7th May

Death Penalty Abolition Debate

A new track for capital punishment jurisprudence

op-ed snap | Polity | Mains Paper 2: Executive & Judiciary

Delhi Full Statehood Issue

Centre-Delhi Row heads to Constitution Bench

| Polity | Mains Paper 2: Indian Constitution – historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure

Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.

Highlights of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 5 Part: II

DOMR | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Health & Education

Irrigation In India – PMKSY, AIBP, Watershed Management, Neeranchan, etc.

What is Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR)?

| Economics | Mains Paper 3: Major Crops & Cropping Patterns

ISRO Missions and Discoveries

ISRO’s goal for Venus Mission

Prelims Only | Science Tech | Mains Paper 3: Achievements Of Indians In S&T

Trade Sector Updates – Falling Exports, TIES, MEIS, Foreign Trade Policy, etc.

India must seize the trade opportunity opening now

op-ed snap | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

6th May

Absence of Roe v Wade won’t just impact the US

op-ed snap | Polity | Mains Paper 2: Comparison Of The Indian Constitutional Scheme With That Of Other Countries,Effect Of Policies & Politics Of World On India’S Interests

Goods and Services Tax (GST)

Let’s make GST a good and simple tax

| Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

Foreign Policy Watch: India – EU

The challenge for Middle Powers like India, France and Germany

op-ed snap | International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India

J&K – The issues around the state

Panel notifies new J&K Assembly Constituencies

| Polity | Mains Paper 2: Federalism

Cyber Security – CERTs, Policy, etc

How India’s new VPN rules change the Status Quo?

Prelims Only | Security Issues | Mains Paper 3: Cyber Security

5th May

Monetary Policy Committee Notifications

Inflation control needs another model

op-ed snap | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

RBI Notifications

With repo rate hike, RBI has done what’s necessary

op-ed snap | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

Death Penalty Abolition Debate

President has no role to play in Perarivalan’s plea: SC

| Polity | Mains Paper 2: Indian Constitution – historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure

Medical Education Governance in India

Tamil Nadu NEET Exemption Bill sent to Home Ministry

| Polity | Mains Paper 2: Federalism

Goods and Services Tax (GST)

GST Compensation dues

| Economics | Mains Paper 3: Mobilization Of Resources

Monetary Policy Committee Notifications

RBI surprises with 40 bps rate increase in Repo Rate

DOMR | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues

Civil Registration System Report, 2020

DOMR | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Health & Education

4th May

Foreign Policy Watch: India – Germany

India-Germany relations

op-ed snap | International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India

Bill assent, a delay and the Governor’s options

| Polity | Mains Paper 2: Executive & Judiciary

Foreign Policy Watch: India – EU

How a trade deal with EU could shape up?

| International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India

Freedom of Speech – Defamation, Sedition, etc.

India slips to 150 in Press Freedom Index

IOCR | Polity | Mains Paper 2: Indian Constitution – historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure

Indian Navy Updates

France pulls out of P-75I Project

| Security Issues | Mains Paper 3: Various Security Forces, Agencies & Their Mandates

Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Global Implications

Russia officially quits the International Space Station (ISS)

Prelims Only | Science Tech | Mains Paper 3: Awareness in various sc and tech fields

Indian Army Updates

Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) passes validation trials

Prelims Only | Security Issues | Mains Paper 3: Indigenization Of Technology

3rd May

Foreign Policy Watch: India – EU

India-Denmark relations

op-ed snap | International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India

Policy Wise: India’s Power Sector

The supply bottlenecks causing power shortages

op-ed snap | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways Etc.

Languages and Eighth Schedule

The Debate on National Language

| Polity | Mains Paper 2: Indian Constitution – historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure

Parliament – Sessions, Procedures, Motions, Committees etc

Quasi-Federalism in India

| Polity | Mains Paper 2: Indian Constitution – historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure

Anti Defection Law

What is Office-of-Profit?

| Polity | Mains Paper 2: Indian Constitution – historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure

Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues

No one can be forced to get vaccinated: SC

| Polity | Mains Paper 2: Indian Constitution – historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure

UDAY Scheme for Discoms

[pib] National Open Access Registry (NOAR)

PIB | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways Etc.

Disinvestment in India

LIC

op-ed snap | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Effects Of Liberalization On The Economy, Changes In Industrial Policy and their effects on Industrial Growth,Indian Economy

2nd May

Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.

India must use markets to decarbonise

op-ed snap | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

Food Procurement and Distribution – PDS & NFSA, Shanta Kumar Committee, FCI restructuring, Buffer stock, etc.

PDS has had a spectacular run. That may not last

| Economics | Mains Paper 3: PDS, Buffer Stock & Food Security

Trade Sector Updates – Falling Exports, TIES, MEIS, Foreign Trade Policy, etc.

Confidentiality ring amendment and its impact on antitrust disputes

| Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

Foreign Policy Watch: India-Bangladesh

Bangladesh offers Chittagong Port to India

| International Relations | Mains Paper 2: India & Its Neighborhood – Relations

Judicial Reforms

Governments ignoring court orders: CJI

| Polity | Mains Paper 2: Executive & Judiciary

Electric and Hybrid Cars – FAME, National Electric Mobility Mission, etc.

Why are Electric Vehicles Catching Fire?

| Science Tech | Mains Paper 3: Awareness in various sc and tech fields

Textile Sector – Cotton, Jute, Wool, Silk, Handloom, etc.

Recent woes of the jute industry in West Bengal

| Economics | Mains Paper 3: Effects Of Liberalization On The Economy, Changes In Industrial Policy and their effects on Industrial Growth

Delhi Full Statehood Issue

What is the Delhi Dual Governance Conundrum?

| Polity | Mains Paper 2: Federalism

Foreign Policy Watch: India – EU

Making the most of the diplomatic attention

| International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India

Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.

Loudspeaker Crackdown: Court orders and Govt directives

| Governance | Mains Paper 2: Governance, Transparency & Accountability, Citizens Charters

Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.

Autism Support Network to give Specialised Care in Rural India

Prelims Only | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Health & Education

Food Safety Standards – FSSAI, food fortification, etc.

Health Star Rating System of FSSAI for Packaged Food

| Economics | Mains Paper 3: Food Processing & Related Industries In India