What to read in Indian Express
14 November 2025
| Headline | Page No. | GS Paper & Topic | Theme / Issue | UPSC Relevance / Analytical Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirari redevelopment project first to be cleared under new drainage masterplan | 3 | GS 1 / GS 3 – Urbanisation & Infrastructure | Urban flood management & drainage reform | Part of Delhi’s new Drainage Master Plan 2025 – integrates storm-water design, blue-green infrastructure, and GIS mapping. Connects to Smart Cities Mission, AMRUT 2.0, and urban resilience against climate extremes. |
| False accreditation claim: NAAC show-causes Al Falah University | 6 | GS 2 – Education Governance / Regulatory Framework | Higher-education quality assurance | Highlights misuse of NAAC accreditation process; relevant for National Education Policy 2020, UGC reforms, and need for independent evaluation systems. |
| Check Aadhaar, ensure helps, tenants verified by police, Gurgaon societies told | 6 | GS 2 – Governance / Internal Security | Digital verification & public safety | Reflects governance–security interface. Demonstrates use of Aadhaar-linked police verification, smart policing & tenant database models—important for citizen-centric e-governance. |
| M F Husain painting at centre of legal battle between two Congress leaders | 7 | GS 1 – Art & Culture | Intellectual property and cultural heritage | Involves ownership of artwork—useful for discussing artistic freedom, moral rights, and IPR under the Copyright Act 1957. |
| No FIR month after ‘mob attack’ on Forest officers | 7 | GS 2 – Governance / Law & Order | Weak enforcement & environmental governance | Highlights gaps in forest-law implementation and Wildlife Protection Act enforcement—example for criminal justice delays & rule-of-law issues. |
| No respite from bad air in Delhi-NCR | 8 | GS 3 – Environment / Pollution | Air quality crisis | Demonstrates persistence of PM 2.5 & AQI > 400; connects to GRAP 3.0, NCAP, and citizen-state accountability on air pollution. |
| On air pollution, mood is shifting, people’s anger is in search of political voice (Editorial) | 8 | GS 3 – Environment / Civic Participation | Environmental politics & public mobilisation | Editorial argues for politicisation of environment as a public demand. Case study for environmental democracy & behavioural governance. |
| Nithari case collapse points to systemic gaps (Editorial) | 8 | GS 2 – Judiciary / Criminal Justice System | Accountability & due process | Reflects failures in forensic investigation and prosecution. Useful for Police Reforms, Article 21 (Right to Fair Trial), and ethics in governance. |
| Women and migrants together will shape Bihar’s future (Editorial) | 8 | GS 1 – Society / Demographics | Gender, migration & rural transformation | Analyses female labour participation & remittance economy; links to migration policies, gender empowerment, and SDG 5 & 8. |
| We need private solutions for clean air (The Ideal Page) | 9 | GS 3 – Environment / Public-Private Cooperation | Market-based environmental management | Advocates private innovation, carbon markets, and CSR participation for pollution control; links to NITI Aayog’s Clean Air Initiative and ESG governance. |
| US govt shutdown & the state of its Budget (Explained) | 10 | GS 2 – Comparative Politics / Public Finance | Budgetary gridlock in US system | Useful for understanding separation of powers, appropriations process, and implications for governance & fiscal policy; can be compared with India’s Budget procedure (Art 112–117). |
| Why Trump criticised Nigeria over its ‘Christian genocide’ (Explained) | 10 | GS 2 – International Relations / Human Rights | Religion, politics & diplomacy | Illustrates US foreign-policy rhetoric & global human-rights discourse; relevant for India’s diplomatic balancing and UN HRC mechanisms. |
| Features of ricin toxin, at the centre of alleged terror plot (Explained) | 10 | GS 3 – Internal Security / Science & Tech | Bio-terrorism awareness | Explains nature of ricin toxin, biochemical weapons control, and links to Biological Weapons Convention (1972) – critical for Prelims & GS 3 S&T–security overlap. |