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THE HINDU

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India, Indonesia set to discuss Myanmar conflict during talks

The raging conflict in Myanmar will feature prominently in discussions between visiting Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr. Subianto, who will be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations, began his official meetings by calling on External Affairs Minister and meeting industry bigwigs.


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ISRO gearing up for its 100th launch from Sriharikota 

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up for the 100th launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, which is scheduled with the launch of the GSLV-F15 NVS-02 mission. The GSLV-F15, with indigenous cryogenic stage, will place the NVS-02 satellite in a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. The NVS-02 is the second satellite in the NVS series, and part of India's Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC).


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At 75, constitutional justice and personal liberty

The Supreme Court of India reinstated Justice S. Fazl Ali's dissenting opinion in A.K. Gopalan vs State of Madras, unanimously in Puttaswamy vs Union of India (2017), a case about the fundamental right to privacy. The preventive detention of the communist leader, A.K. Gopalan, by the government of independent India and the Supreme Court's majority ruling on constitutional interpretation in that case, in the inaugural year of the Constitution, (1950), have now been effectively declared as a judicial wrong. Article 21 (the right to life and personal liberty) is 'designed to assure the dignity of the individual as a most cherished human value which ensures the means of full development and evolution of a human being' (Justice R.F. Nariman in Puttaswamy, paragraph 42).


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Further south

Iron Age succeeded the Copper-Bronze Age or bridged the gap between the Bronze Age and the Early Historic period. But the situation in India is different: when the region north of the Vindhyas belonged to the pre-iron Chalcolithic or Copper Age, the south, with over 3,000 sites, was associated with iron. After excavations in the mid-Ganga Valley of Uttar Pradesh about 25 years ago, early evidence of iron technology was dated to 1800 BCE. But now, the work in Sivagalai in Tamil Nadu, which was carried out between 2019 and 2022, has made authorities attribute the introduction of iron in the country to the early part of the fourth millennium BCE, even though the period of 2500 BCE-3000 BCE is taken as a mid-range value. This forms the highlight of a study by the State Department of Archaeology (TNSDA), titled “Antiquity of Iron: Recent radiometric dates from Tamil Nadu".


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Foundational values, the journey of the Indian state

After nearly three years of debate and deliberation, the Constituent Assembly of the newly independent India adopted its founding document, the Constitution of India. Two months thereafter, the Republic officially came into force with the Constitution being given effect to. When Dr. B.R. Ambedkar delivered the closing address to the Constituent Assembly on November 25, 1949, he characterised the complex challenges ahead. The neglect of 'regional languages' such as Tamil, Kannada, Bengali, Marathi and so on is being argued from the vanguard of multilinguistic equality and State autonomy. Fiscal federalism has been a major sticking point for States that are suffering under the dual regime of the Finance Commission and the Goods and Services Tax Act.


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Pralay, India's first quasi-ballistic missile, to be showcased at Republic Day parade

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is set to showcase "Pralay”, an indigenous short-range quasi-ballistic missile, at the Republic Day parade in New Delhi Meant for the Army and the Air Force, Pralay is the first ballistic missile in India's arsenal for conventional strikes. The Army's Battle Surveillance System "Sanjay" will also be part of the parade. With a range of 400 kilometres, Pralay adds to the BrahMos and Parahar missiles already in the inventory, giving the Indian military an option for stand-off missile strikes across the border. It is meant for deployment along both the Line of Control (LoC) and the Line of Actual Control (LAC).


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Odisha tops NITI fiscal health | index, Chhattisgarh next best

Mineral-rich Misha Od-Chhattisgarh, Goa, and Jharkhand have emerged as top-performing 'achievers' among the States listed in NITI Aayog's first Fiscal Health Index (FHI) report. The report titled "Fiscal Health Index 2025" ranked States for 2022-23, covering 18 major States that drive the Indian economy in terms of their contribution to India's GDP, demography, total public expenditure, revenues, and overall fiscal stability. According to the report, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, and Kerala were the worst-performing States in the Fiscal Health Index (FHI), each facing significant fiscal challenges, and listed under "aspirational" category.


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Study finds link between smartphone use and mental health of adolescents

A survey of over 10,000 adolescents (13-17 years) in the United States and India has revealed that mental well-being is closely linked with earlier age of initiation of mobile phones, and could decline significantly with each younger year of age. The report, titled "The Youth Mind: Rising Aggression and Anger", by Sapien Labs documented the responses of 10,475 Internet-enabled adolescents across India and the U.S. in 2024. The report highlighted key trends, with a particular focus on rising feelings of aggression, anger, irritability, and hallucinations in this age group. The decline in mind health is charac-terised not only by sadness and anxiety but also by new symptoms, including unwanted thoughts and a sense of being detached from reality.


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