Today's Current Affairs Brief — The edition’s strongest themes are constitutional checks on election appointments, contested claims in frontier quantum technology, macroeconomic ideas after the Nobel Prize, and State-level industrial competition. The CEC appointment split verdict matters because it keeps a contested statute alive while a larger Bench is expected to decide its validity. The Microsoft quantum story shows the gap between corporate announcements and peer-reviewed evidence. The economics article links demand-led growth, inflation targeting and wage shares. The China+1 article argues that Indian States, not a single national brand, are the real investment destinations. ✦ KEY PRELIMS ANCHORS: Anoop Baranwal rejected executive predominance in CEC selection ✦ Majorana 1 paper was more cautious than Microsoft’s press release ✦ Keynes-Kalecki framework stresses demand and private investment ✦ Tamil Nadu’s industrial base was built over decades✦ ✦ ✦Today's Current Affairs Brief — The edition’s strongest themes are constitutional checks on election appointments, contested claims in frontier quantum technology, macroeconomic ideas after the Nobel Prize, and State-level industrial competition. The CEC appointment split verdict matters because it keeps a contested statute alive while a larger Bench is expected to decide its validity. The Microsoft quantum story shows the gap between corporate announcements and peer-reviewed evidence. The economics article links demand-led growth, inflation targeting and wage shares. The China+1 article argues that Indian States, not a single national brand, are the real investment destinations. ✦ KEY PRELIMS ANCHORS: Anoop Baranwal rejected executive predominance in CEC selection ✦ Majorana 1 paper was more cautious than Microsoft’s press release ✦ Keynes-Kalecki framework stresses demand and private investment ✦ Tamil Nadu’s industrial base was built over decades✦ ✦ ✦