(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Aditya-L1 lifts off to study the sun READ MORE
2. Early prediction of preeclampsia using a blood-derived biomarker READ MORE  
3. Over half of Sri Lanka’s population ‘multidimensionally vulnerable’: UNDP study READ MORE
4. India stands for the rule of the law, says Chief Justice READ MORE
5. Cartesian coordinates: a means to find your way READ MORE  
6. Centre’s DIKSHA e-education platform to offer AI help READ MORE
7. ‘GDP-centric view changing to human-centric one’ READ MORE   
8. Bumper crops, yet high cereal prices READ MORE
9. One nation, one election plan: How the Constitution is amended, when do states get a say READ MORE
10. What’s at stake when Turkey’s leader meets Putin in a bid to reestablish the Black Sea grain deal READ MORE
11. The Health Implications of Microplastics in Body Tissues of Marine Animals READ MORE

Main

GS Paper- 1

1. 21st Century Socialism: What It Will Become and Why READ MORE  
2. Why El Niño may not be the culprit we think it is READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Status of the Right to Information Act READ MORE
2. Explained | What is the debate around ‘one nation, one election’? READ MORE
3. Why one-nation-one-poll needs consensus, not one-upmanship READ MORE
4. Progressive ruling: SC order on property entitlement rights a wrong READ MORE
5. Limits to mercy READ MORE
6. An Act for electoral gains READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. The Things We Need to Do Before We Speak of the Uniform Civil Code READ MORE

 INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Why this G20 summit is a big moment for India READ MORE  
2. India-China ties and the G20 summit: New Delhi event set to witness meetings between top leaders, barring Xi and Putin READ MORE
3. BRICS enlargement in hope of getting heard READ MORE
4. BRICS is Dynamic, the G20 is Not READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Current green transition solutions disregard social and political realities, both international and domestic READ MORE  
2. Why it’s high time for India to revise its inflation target as well as the band READ MORE
3. ‘Indigenous’ fertilisers must be explored READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Dead Trees Around the World Are Shocking Scientists READ MORE   

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Onward, sunward: On India’s mission to study the sun READ MORE
2. Shining bright: Solar mission Aditya-L1 is a stellar triumph for space research programme and ISRO READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Internal security is key to being a global power READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. You need to look at children being turned into a mob in Uttar Pradesh READ MORE  
2. Save schools from the pitfalls of polarization READ MORE
3. Is the act of giving, a duty, or a charity? READ MORE
4. Why do we get hurt? READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Changes cannot be a top-down dictum forced upon people via an entry in our constitution, it has to be a participatory process that comes from within the concerned communities. Comment on the statement in the context of Uniform Civil Code.
2. Despite geopolitical tensions and India-China competition, BRICS’s significance lies in its potential to foster dialogue and cooperation amidst evolving economic interests. Discuss the statement.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• An India-specific hunger index at the level of States and Union Territories helps evaluate the extent of undernourishment at a more localised scale.
• There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
• The case for one-nation-one-poll rests on one crucial pivot: the possibility of improved governance. But such a big change must be built on consensus across the political class.
• The G20 presidency signifies not just a responsibility, but an opportunity for India to shape a more sustain- able and equitable future for all.
• Violence becomes a spectacle when a particular social manifestation of it exacerbates it beyond the limits of its normalised familiarity and, hence, gives rise to questions regarding the social rationale for the existence and exercise of that violence.
• An individualised approach to every set of civil laws will be more sensible and specific, especially in a diverse country such as India. Each community also needs to be involved in any such move.
• In our subconscious mind, uniformity registers as a synonym of equality. But, uniformity only means the same rules will be applicable to all.
• Changes cannot be a top-down dictum forced upon people via an entry in our constitution. It has to be a participatory process that comes from within the concerned communities.
• BRICS is dynamic and evolving, whereas the G-20, which grew out of the G-7, will lose its sheen without the participation of China and Russia.
• In an era in which the flow of information is ceaseless, governments around the world are embracing data-driven governance as a transformative approach to decision-making and policy formulation.
• The Indian competition regime requires amendments to address niche technological issues and ensure healthy competition in the market.
• As the biotechnology industry evolves, integrating synthetic data and model-based reasoning will remain crucial for addressing complex biological challenges and improving human health.
• Despite geopolitical tensions and institutional limitations, BSEC’s significance lies in its potential to foster dialogue and cooperation amidst evolving economic interests.

ESSAY TOPIC

• Empowered women, empowered world READ MORE
• Intelligence doesn’t grow overnight. It is a life-long process.

50-WORD TALK

• In this situation of crisis, the old international institutions appear singularly inadequate, and the imperialist countries seem quite incapable of modifying them, altering them, or making new institutional innovations to cope with the situation. The BRICS appears in this context as an innovation of promise.

Things to Remember:

• For prelims-related news try to understand the context of the news and relate with its concepts so that it will be easier for you to answer (or eliminate) from given options.
• Whenever any international place will be in news, you should do map work (marking those areas in maps and exploring other geographical locations nearby including mountains, rivers, etc. same applies to the national places.)
• For economy-related news (banking, agriculture, etc.) you should focus on terms and how these are related to various economic aspects, for example, if inflation has been mentioned, try to relate with prevailing price rises, shortage of essential supplies, banking rates, etc.
• For main exam-related topics, you should focus on the various dimensions of the given topic, the most important topics which occur frequently and are important from the mains point of view will be covered in ED. Try to use the given content in your answer. Regular use of this content will bring more enrichment to your writing.