Society, social justice and ethics current affairs for UPSC

If the rich are scammed more often, why do the poor end up paying bribes to get their money back?

Nirbhaya was 2012. Why is the Supreme Court still asking who answers for a dark park in 2026?

Where does India's first digital, caste-counting Census stand, and why does it matter?

If every household writes its own caste name, how will the Census turn that into usable data?

Women do much of India's farm work. Few own the land they work on.

A deadline for a drug-free India. What would it take?

A language spoken by lakhs, missing from the Eighth Schedule.

New age ratings and an anti-drug warning. Guidance or censorship?

A third language, four months before the year ends. The Court says wait.

30 lakh artisans registered. Only about 6 lakh got loans.

India nearly matches men and women in schools and health. Why does it still rank 131st of 145?

Is India 31% urban or closer to 63%? The answer depends on a definition the Census will not change for 2027.

Anganwadis reach 8.9 crore children and women. Can local committees make sure the hot meal actually arrives?

India has 1% of the world's vehicles but 11% of its road deaths. Why have tougher fines not closed the gap?

Red warning labels are coming to unhealthy packaged food. Why does an op-ed call them only a start?

Rabies is almost always fatal yet fully preventable. How did Bhutan beat it, while India still records the most deaths?

Ten thousand objects sat in storage for about 70 years. What can they now tell us about one of India's oldest cities?

Why will Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa be counted two months before the rest of India?

Has India's success in getting mothers to deliver in hospitals made its newborn units crowded and unsafe?

No one was stopped and no one was touched. Can a ritual of 'cleansing' still be untouchability in law?

If a mother returns to the same salary but a shrunken job, has the law protected her?

Fertility is falling in every community, yet leaders call for more babies. Why do seats in Parliament hang on it?

Government records show 54 rabies deaths in 2024. An ICMR survey estimates 5,726 a year. Which number guides policy?

India's least-regulated institutes are its best. Should a new super-regulator mean more rules or more trust?

Classical status came in 2024. Two years on, do Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit finally get institutions?

Atisha, Milarepa, Kanishka, Zorawar: why a list of Ladakh's peaks reads like a history syllabus.

A cancer drug sold to the chemist at ₹2,700 reaches the patient at ₹27,000. Who decides that, and who stops it?