Current Affairs — Monday, 13 July 2026

Mains themes

• UPSC may test the legal principle that unpaid domestic and caregiving labour has economic value and may also ask about its implications for gender justice, insurance liability, and motor accident compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act framework.
• UPSC can frame this as an analysis of how force, occupation, settlement policy, regional normalisation, and alliance management interact in West Asia. The question can also test whether military superiority can substitute for a durable political settlement, especially the two-state solution and the stability of the Abraham Accords framework.
• UPSC may ask about the legal basis of maritime claims, the role of arbitration under UNCLOS, and the strategic implications of disputes for Indo-Pacific stability and global trade routes.