practice Question

✍️ Q. Critically examine India’s preparedness for rising heatwaves, given the reactive and underfunded nature of Heat Action Plans. What policy measures are needed to build long-term heat resilience? (250 words, 15 marks)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/high-heat-on-india-and-warming/article70897842.ece

📌 Scaling Climate Adaptation from Policy to Grassroots

UPSC Mains Practice Question

✍️ Q. Critically analyze the gaps in India’s fragmented and weak climate adaptation framework. How can locally led models like Tamil Nadu’s CRV be scaled nationwide? (250 words, 15 marks)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/scaling-climate-adaptation-from-policy-to-grassroots/article70898407.ece

📌 Pyrotechnic Disasters: Faith, Safety, and the Regulatory Vacuum

UPSC Mains Practice Question

✍️ Mundathikode highlights how safety is often compromised for faith and politics. Critically examine regulatory gaps in India’s fireworks sector, draw lessons from the Puttingal temple fireworks disaster Commission, and suggest a framework to ensure festival safety without undermining religious practices. (250 words, 15 marks)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/fire-and-sound-the-hindu-editorial-on-keralas-mundathikode-tragedy/article70902512.ece

📌 Energy Resilience: Three Pathways to Reduce India's Import Dependence

UPSC Mains Practice Question

✍️ A Strait of Hormuz closure exposes energy risks. Critically assess electrification, biofuels, and diversified gas (SSLNG) as resilience pathways, highlighting key logistical and financial challenges. (250 words, 15 marks)

https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/there-are-three-pathways-for-india-to-develop-greater-energy-resilience-10654540/

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📌 Chabahar Crossroads: US Sanctions and India's Strategic Autonomy

UPSC Mains Practice Question

✍️ Q. Critically examine the strategic importance of Chabahar Port for India. How should India respond to US pressure, and what does this mean for its strategic autonomy? (250 words, 15 marks)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/turning-point-on-the-us-and-indias-independent-foreign-policy/article70909254.ece

📌 Snakebite in India: Prevention-Heavy, Cure-Light

UPSC Mains Practice Question

✍️ Q. Critically examine the gaps in India’s snakebite management—from diagnosis to clinical infrastructure—in light of the absence of reliable venom detection tools. What policy measures are needed to reduce mortality? (250 words, 15 marks)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/tough-call-on-india-and-snakebites/article70908952.ece

📌 AI in Middle School: Feasible, Ethical, and Age-Appropriate?

UPSC Mains Practice Question

✍️ Q. Evaluate the feasibility of introducing AI literacy for classes 3–8 in India, highlighting key challenges in teacher capacity, infrastructure, and assessment. (250 words, 15 marks)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/can-middle-school-students-engage-with-ai/article70913678.ece

📌 Agriculture 2026-27: Season of Scarcity, Rich for Reform

UPSC Mains Practice Question

✍️ Q. India’s fertiliser crisis is driven by supply constraints rather than prices. Examine the challenges for agriculture in 2026–27 and suggest reforms in fertiliser pricing and subsidy delivery to balance farmer welfare with fiscal sustainability. (250 words, 15 marks)

https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/upcoming-agriculture-year-season-of-scarcity-rich-for-reform-10657175/