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EconomyThree final Western DFC sections connect the freight network directly to JNPT, completing a two-decade infrastructure project with major implications for logistics and trade.
GS-III1 minPrelims HighMains High
Science & TechnologyGlobal Fintech Fest 2026 puts emerging technologies at the centre of the next phase of digital finance, with inclusion and trust as the policy test.
GS-III1 minPrelims MediumMains High
Agriculture & Rural IndiaIndia’s latest sowing data show broad crop coverage holding up, even as rice acreage remains below last year’s level.
GS-III1 minPrelims HighMains High
EconomyThe scheme is designed to turn domestic coal into products such as syngas, urea and synthetic gas while reducing selected import dependencies.
GS-III1 minPrelims HighMains High
Agriculture & Rural IndiaThe FY 2026–27 agreement is a reminder that food security depends not only on procurement, but also on storage, movement, data and institutional performance.
GS-II · GS-III1 minPrelims HighMains High
Internal SecurityThe initiative brings domestic unmanned and counter-UAS technologies closer to real military requirements rather than laboratory demonstrations alone.
GS-III1 minPrelims HighMains High
Government Schemes & ReportsThe latest approvals take cumulative sanctioned investment to ₹2,171 crore across nine ITI clusters, with industry participation built into the model.
GS-II · GS-III1 minPrelims HighMains High
Health & Social IssuesThe DAE-Tata Memorial model is being extended closer to district-level patients, where travel and continuity of care often become major barriers.
GS-II1 minPrelims MediumMains High
Polity & GovernanceLok Sabha Speaker Om Birla says the 33% quota can reshape political leadership; the delimitation-linked implementation path remains the key issue.
GS-I · GS-II1 minPrelims HighMains High
Health & Social IssuesEnforcement against misleading labels, hygiene failures and unsafe products is exposing the gap between food-market growth and regulatory capacity.
GS-II · GS-III1 minPrelims HighMains High
EconomyState-run banks were seen selling dollars as the rupee weakened, highlighting how oil and capital flows feed into exchange-rate management.
GS-III1 minPrelims HighMains High
EconomyLarge foreign-currency deposits have strengthened funding, but interest payments can still create exchange-rate exposure if banks leave them unhedged.
GS-III1 minPrelims MediumMains High
International Relations & GeopoliticsAugust exports rose 25% year on year and imports 28.2%, giving policymakers another signal about Chinese demand, industrial strength and global imbalances.
GS-II · GS-III1 minPrelims MediumMains High
International Relations & GeopoliticsAttacks across Saudi cities injured dozens and disrupted energy facilities, adding another layer of risk to already elevated crude prices.
GS-II · GS-III1 minPrelims HighMains High
International Relations & GeopoliticsMissile and drone attacks returned after a short pause around US diplomatic activity, underlining how fragile battlefield-to-diplomacy linkages remain.
GS-II1 minPrelims MediumMains High
EconomyThe shift from less than 10% to over 50% in six months shows how the Hormuz crisis is rapidly rewiring India’s energy-supply geography.
GS-II · GS-III1 minPrelims HighMains High
International Relations & GeopoliticsEast-coast port capacity and alternative energy routes are becoming strategic assets as the Strait’s vulnerability becomes an economic problem for Asia.
GS-I · GS-II · GS-III1 minPrelims HighMains High
International Relations & GeopoliticsNew Delhi is expected to raise restrictions affecting high-technology imports and Indian investment as interdependence collides with strategic distrust.
GS-II · GS-III1 minPrelims HighMains High
Science & TechnologyChairman V Narayanan’s clarification separates ISRO’s public research role from the policy of expanding private participation in commercial space activity.
GS-III1 minPrelims HighMains High
EconomyPost-monsoon demand is colliding with costlier coking coal even as rising imports limit how far domestic mills can push prices.
GS-III1 minPrelims MediumMains High
Polity & GovernanceThe Delhi hostel collapse has moved from a local building-safety failure to a possible national regulatory question.
GS-II · GS-III1 minPrelims MediumMains High
Health & Social IssuesThe real question is whether India has a coordinated pre-hospital emergency-care network with the right vehicles, staff and response times.
GS-II · GS-III1 minPrelims MediumMains High
Environment & EcologyA glacier-driven flood damaged hydropower projects and trapped workers underground, turning climate risk into an infrastructure-resilience test.
GS-I · GS-II · GS-III1 minPrelims HighMains High
Art & CultureThe sacred journey crosses extreme high-altitude terrain in Tibet, while access for Indian pilgrims has repeatedly depended on bilateral relations.
GS-I · GS-II1 minPrelims HighMains High
HistoryCommercial timber extraction did more than remove trees: it recast forest rights, institutions and the relationship between mountain communities and the state.
GS-I · GS-III1 minPrelims HighMains High
EconomyBeyond the completed freight corridor, the package combines rail capacity, tribal connectivity, highways, housing, water and a 110 MW floating-solar project.
GS-II · GS-III1 minPrelims MediumMains High
Polity & GovernanceThe court’s response to a preventive-detention case goes beyond release: it targets personal accountability for the use of extraordinary state power.
GS-II · GS-III · GS-IV1 minPrelims HighMains High
Polity & GovernanceThe 28th Western Zonal Council meeting offers a useful window into how Centre-State coordination works beyond Parliament and the courts.
GS-II · GS-III2 minPrelims HighMains High
Polity & GovernanceAbout 98% of the proposals cleared in principle are expected to be sourced from Indian industry, linking military modernisation with defence manufacturing policy.
GS-III2 minPrelims MediumMains High
Polity & GovernanceThe latest clean-air assessment gives aspirants a current data point, but also a reminder that air-quality policy must be judged beyond a single pollutant.
GS-II · GS-III2 minPrelims HighMains High
Polity & GovernanceNITI Aayog’s new PACT platform and Zero Emission Truck Marketplace are designed to solve a difficult problem: making clean trucking commercially scalable.
GS-III2 minPrelims HighMains High
Polity & GovernanceThe Open API can reduce duplicate data entry for exporters and is a useful case study in digital public administration and trade facilitation.
GS-II · GS-III2 minPrelims HighMains High
Polity & GovernanceThe ninth Rashtriya Poshan Maah is scheduled to begin on September 9 with a governance theme that goes beyond nutrition delivery alone.
GS-I · GS-II · GS-IV1 minPrelims HighMains High
Polity & GovernanceVVP-I and VVP-II together carry a ₹11,639 crore outlay, linking connectivity and livelihoods with the strategic goal of sustaining populated border communities.
GS-II · GS-III · GS-IV1 minPrelims HighMains High
Polity & GovernanceThe court quashed a student activist’s detention and ordered compensation, putting executive accountability and the right to peaceful dissent back in focus.
GS-II · GS-III · GS-IV2 minPrelims HighMains High
Polity & GovernanceWith all 25 High Courts now having regular Chief Justices, attention has shifted to appointments at the Supreme Court and the unresolved debate over how judges are selected.
GS-II · GS-IV2 minPrelims HighMains High
EconomyA record liquidity surplus has turned an obscure monetary-policy tool into a useful real-time lesson on how the RBI manages money-market conditions.
GS-III2 minPrelims HighMains High
Polity & GovernanceRBI data shows reserves rose for an eighth straight week, supported by strong capital inflows and recent measures to attract foreign currency.
GS-II · GS-III3 minPrelims HighMains High
EconomyA strong headline number has opened a deeper debate over deflators, the new GDP series, jobs and whether official growth is matching what households and businesses actually feel.
GS-III3 minPrelims HighMains High
EconomyThe June-quarter GDP print beat expectations. A day later, manufacturing PMI fell to 52.8, its weakest expansion in five years. Both signals matter.
GS-III2 minPrelims MediumMains High
EconomyOfficial data showed manufacturing stayed strong, while mining contracted and overall growth cooled from June’s revised pace.
GS-II · GS-III2 minPrelims HighMains High
EconomyThe next phase of India's renewable build-out is not just about adding solar panels and turbines. It is about making clean power available when the sun is down and the wind is weak.
GS-I · GS-III2 minPrelims HighMains High
International Relations & GeopoliticsRescue work in Nepal was briefly halted after a landslide-dammed lake began overflowing, adding to fears of cascading floods.
GS-I · GS-II · GS-III3 minPrelims HighMains High
Polity & GovernanceThe rupee has gained despite expensive oil and weak Asian currencies, as the central bank repeatedly sells dollars after special schemes brought in more than $136 billion.
GS-III2 minPrelims HighMains High
Polity & GovernanceNew Legal Metrology rules make IST the common reference for legal, administrative and commercial systems. The change takes effect after 180 days.
GS-III2 minPrelims HighMains High
Polity & GovernanceThe six-month conflict has pushed diplomacy toward one of the world’s most important oil transit routes, where shipping remains well below normal.
GS-III2 minPrelims HighMains High
Polity & GovernanceA proposed cross-border payments connection ran into the hardest question in digital infrastructure: how much convenience is worth giving up control over financial data?
GS-II · GS-III2 minPrelims HighMains High
EconomyActive demand in IT services has reached about 57,000 roles, an 18-month high. Nearly 60% of the openings are for mid-senior and senior talent.
GS-III2 minPrelims MediumMains High
Polity & GovernanceFinance Ministry data shows the scale of Tokyo’s intervention as the currency struggled near four-decade lows.
GS-III2 minPrelims HighMains High
EconomyEOS-05 is designed to watch large areas for longer, changing how India can monitor weather, disasters, agriculture and the ground below.
GS-I · GS-III2 minPrelims HighMains High
EconomySupplier work on the VF3, VF6 and VF7 localisation programmes has been suspended while the Vietnamese carmaker reassesses costs.
GS-III3 minPrelims MediumMains High
EconomyThe stable outlook reflects expectations of stronger fiscal support, even as weak domestic demand and property stress remain risks.
GS-II · GS-III2 minPrelims HighMains High
Polity & GovernanceAn elevenfold expansion in nuclear capacity will require far more than reactors. India is now widening fuel relationships from Australia to Uzbekistan.
GS-III2 minPrelims MediumMains High
International Relations & GeopoliticsMore than 1,000 people have died and thousands remain missing after the Himalayan disaster. Rescue teams are still trying to reach remote communities and trapped hydropower workers.
GS-I · GS-II · GS-III2 minPrelims HighMains High
Polity & GovernanceThe ruling found unlawful retaliation and due-process failures in the Pentagon’s treatment of the AI company.
GS-II · GS-III2 minPrelims MediumMains High
Polity & GovernanceThe exchange that sits at the centre of Indian markets has spent years trying to list itself. A Supreme Court development removes another major regulatory obstacle.
GS-I · GS-II · GS-III2 minPrelims HighMains High
Polity & GovernanceOpenAI, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and others warned that AI-enabled hacking could become far more widespread in the coming months.
GS-II · GS-III2 minPrelims HighMains High
Polity & GovernanceTraffic through the world's most important oil chokepoint remains far below normal, pushing Brent above $96 and turning a distant conflict into a direct risk for India's import bill and inflation.
GS-III2 minPrelims HighMains High
EconomyISRO says short-lived brightenings seen in ultraviolet and X-ray observations may help improve space-weather forecasting.
GS-III2 minPrelims HighMains High
EconomyThe next-generation observatory will study dark energy, exoplanets and infrared astrophysics from a wide-field view of the universe.
GS-III2 minPrelims HighMains High
International Relations & GeopoliticsThe YRF Spy Universe film began streaming on August 28, nearly two months after its theatrical release.
GS-I · GS-II2 minPrelims MediumMains High
EconomyThe Yash-starrer opened strongly but saw a sharp second-day drop, according to entertainment trade coverage.
GS-II · GS-III2 minPrelims HighMains High
Polity & GovernanceRecent signals on liquidity and rates have not always pointed in the same direction, increasing the burden on investors to infer policy intent.
GS-II · GS-III3 minPrelims MediumMains High
EconomyHormuz disruption keeps inflation risk elevated while Nvidia’s outlook continues to support the technology trade.
GS-II · GS-III3 minPrelims HighMains High