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The incident highlights concerns over freedom of navigation, maritime security and civilian safety in conflict zones.  \n• The Cockroach Janta Party’s Parliament march over National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test and CBSE Education exam irregularities saw police crackdown, injuries and detentions. The government later opened talks with protest representatives, even as the protest continued at Jantar Mantar.  \n• Yemen’s Houthis announced a maritime embargo on Saudi Arabia through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The move raises risks to Red Sea shipping, Saudi oil exports and global energy markets.  \n• The Centre introduced a Bill to increase the Supreme Court’s sanctioned strength from 34 to 38 judges to address the mounting case backlog.  \nKEY EXAMPLES FOR EXAM  \n• During the Monsoon Session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi cited Skyroot’s Vikram-1 launch as a milestone that made India the third country after the U.S. and China to demonstrate private orbital launch capability. Cite this while discussing space economy and start-up ecosystem.  \nKEY PERSPECTIVES FOR EXAM  \nAn article titled “India’s Green Transition Is Missing LongDuration Energy Storage” in The Hindu argues that India’s renewable energy push needs long-duration storage to keep the power grid reliable. In this context, the following points are noteworthy:  \n• India’s rising peak power demand, especially at night due to air conditioners, shows the need for reliable energy storage beyond daytime solar generation.  \n• Key technologies include pumped hydroelectric storage, compressed-air energy storage, thermal storage, hydrogen storage and flow batteries.  \n• Long-duration energy storage can store energy and discharge it for 8 hours to days, weeks or even seasons, making it vital fora renewable-heavy grid.  \n• It helps balance supply and demand, reduce grid congestion, and improve grid resilience during extended renewable shortfalls.  \n• Current plans focus mainly on battery storage and pumped hydroelectric storage, but these may not fully address prolonged low solar and wind generation.  \n• Site-dependent options like pumped hydro and compressed-air storage may not work everywhere, so India must diversify into hydrogen, thermal and flow-battery solutions.  \nAn Editorial titled “Allowing Dissent” in The Hindu highlights how misuse of police powers against political criticism can weaken free speech, rule of law and democratic accountability. In this context, the following points are noteworthy:  \n• Democracy rests on tolerance of dissent and respect for the rule of law.  \n• In Tamil Nadu, police action against critics of the Chief Minister and Ministers shows a growing pattern of speech-related arrests.  \n• This pattern becomes worrying when defamation, information technology and cybercrime provisions are used to silence political criticism.  \n• Allegations against Ministers should ideally be addressed through civil suits, public debate or political contestation, not criminalisation.  \n• A development-oriented government must accept criticism while balancing harmful content regulation with the primacy of free speech.  \nAn article titled “Defections Affect Moral Sanctity of Democracy” by Prabal Basu Roy in The Hindu argues that political defections weaken the voter’s mandate and erode democratic trust. In this context, the following points are noteworthy:  \n• Kautilya’s idea of public office as public trust suggests, a vote belongs to the citizen, not to the representative as a transferable asset.  \n• But, defections turn electoral mandate into a tool of political bargaining after the people have already voted.  \n• This is serious because voters do not elect only an individual; they also vote for a party, manifesto, ideology and political alternative.  \n• Therefore, when an elected representative switches sides after winning ","cbCainxVEFZDc3EY","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainxVEFZDc3EY","pdf",194223,"English","# Key Headlines\n## Exam Key Examples\n## Exam Key Perspectives\n## Good Phrases for Exam\n## Suggested Articles for Exam","[{\"question\":\"What are the main international and security headlines in this one-pager?\",\"answer\":\"It covers India’s condemnation of an attack on the merchant vessel MV Golden Leo near Odessa, including the impact on Indian seafarers. 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