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Topic-shaped analysis of the day's editorials for the RPSC RAS Mains, dated 13 July 2026.
Official data show India's oil receipts from Russia have climbed back above 40% of its imports — the highest in two years — even as the discount that first made Russian crude attractive has narrowed and the premium has risen. With West Asia in turmoil and secondary-sanction risks looming, India's growing concentration on a single supplier looks less like a considered strategy and more like drift. For a country that imports over 85% of its crude, how it buys oil is as important as how much.
Mains question (10 marks): 'For an oil importer, how you buy is as important as how much.' In the light of India's rising dependence on Russian crude, examine the risks to India's energy security and suggest a diversified procurement strategy.
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As the Supreme Court and major High Courts resume after a six-week summer break — running only a few vacation Benches while more than five crore cases wait — the annual debate over court vacations has returned. Shops, hospitals and police stations never shut for weeks; the most powerful court in the world's most populous democracy does. With a third of High Court seats vacant and pendency that would take generations to clear, the question is not whether judges deserve rest, but whether justice can afford to close.
Mains question (10 marks): 'The problem is not that judges rest, but that the whole court rests at once.' Examine the causes and consequences of case pendency in India, and suggest reforms — including alternative dispute resolution — to improve access to justice.
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Israel was founded so that a persecuted people could escape isolation and live like any other nation. Yet through a relentless exercise of military power — in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Iran, and through relentless settlement expansion in the West Bank — Israel is steadily recreating the very isolation it once sought to escape. Its isolation, analysts argue, is no longer imposed by hostile neighbours; it is increasingly self-inflicted, and even its strongest ally is signalling strain.
Mains question (10 marks): 'Israel's isolation is no longer imposed; it is increasingly self-inflicted.' Critically examine this statement in the context of West Asian geopolitics, and discuss its implications for India's interests.
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