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Highlights include a diplomatic response involving India and Bangladesh, the operational rollout of the Kavach anti-collision system and the sharp fall in rail accidents. Exam perspectives cover air pollution management in Delhi and northern India, and legal reform debates on the marital rape exception, alongside a cautious analysis of insurance regulation and coverage expansion. 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New Delhi emphasized Bangladesh’s responsibility to ensure security for India’s mission and visa facilities.","Answer",{"name":116,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":117},"What is Kavach and what progress is reported for India’s rail network?",{"text":118,"@type":114},"Kavach is the indigenous anti-collision system for railways. The Railway Minister states it is operational across more than 2,000 km, and rail accidents have fallen by nearly 90% from 2014 to now.",{"name":120,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":121},"Which reforms are discussed regarding air pollution control and the marital rape exception?",{"text":122,"@type":114},"The briefing stresses preventive, year-round measures through the Commission for Air Quality Management to avoid critical AQI levels. 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New Delhi reminded Bangladesh of its responsibility to ensure the security of India’s mission and visa facilities.  \n• Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Lok Sabha that the indigenous Kavach anti-collision system is now operational across more than 2,000 km of the rail network. He also noted that the rail accidents have fallen by nearly 90 percent from 135 in 2014 to 11 now.  \nKEY PERSPECTIVES FOR EXAM  \nAn article titled “Rearguard action ” in The Hindu highlights how governments rely on reactive, short-term responses to air pollution instead of implementing sustained, preventive solutions. In this context, the following points are noteworthy:  \n• Post-monsoon spikes in particulate matter have worsened air quality across Delhi, the Indo-Gangetic plains.  \n• The winter fog is intensifying an already severe air pollution crisis across northern India.  \n• While fog does not increase air toxicity, it sharply reduces visibility, triggering panic and widespread transport disruptions.  \n• Air travel in Delhi has also been badly affected, with 228 flights cancelled and hundreds delayed, alongside restrictions on schools, construction, and vehicles.  \n• In this context, the Commission for Air Quality Management must assert its independence and enforce year-round measures to prevent AQI from reaching critical levels.  \nAn article titled “The marital rape exception in criminal law is a colonial relic. It needs to go ” by Shashi Tharoor in The Indian Express argues for abolishing the marital rape exception as unconstitutional and patriarchal. In this context, the following points are noteworthy:  \n• India’s Constitution guarantees equality, dignity, privacy, and bodily autonomy, and these rights have been repeatedly upheld by the Supreme Court.  \n• However, the marital rape exception under the IPC, now retained in Section 63 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, remains a colonial and patriarchal anomaly.  \n• This provision exempts husbands from punishment for nonconsensual sex with adult wives, leaving married women legally defenceless and violating Article 21.  \n• The scale of the problem is evident from NFHS-5 data, which shows that 83% of women aged 18–49 who faced sexual violence named their current husband as the perpetrator.  \n• The demand for reform is longstanding, with the Justice Verma Committee (2013) clearly recommending criminalisation of marital rape.  \n• India’s international obligations, particularly under the  \nConvention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, along with constitutional provisions in Articles 253 and 51, require alignment of domestic law with global human rights norms.  \nAn editorial titled “In the insurance market, avoid overregulation ” in The Indian Express cautions that strengthening regulation must be balanced to prevent stifling growth in India’sunderpenetrated insurance sector. In this context, the following points are noteworthy:  \n• The Lok Sabha passed the Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill, 2025 to reform India’s insurance framework by amending the Insurance Act, 1938, LICAct, 1956, and IRDAI Act, 1999.  \n• The reforms aim to advance IRDAI’s goal of “Insurance for All by 2047” by expanding coverage and strengthening regulation.  \n• India’s insurance sector has grown in the last decade, with the number of insurers rising from 54 in 2014–15 to 74, insurance density increasing from $55 to $97, and penetration improving from 3.3% to 3.7% of GDP.  \n• Despite this progress, India remains a largely underserved market, with insurance density at just 0.6% of the global average and limited presence of top global insurers.  \n• The Bill strengthens IRDAI’s regulatory authority, granting it punitive powers similar to SEBI, including the ability to disgorge wrongful gains.  \n• While enhanced r","cbCairY5CsCGmbfc","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairY5CsCGmbfc","pdf",200660,"English","# Key Headlines\n## Key Perspectives for Exam\n## Key Stats for Exam\n## Good Phrases for Exam\n## Suggested Articles for Exam","[{\"question\":\"What diplomatic development is highlighted in the daily headlines dated 18 December 2025?\",\"answer\":\"India summoned Bangladesh’s High Commissioner after a protest call in Dhaka targeting the Indian High Commission. 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