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📊Summary Glossary • The Tool: The Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, remains the primary civic instrument to demand transparency in public hiring. • The Shift: Recent amendments to Section 8(1)(j) via the DPDP Act allow authorities to withhold certain "personal" data, but procedural facts remain public. • The

📊Summary Glossary • The Pact: The "Mecca Joint Defence Agreement" formally links Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan into a collective security bloc. • The Crisis: Negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz remain stalled as the US demands compensation from Iran. • The Pivot: India’s role has shifted from a

📊Summary Glossary • The Handover: The Centre has confirmed the transfer of operations for the upcoming Small Satellite Launch Complex (SLC) at Kulasekarapattinam to a private entity. • The Infrastructure: The Rs 950-crore spaceport is designed for SSLV launches, offering a direct southern path that saves fuel compared to Sriharikota. • The Crisis:

📊Summary Glossary • The Proposal: The Delimitation Bill, 2026, proposes expanding the Lok Sabha from 543 to 850 seats. • The Data: The exercise plans to use 2011 Census figures as the baseline, bypassing the freeze on seat reallocation since 1976. • The Friction: Southern states (Tamil Nadu, Kerala) face a relative loss

📊Summary Glossary • The Infrastructure: PM Modi inaugurated 'Param Pragya,' a massive AI-enabled supercomputing facility at IIT Delhi (Sonipat campus). • The Scale: This cluster marks India’s entry into the "6th supercomputing industrial revolution," focusing on trillion-parameter AI models. • The Strategic Pivot: The facility is designed to

📊Summary Glossary • The Award: Professor Deepak Dhar has been awarded the 2026 Dirac Medal by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). • The Achievement: Dhar is the first Indian to hold both the Boltzmann Medal (2022) and the Dirac Medal, the highest honors in statistical and theoretical physics. • The Science:

📊• Political Shift: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) consolidates power in 2026, ending the Awami League's decade-long era of close alignment with India. • Economic Stakes: Bangladesh remains India's largest South Asian trading partner (USD 14B), but forex shortages in Dhaka are delaying payments to Indian exporters. • Security