(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. What is happening in Congo and why are M23 rebels fighting? READ MORE
2. Understanding Budget’s Makhananomics: Why Finance Minister Sitharaman announced creation of ‘Makhana Board’ in Bihar READ MORE
3. Disasters on the rise but crop insurance gets lowest allocation in last seven years READ MORE
4. Green cardamom’s new relatives include two species from Kerala READ MORE
5. The various challenges associated with AI-driven genetic testing READ MORE
6. The legal systems under which citizenship is acquired | Explained READ MORE
7. Dengue early warning system predicts risk two months in advance READ MORE
8. VSHORADS missile successfully flight tested READ MORE
9. New mission for manuscripts announced in Union Budget READ MORE
Main
GS Paper- 1
1. Neravu Scheme: A catalyst for social change READ MORE
2. Substantive equality in child marriage laws READ MORE
3. Why the financial inclusion of women matters READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. A dangerous precedent READ MORE
2. Diluting Academic Excellence and Autonomy: The draft UGC regulations threaten to scuttle the autonomy of institutions of higher education READ MORE
3. Rethinking the Places of Worship Act 1991 READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. ASER reveals gender gap in digital literacy. We must ensure that no girl is left behind READ MORE
2. Mind the Gap: ASER survey finds the kids are (more than) alright READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. India-US ties and the illegal immigration issue READ MORE
2. Crisis in Congo: On the Democratic Republic of the Congo and rebels READ MORE
3. The Trump factor in India’s China policy READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. Budget announcement: Why aatmanirbharta in pulses is a challenge READ MORE
2. Making health system push economic growth: a case of missed opportunity READ MORE
3. Agriculture is fiscally neglected in the Budget READ MORE
4. Prudence pays READ MORE
5. Failing to make use of demographic dividend, the threat of walking into middle-income trap looms READ MORE
6. A strategic leap: Critical minerals mission takes off READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
1. Broken promises in a warming world READ MORE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. AI mission: Grab the opportunity for low-cost models READ MORE
2. From OpenAI to DeepSeek: The fight for supremacy READ MORE
INTERNAL SECURITY
1. AI and defence dynamics: Global trends and India’s adaptation READ MORE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. Mahakumbh stampede: Causes of such disasters, how they can be prevented READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
1. Elevating CSR in India: From compliance to impact-driven transformation READ MORE
2. Universe: The river called happiness READ MORE
3. Life is dreamlike, stay neutral and enjoy READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. addressing the gender gap in digital access is not just about technology, it is about equity and empowerment. Examine how smartphones and digital tools hold immense potential to bridge educational disparities.
2. Trump’s arrival in the White House and the subsequent US decisions are shifting the fundamentals of India’s geopolitical balancing act. Discuss why neither an open rivalry nor a great power rapprochement between the US and China serves Indian interests.
3. Neravu Scheme is a transformative movement dedicated to changing lives through direct action and it has potential to relief and assistance to bring about social and economic change. Discuss.
4. If state legislate the dynamics of private partnerships, it is an affront to the fundamental rights enshrined in the Indian Constitution. Comment on the statement in the light of
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
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- To make our economy grow, we need to push private consumption. To increase private consumption, people need more disposable income.
- An economic growth led by a strong public health sector will be a sustained and rooted one, resistant to external shocks and responsive to new challenges.
- While the Budget’s focus on manufacturing is a step in the right direction, achieving global competitiveness will require deeper structural reforms and sustained investment in innovation and infrastructure.
- Without a parallel investment in grid modernisation, energy storage, and industrial decarbonisation, the transition to a low-carbon economy will remain fragmented.
- The “resilience” of Indian agriculture, a la the Economic Survey, was not policy-induced but owing to a set of fortuitous factors, including the hardening of international prices and favourable weather conditions in the post-Covid years.
- While the Budget speech mentioned agriculture several times, these were hardly matched by financial allocations. The schemes and programmes are starved of resources, and the real issues that confront the farmers and the sector remain sidelined.
- It is time for us, as a society, to recognise that empowering girls with digital access is not a choice. It is a necessity. The future of education, and indeed the nation, depends on it.
- Addressing the gender gap in digital access is not just about technology—it is about equity and empowerment. Smartphones and digital tools hold immense potential to bridge educational disparities, but only if we ensure that no child—especially no girl—is left behind.
- India also needs to diversify away from sole source dependency on China for many products and to produce them domestically. But production-linked incentives have been less strategic and insufficient to attract investments.
- Girls are surging ahead of boys in some subjects. Government schools are doing better than private schools. And everyone has better reading and writing skills.
- The ASER report attributes learning gains to the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 which made policy shifts from focusing on just completing prescribed curriculums to actually building foundational literacy and numeracy right from the age of three onwards.
- While India may be a believer in the inherent utility of great powers maintaining spheres of influence, it certainly does not desire an arrangement that places it within China’s sphere of influence.
- Trump’s arrival in the White House and the subsequent US decisions are shifting the fundamentals of India’s geopolitical balancing act.
- Strengthening local manufacturing of batteries, electric vehicles and renewable energy infrastructure will be critical to reducing reliance on global supply chains.
- Neravu Scheme is a transformative movement dedicated to changing lives through direct action, offering relief and assistance to bring about social and economic change
- With China rapidly closing the AI gap and geopolitical tensions shifting from military might to algorithmic dominance, the world is entering a digital cold war.
- While many corporations are genuinely committed to social welfare, issues like fund misallocation, tokenism and unethical practices threaten the integrity of CSR.
ESSAY TOPIC
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- Today’s tech industry has been driven by a simple rule: Bigger is better
- Unstable societies are unequal societies
50-WORD TALK
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- It’s said the Constitution has strengthened the executive over the legislature, a tendency that’s been exacerbated by the 10th Schedule and the way the Lok Sabha Speakers have functioned. As a result, MPs have been subordinated to their party leadership and the Speaker doesn’t have the authority he would in the House of Commons. Today, this criticism is largely unchallenged.
Things to Remember:
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- 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.
