{"id":126871,"date":"2026-09-30T10:17:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T04:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=126871"},"modified":"2026-09-30T11:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:29:10","slug":"daily-editorial-analysis-30-september-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/daily-editorial-analysis-30-september-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Editorial Analysis 30 September 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>The United Nations\u2019 Long Road to Restoring Trust <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The United Nations (UN) was established after the Second World War to create predictability, dialogue and rules in <strong>international relations. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In a world historically marked by mistrust and conflict, it provided an institutional framework for diplomacy, international law and collective action.<\/li>\n<li>However, its effectiveness increasingly depends on restoring trust among member states and global citizens.<\/li>\n<li>The 81st UN General Assembly&#8217;s theme, <strong>Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation<\/strong>: a UN that delivers for all, reflects concerns over the organisation&#8217;s effectiveness, accountability and representativeness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Surveys about the UN<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A UN Foundation poll found that 52% of respondents believed the organisation was struggling to deliver results and supported deep structural reform.<\/li>\n<li>More than half felt that the UN struggled to enforce international law and protect human rights and was dominated by powerful countries.<\/li>\n<li>Another poll found that only 58% believed the UN could lead efforts to solve global problems.<\/li>\n<li>Several factors explain this erosion of confidence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Reasons Behind Erosion of Confidence<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Security Council Deadlock <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The deadlock has weakened faith in collective international action.<\/li>\n<li>The frequent use of the veto by permanent members can prevent decisive responses to crises.<\/li>\n<li>The General Assembly&#8217;s requirement that permanent members explain their vetoes reflects growing dissatisfaction with this imbalance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Concerns over Institutional Accountability <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Problems involving recruitment, procurement, resource allocation and peacekeeper misconduct reveal weaknesses in oversight.<\/li>\n<li>Punishing individuals without addressing systemic failures creates doubts about the organisation&#8217;s commitment to accountability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Excessive Dependence on Financially Powerful States <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It raises concerns about the neutrality and independence of UN institutions.<\/li>\n<li>Financial contributions can translate into disproportionate influence within the UN system. Wealthier countries may shape recruitment, programme funding and institutional priorities.<\/li>\n<li>Heavy dependence on particular donors can create doubts about whether recommendations to developing countries are completely neutral.<\/li>\n<li>Financial dependence may also encourage bureaucratic risk aversion, particularly when officials fear upsetting powerful contributors.<\/li>\n<li>Greater transparency in programme expenditure is therefore essential, especially for citizens of beneficiary countries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Unequal Representation<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Developing countries constitute about 84% of the world&#8217;s population but hold <strong>only 44% of UN civil-service leadership positions. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This creates a disconnect between where the UN delivers programmes and where institutional power is concentrated.<\/li>\n<li>Greater participation of the Global South in leadership, decision-making and institutional locations would make the UN more representative.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>The Way Forward<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Reverse the shrinking space<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Despite its shortcomings, the UN remains a major provider of humanitarian assistance.<\/li>\n<li>It delivered humanitarian assistance and protection to approximately 98 million people in 2025\u201326, demonstrating its continuing importance.<\/li>\n<li>However, questions remain regarding aid <strong>effectiveness and the role of local actors<\/strong> in programme delivery.<\/li>\n<li>In conflicts such as Ukraine, Gaza and Iran, the UN has undertaken tactical interventions to address humanitarian and environmental risks.<\/li>\n<li>Yet such interventions have not consistently developed into sustained peacebuilding and dialogue between belligerents.<\/li>\n<li>One concern is the <strong>excessive centralisation of peace-making.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Greater authority for regional offices, field personnel and local actors could allow the UN to identify opportunities for dialogue more rapidly and develop context-specific peace initiatives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Restoring Trust, Funding Arrangements, Equal Representation<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Restoring trust requires greater transparency, <strong>stronger oversight<\/strong> and meaningful accountability.<\/li>\n<li>Recruitment, procurement and resource allocation must become more open and independently scrutinised.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Funding arrangements<\/strong> should reduce excessive dependence on individual donors.<\/li>\n<li>The UN must also address the representation deficit of the Global South and give developing countries greater influence in leadership and decision-making.<\/li>\n<li>Local communities and organisations should receive a larger role in humanitarian and development programmes.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, <strong>the organisation should strengthen preventive diplomacy<\/strong>, decentralised peacebuilding and conflict mediation.<\/li>\n<li>Its credibility will increasingly depend on its ability to convert humanitarian interventions into sustained political dialogue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The UN&#8217;s trust deficit reflects concerns over effectiveness, accountability and representation.<\/li>\n<li>Yet declining confidence makes <strong>institutional renewal more necessary<\/strong>, not less.<\/li>\n<li>The organisation remains humanity&#8217;s most important framework for replacing unilateral power politics with rules-based international cooperation.<\/li>\n<li>The transformation envisaged by the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/81st-unga-reforming-multilateralism-amid-global-geopolitical-stress\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>81st General Assembly<\/strong><\/a> must therefore begin with restoring institutional trust.<\/li>\n<li>A more transparent, representative, accountable and responsive UN can better serve global citizens and strengthen the <strong>foundations of international peace and cooperation<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>The United Nations\u2019 Long Road to Restoring Trust FAQs<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Q1.<\/strong> Why was the UN established?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans. <\/strong>The UN was established to promote international peace, dialogue and rules-based cooperation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2.<\/strong> Why has trust in the UN declined?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans. <\/strong>Trust has declined because of Security Council deadlock, weak accountability, financial influence and unequal representation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3.<\/strong> How does financial dependence affect the UN?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans. <\/strong>Financial dependence can create concerns about the neutrality and independence of UN institutions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q4.<\/strong> Why is Global South representation important?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans. <\/strong>Greater Global South representation can make the UN more inclusive, legitimate and representative.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q5. <\/strong>How can the UN restore trust?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans. <\/strong>The UN can restore trust through greater transparency, accountability, representation and decentralised peacebuilding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/the-united-nations-long-road-to-restoring-trust\/article71525196.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hindu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Surveillance is Not the Only Privacy Issue <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>India is entering an era in which <strong>surveillance is no longer confined to the State<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Facial recognition, biometric databases, private technology companies, social-media networks, deepfakes and electoral verification increasingly interact to determine how citizens are identified, monitored and treated.<\/li>\n<li>Recent controversies <strong>involving deepfakes and doxxing<\/strong>, facial recognition during protests and electoral-roll revision reveal a common challenge: personal information now moves across governments, corporations, digital platforms and anonymous actors, while legal safeguards remain fragmented.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Forms of Surveillance <\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>State Surveillance in Public Spaces<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Facial recognition, drones, AI-enabled devices and command vehicles can identify individuals rapidly.<\/li>\n<li>Allegations surrounding surveillance during protests have raised questions about biometric data collection, private-company involvement and the limits of police surveillance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Digital Identification and Punishment<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Protest participants have reportedly faced doxxing, with personal information circulated alongside threats.<\/li>\n<li>Unlike physical hoardings used in the past, digital platforms can amplify personal information instantly and globally.<\/li>\n<li>A photograph can become a gateway to identity, location and personal vulnerability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Administrative Surveillance Through Identity Verification<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Electoral-roll revision requires authorities to determine who qualifies to remain registered.<\/li>\n<li>Although the Supreme Court has recognised the Election Commission&#8217;s authority to examine citizenship for this limited purpose, large-scale verification can nevertheless affect <strong>democratic participation and access to voting rights<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Privacy in the Age of Interconnected Surveillance<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>India has a strong constitutional foundation for privacy.<\/li>\n<li>In <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/right-to-privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\">S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India (2017)<\/a><\/strong>, a nine-judge Supreme Court Bench recognised <strong>privacy as a constitutionally protected right<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>However, the framework largely developed around state action, whereas today&#8217;s digital environment involves multiple public and private actors.<\/li>\n<li>The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 permits the Union government to exempt state instrumentalities from its provisions through notification on specified grounds, including security of the State and<strong> public order<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>This creates questions about the consistency of privacy protection across different surveillance activities.<\/li>\n<li>Personal information may be collected by government agencies, processed by private contractors, stored by technology companies and circulated through online networks.<\/li>\n<li>Consequently, <strong>the chain of responsibility becomes difficult to identify<\/strong>, weakening accountability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>The Pegasus Question and Accountability<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Pegasus controversy demonstrates the difficulties created by cross-border and privately supplied <strong>surveillance technologies<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>A Supreme Court-appointed technical committee found malware in some examined devices but could not conclusively establish that it was Pegasus. It also noted the Union government&#8217;s lack of cooperation.<\/li>\n<li>The larger issue extends beyond one spyware controversy. When governments rely on private or foreign technology providers, accountability can become fragmented.<\/li>\n<li>If police collect data, a private company stores it and online actors disseminate related information, responsibility cannot remain legally undefined.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>A Long History of Making People Identifiable<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The impulse to make populations identifiable predates the digital age.<\/li>\n<li>In 1858, William Herschel began using handprints on contracts, while fingerprint classification was later developed in Bengal.<\/li>\n<li>What has changed is the scale, speed, precision and<strong> interconnectedness of identification<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Aadhaar, facial recognition, electoral databases and social-media platforms represent different forms of converting individual identity into <strong>continuously processable data<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>From Isolated Surveillance to a Surveillance Ecosystem<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Modern surveillance should therefore be understood as an <strong>interconnected ecosystem rather than isolated acts<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Governments possess regulatory and coercive authority; private companies provide technological infrastructure; social-media platforms enable amplification; and administrative databases influence access to civic rights.<\/li>\n<li>A citizen may be identified by a camera, linked to personal information, exposed online and subsequently threatened.<\/li>\n<li>Thus, privacy cannot be protected merely by regulating individual technologies.<\/li>\n<li>The entire data chain, from collection and storage to processing, sharing and dissemination, requires accountability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>The Way Forward<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>India needs a comprehensive surveillance framework based on <strong>clear legal authority, <\/strong>necessity and proportionality.<\/li>\n<li>Citizens should have meaningful information about how their data is collected, processed and shared.<\/li>\n<li>Private companies handling sensitive or state-generated information should face clear obligations concerning <strong>data security, retention and access<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Independent oversight should also be strengthened to ensure that surveillance powers remain subject to scrutiny.<\/li>\n<li>Electoral and identity-verification processes require <strong>transparent criteria, <\/strong>accessible remedies and safeguards against wrongful exclusion.<\/li>\n<li>Technological efficiency cannot substitute for procedural fairness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>India&#8217;s surveillance challenge is no longer simply about whether the State can watch citizens.<\/li>\n<li>It concerns how information moves between the State, corporations, digital platforms and individuals, and how these systems can reinforce one another.<\/li>\n<li>Constitutional privacy protection remains essential, but technological change requires a broader approach to accountability.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Greater technological capacity <\/strong>to identify citizens must be matched by equally strong safeguards for dignity, autonomy, security and democratic participation.<\/li>\n<li>Otherwise, legal protection may remain strongest where surveillance is simplest, while complex forms of watching continue to operate in institutional gaps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Surveillance is Not the Only Privacy Issue FAQs<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Q1. <\/strong>What are the three forms of surveillance discussed?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans. <\/strong>The three forms are State surveillance, digital identification, and administrative identity verification.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2.<\/strong> Why is Puttaswamy important?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans. <\/strong>The Puttaswamy judgment recognised privacy as a constitutionally protected right.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3.<\/strong> What makes modern surveillance different?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans. <\/strong>Modern surveillance is different because of its scale, speed, precision and interconnectedness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q4.<\/strong> Why is private-sector involvement significant?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans. <\/strong>Private-sector involvement can make responsibility and accountability for personal data difficult to determine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q5.<\/strong> What safeguards does India need?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans. <\/strong>India needs clear laws, proportional surveillance, independent oversight and effective remedies against misuse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/surveillance-is-not-the-only-privacy-issue\/article71525462.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hindu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>CCTV Surveillance in Pharmacies &#8211; Balancing Drug Regulation and the Right to Privacy<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has initiated a process to mandate CCTV surveillance for the sale of prescription drugs across India by early 2027.<\/li>\n<li>While the proposal aims to<strong> curb the illegal sale<\/strong> and misuse of medicines, it raises concerns regarding the <strong>Right to Privacy<\/strong>, proportionality and regulatory accountability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Potential Benefits of CCTV Surveillance<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>CCTV surveillance could strengthen the enforcement of prescription requirements and improve transparency in pharmaceutical sales through &#8211;\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Evidence<\/strong>&#8211;<strong>based<\/strong><strong>enforcement<\/strong>: Video footage can establish whether a prescription was presented, which medicine was dispensed and when the transaction occurred.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Accountability<\/strong>: It can help drug inspectors investigate complaints against pharmacies repeatedly violating prescription requirements.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prevention of drug diversion<\/strong>: Surveillance could strengthen the monitoring of <strong>Schedule H1<\/strong> and Schedule <strong>X<\/strong> medicines, which are subject to stricter regulatory controls due to their potential for misuse.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Deterrence<\/strong>: The possibility of being monitored may discourage pharmacies from dispensing prescription medicines without valid prescriptions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>However, the effectiveness of this approach depends on whether surveillance addresses the actual causes of regulatory violations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Privacy Concerns and Risks of Mass Surveillance<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Exposure of sensitive health information:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Reveal intimate details:<\/strong> A pharmacy is not merely a retail outlet; it is a place where individuals access <strong>sensitive <\/strong>healthcare <strong>services<\/strong> like purchases of antidepressants, anti-epileptic drugs, HIV medicines, fertility treatments, abortion pills, psychiatric medicines and cancer drugs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Risk of profiling:<\/strong> Combining a person&#8217;s identity, pharmacy visits, medicines purchased and transaction timings could create a detailed record of their health-related behaviour.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Potential misuse:<\/strong> Unauthorised access, copying, sharing or integration of footage with facial-recognition systems could expose individuals to discrimination, stigma and violations of privacy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chilling effect:<\/strong> Fear of surveillance may discourage individuals from seeking essential medicines, particularly for sensitive health conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Questions of data governance:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The proposed system raises several concerns &#8211;\n<ul>\n<li>Who will have access to the footage\u2014drug inspectors, police or other government agencies?<\/li>\n<li>Can the recordings be used for purposes unrelated to pharmaceutical regulation?<\/li>\n<li>How long will the footage be retained, and what safeguards will prevent unauthorised access?<\/li>\n<li>Will citizens be informed when their footage is accessed?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Without clear safeguards, CCTV surveillance could become a tool for excessive <strong>state monitoring.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Limitations of CCTV as a Regulatory Tool<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Checking genuinity:<\/strong> CCTV can document a transaction but cannot independently establish whether a prescription is genuine or medically appropriate.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Limited verification<\/strong>: A camera can record the presentation of a prescription but cannot verify its authenticity or clinical validity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Implementation challenges<\/strong>: Installing and maintaining surveillance systems across pharmacies could impose financial and administrative burdens.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Regulatory gaps<\/strong>: Greater data collection does not necessarily translate into better enforcement if inspections are inadequate or violations go unpunished.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Constitutional and Legal Dimensions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Supreme Court&#8217;s judgment in Justice <strong>S. Puttaswamy<\/strong> v. Union of India (2017) recognised privacy as a fundamental right under <strong>Article 21<\/strong> of the Constitution.<\/li>\n<li>Any restriction on privacy must satisfy the principles of &#8211;\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Legality<\/strong>: Surveillance must have a clear legal basis.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Necessity<\/strong>: It must serve a legitimate state objective and be necessary to achieve it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Proportionality<\/strong>: The intrusion into individual privacy must be proportionate to the intended objective.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Procedural safeguards<\/strong>: Adequate protections must prevent arbitrary surveillance and misuse of personal information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The government must demonstrate that blanket CCTV surveillance is necessary and that less intrusive alternatives would not achieve the same regulatory objectives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Way Forward &#8211; A Targeted and Proportionate Approach<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Risk-based surveillance:<\/strong> Prioritise stricter monitoring of high-risk medicines and pharmacies with a history of violations rather than imposing blanket surveillance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Strengthen existing enforcement: <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>India already has prescription requirements, pharmacy licensing conditions, inspection mechanisms and specific regulations governing Schedule H, H1 and X medicines.<\/li>\n<li>Strengthening their implementation may address illegal sales without subjecting every prescription transaction to surveillance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Improve the capacity<\/strong> of drug inspectors, conduct regular inspections and ensure timely action against violations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Data protection safeguards<\/strong>: Establish clear rules on access, retention, deletion and permissible use of CCTV footage.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Independent oversight<\/strong>: Introduce accountability mechanisms to monitor access to recordings and prevent their misuse.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Technology with safeguards<\/strong>: Explore digital prescription verification and electronic audit trails as less intrusive alternatives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The proposed CCTV mandate highlights the tension between public health regulation and the fundamental right to privacy.<\/li>\n<li>While technology can improve pharmaceutical oversight, indiscriminate surveillance may create new risks without adequately addressing existing enforcement failures.<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>targeted, transparent and proportionate<\/strong> regulatory framework is essential to ensure that public health objectives are achieved without compromising individual <strong>dignity and privacy<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>CCTV Surveillance in Pharmacies FAQs<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. What are the objectives behind the proposal of CCTV surveillance of pharmacies in India?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. It can enhance transparency, deter illegal sales, strengthen audit trails and facilitate evidence-based action.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What are the privacy concerns associated with mandatory CCTV surveillance in pharmacies?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. It may expose sensitive health information, enable profiling, risk unauthorised data access, etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. How the principles of necessity and proportionality apply to CCTV surveillance in pharmacies?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Surveillance must serve a legitimate purpose, be necessary to achieve it, and impose no more restrictions on privacy than required.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q4<\/strong>. Why is CCTV surveillance alone insufficient to address the problem of illegal prescription drug sales in India?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Because CCTV cannot verify prescription authenticity or medical validity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q5<\/strong>. What measures are needed to balance pharmaceutical regulation with the fundamental right to privacy?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. India should adopt risk-based surveillance, strengthen drug inspections, establish strict data protection safeguards, etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/cctv-is-no-cure-for-weak-drug-regulation-privacy-health-ministry-10899260\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>IE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily Editorial Analysis 30 September 2026 by Vajiram &#038; Ravi covers key editorials from The Hindu &#038; Indian Express with UPSC-focused insights and relevance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":86373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[141,882,909],"class_list":["post-126871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-daily-editorial-analysis","tag-daily-editorial-analysis","tag-the-hindu-editorial-analysis","tag-the-indian-express-analysis","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126871"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126901,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126871\/revisions\/126901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}