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Article 124(1) of the Constitution of India states that "There shall be a Supreme Court of India consisting of a Chief Justice of India and, until Parliament by law prescribes a larger number, of not more than seven other Judges." This clause explicitly gives Parliament the power to decide the number of judges. This is typically done through an 'Act of Parliament'. Bill needs to be passed in both houses by simple majority.

While there are a lot of arguments against the proposed delimitation bill, Tejsavi Surya gives couple of arguments in favour.

keytrudra in News For Prelims, Can glance through different methods of cancer treatment and difference bnetween them.

#GS2 #Polity #Prelims Article explaining the difference between constitutional and statutory limits of power between Delhi NCT, Pudducherry and J&K. The degree of control of LG over J&K is interestingly the highest among these 3.

#GS3 Survey of Landholding in rural India. This updated data is useful for notes on the "Land Reforms in India" topic of GS-3.

#Prelims Fast Breeder Reactors and Shanti Act Read the highlighted to know how FBRs work.

Women's reservation in LS and Vidhan Sabhas to be inmplemented from 2029 LS elections. LS seats to go up to 816. Bill Scheduled to be passed later this month Read about delimitation, Nari Shakti Vandanam Abhiniyam Act.

#GS1 Important for GS-1 On Jyotiba Phule

#Prelims Everything about India's breakthrough in Nuclear Program(Acheiving criticality in Fast Breeder Reactor)

#Prelims Coal gasification is a process in which coal is partially oxidised with air, oxygen, steam or carbon dioxide to form a fuel gas called Syngas.

India to be 2nd country after Russia operating Fast Breeder Reactor #Prelims

Piprawah Relics in News # Culture #Prelims

On 16th Finance Commission, Criticism of the changes made under power given in 275 and 282 by FC this time

On 14th Ministerial Conference of WTO.

Part-2 Current Affairs Probable topics for Prelims-26: Economy 1. Base Year for GDP revised 2. Keralam becomes first state to eliminate extreme poverty 3 Flexi Economy. 4. International Standards for Accounting and Reporting. 5. FPI outflow(Highest ever since COVID) and Depreciation of Rupee(causes, solutions, impacts on exports, imports) 6. Banking Laws Amendment Act 2025( 5 lakh to 2 Cr Etc) 7. Cooperative banks tenure change 8. Finance Industry Development Council 9. Priority Sector Lending( Minimum limit lowered for SFBs from 75% to 60%) 10. Rupee Buy Sell Swap Agreement 11. Stablecoins- UAE central Bank recognised first USD backed stable coin 12. MIBOR 13. Revision of PSL norms 14. Project Nexus 15. Grey Market trading 16. Insurance Sector FDI limit hiked to 100% 17. Swagat FI framework 18. Angel and Windfall taxes abolished 19. GST Apellate Tribunal 20. Pink Tax 21. Orange Economy, Silver Economy 22. Liquidity Trap 23. Drip Pricing 24. Dutch disease 25. Vostro Account 26. BAANKNET 27. Presumptive Taxation 28. On Tap Licensing 29. Biopharma Shakti 30. Rare Earth Corridors 31. Payment & Regulatory Board 32. Navi Mumbai Airport (Greenfield) 33. Noida Airport (Greenfield) 34. Jal Jeevan Mission (Extension) 35. Great Nicobar Project 36. Non Deliverable Derivatives in Rupee 37. Oil Shock Paradox Polity 1. SHANTI(Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India) Act 2025. 2. Parliamentary Motions (Debate Procedures) 3. National Cooperation Policy 2025( International Year of Cooperatives 2025) 5. Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhiniyam Bill 6. Menstrual Rights under Article 21 (Karnataka Bill) 7. Anti-Defection Law (Recent SC Context) 8. 100 Years of UPSC 9. 7th Schedule Controversy (Language & NEP Issue) 10. Civil Aviation Regulation (DGCA / Crisis Context) 11. Right to Vote 12. Petroleum & Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO) 13. 6th Schedule 14. RoPA 1951 (Disqualification of Ministers) 15. Judges Inquiry Act 1968. 16. Parole, Zero FIR, Anticipatroy Bail 17. Personality Rights(Right to publicity, right to privacy) 18. OBC Creamy Layer Environment 1. Plastic Waste Management Rules-2026 2. India's New NDCs 3. Coastline Adjustment 4. Global Plastics Treaty 5. Flue Gas Desulphurisation 6. Dugong & Seagrass Ecosystem 7. Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve 8. Cloud Seeding (Delhi Context) 9. 2004 Tsunami (Relevance in News) 10. Kuno–Gandhisagar Wildlife Corridor 11. Project Cheetah 12. Dugong Conservation 13. National Green Hydrogen Mission International Relations 1. Indian Dispora in Gulf 2. India- Israel Defense Deal 3. Hexagon of Alliance 4. Uranium Deal with Canada 5. Gen-Z Protests (Global Locations) Science & Technology 1. Mpemba Effect 2. Kamikaze Drones / UAVs 3. IRNSS (Atomic Clock Failure) 4. Dengue Vaccine 5. HPV Vaccine 6. Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) 7. Subsea Cables 8. Sickle Cell Anaemia 9. Mosaic Cucumber Virus (MCV) 10. GSLV-7R 11. Samudrayaan Project 12. Green Ammonia 13. Metal Organic frameworks 14. Quantum Tunneling 15. T Cells 16. Defence & Security 1. Operation Sagarbandhu 2. Naxal-Free Bharat 3. INS Arindaman 4. INS Sudarshini Art & Culture / History 1. Somnath Temple (1000 Years of Ghazni Attack) 2. Piprahwa Relics 3. Santhali Language & Ol Chiki Script 4. Sardar Patel (150th Birth Anniversary) 5. Birsa Munda (Digital Museum) 6. Dadabhai Naoroji 7. Kakori Train Incident Anniversary 8. Vaikom Satyagraha 9. Arya Samaj Milestone Year / Dayanand Saraswati Miscellaneous: 1. Earthquake Code 2026(Updated Seismic zonation map) 2. Ranji Trophy (Kashmir Context) 3. Project Waterworth 4. Difference between LPG, PNG/CNG 5. Swalkote Hydral Project on Chenab 6. Super Typhoon Ragasa 7. Oju Hydel project on Subansiri River Check here for Part-1 of Current Affairs probable topic for Prelims-26 Share your Pre-26 predictions of current affairs topics at @csetopper_helpline for a part-3 of probables’ list.