Today’s Knowledge Atlas

SIR excluded over 13 crore names from draft electoral rolls.

Credibility issue extends beyond one officer to institutional safeguards.

EVM security, custody and auditing remain contested concerns.

Section 163 orders were imposed in New Delhi before the protest.

Metro closures, barricades and detentions raised protest-rights questions.

Jantar Mantar's role as a protest site is being practically narrowed.

G.N. Saibaba spent about a decade in prison before acquittal in 2024.

Bhima Koregaon accused faced long pre-trial detention without charge framing.

UAPA's vague provisions and bail rules raise civil liberty concerns.

Section 4(1)(b) lists 16 categories of mandatory suo motu disclosure.

Only 1,446 of 2,303 public authorities submitted transparency audit reports.

Voluntary disclosure remains weak despite RTI completing 21 years.

Electoral credibility is under strain due to SIR and ECI-related protests.

Elections are a key soft power but face systemic challenges.

All democratic institutions must act to restore electoral trust.

Government accused of using excessive force against protesters.

Fundamental right to protest is being curtailed, say activists.

SC has previously ruled against blanket bans on assembly.

India proposed easing Black Sea fighting to restore Ukraine's grain exports.

Russia would halt energy-infrastructure strikes; Ukraine would stop attacks along contact line.

Trump announced an immediate energy ceasefire; Ukraine awaited details, Moscow silent.

US penalised India for Russian oil but now accepts Russian diesel for itself.

Trump faces midterm pressure as US diesel prices hit record levels.

Diesel is inflation-sensitive due to transport, farm and industrial use.

Trump announced an energy ceasefire without providing formal details.

Zelenskyy reported continued Russian attacks post-announcement.

Tensions persist between U.S. pressure and ground realities.

US suspended major Indian IT firms from the PERM permanent residency programme.

Indian IT firms filed under 2 per cent of recent PERM applications.

India's services exports stood at $221 billion in 2025-26.

AI value depends on deployment, not only frontier model creation.

India's digital public infrastructure gives it population-scale deployment strength.

World Bank sees AI aiding growth, productivity and public services.

A black panther cub was trapped in Kerala following leopard sightings.

Activists demand release per NTCA protocols, citing possible misidentification.

Incident highlights challenges in managing human-wildlife conflicts.