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11th August

Innovations in Biotechnology and Medical Sciences

HeLa Cells: Everything you need to know about

Prelims Only | Science Tech | Mains Paper 3: S&T – Applications In Everyday Life

Electoral Reforms In India

Bill to Redefine the Election Commission Selection Process

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

Aadhaar Card Issues

Integration of NavIC with Aadhaar Enrolment Devices

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

Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc

China’s Deflation: A cause for concern?

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

Higher Education – RUSA, NIRF, HEFA, etc.

Should there be a blanket ban on smartphones in schools?

op-ed snap | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Health & Education

Tuberculosis Elimination Strategy

Lancet TB study: Food for cure

op-ed snap | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Health & Education

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10th August

Cyber Security – CERTs, Policy, etc

Maya OS: Everything you need to know

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

Parliament – Sessions, Procedures, Motions, Committees etc

Renaming Kerala: From Kerala to Keralam

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

North-East India – Security and Developmental Issues

Progress track: North East Venture Fund (NEVF)

Prelims Only | Economics | Mains Paper 3: issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources

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

Exploring Distance Tax: Transition from Oil-Dependent Revenue

Prelims Only | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

Climate Change Negotiations – UNFCCC, COP, Other Conventions and Protocols

Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation (ACTO)

Prelims Only | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 1: Climatic Change

Modern Indian History-Events and Personalities

Quit India Movement Day on 9th August

Prelims Only | | Mains Paper 1: Modern Indian History

Indian Army Updates

Assam Rifles: Role, Controversies, and Historical Significance

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

Nuclear Energy

Small Modular Reactors for India’s Clean Energy Transition

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

Ministry of External Affairs : Important Updates

Raisina Dialogue and its Significance

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

Nuclear Energy

Small Modular Reactors

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

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9th August

Historical and Archaeological Findings in News

Species in news: Tharosaurus Indicus

Prelims Only Species | Science Tech | Mains Paper 3:

Global Geological And Climatic Events

Perseid Meteor Shower to be visible soon

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

Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc

Services PMI at 13-Year High

DOMR Prelims Only | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

Primary and Secondary Education – RTE, Education Policy, SEQI, RMSA, Committee Reports, etc.

Smartphone Use among Schoolchildren

DOMR | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Health & Education

Foreign Policy Watch: India-Africa

ECOWAS and Niger Coup: Challenges and Potential Responses

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

Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.

Learning from the CHIPS Act of the U.S.

op-ed snap | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Awareness in various sc and tech fields

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

Climate events and an umbrella for urban health

op-ed snap | Governance | Mains Paper 1: Climatic Change,Urbanization, Their Problems & Remedies

What is the Jan Vishwas Bill, 2023 proposed by Centre?

op-ed snap | Polity | Mains Paper 2: Government Scheme/Policies

Critical gaps you must overcome to crack a top-50 rank in UPSC 2024-25

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8th August

Internal Security Trends and Incidents

Centre to probe Havana Syndrome Cases in India

Prelims Only | Security Issues | : Awareness in various sc and tech fields

Electronic System Design and Manufacturing Sector – M-SIPS, National Policy on Electronics, etc.

How to check if a material is a Superconductor?

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

Languages and Eighth Schedule

Language Complexity in India’s Judiciary

Prelims Only | Polity | Mains Paper 2: Executive & Judiciary

Coal and Mining Sector

Mines and Minerals Bill 2023

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

Delhi Full Statehood Issue

Explained: Delhi Services Bill, 2023

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

Foreign Policy Watch: India-Sri Lanka

India-Srilanka Relations

op-ed snap | International Relations | Mains Paper 2: India & Its Neighborhood – Relations

Cyber Security – CERTs, Policy, etc

Cybersecurity threats from online gaming

op-ed snap | Governance | Mains Paper 3: Awareness in various sc and tech fields

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7th August

Minority Issues – SC, ST, Dalits, OBC, Reservations, etc.

Justice Rohini Panel on OBC Sub-Categorisation

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

ISRO Missions and Discoveries

ISRO Rocket Debris on Australian Shore

| International Relations | Mains Paper 3: Awareness in various sc and tech fields

Digital India Initiatives

Cabinet approves ₹1.39 lakh crore for BharatNet project

Prelims Only Schemes | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Government Scheme/Policies

Wildlife Conservation Efforts

Species in news: Indian Eagle Owl

Species | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

Wildlife Conservation Efforts

Species in news: Clouded Leopards

Prelims Only Species | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

Historical and Archaeological Findings in News

Perucetus Colossus Whale: Heaviest Animal that Ever Lived

Species | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Awareness in various sc and tech fields

Electoral Reforms In India

Lowering the Minimum Age for Contesting Elections

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

Terrorism and Challenges Related To It

In news: Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

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

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Breakthrough

AI and the environment: What are the pitfalls?

op-ed snap | Science Tech | Mains Paper 3: S&T – Applications In Everyday Life

Pharma Sector – Drug Pricing, NPPA, FDC, Generics, etc.

Revised manufacturing rules for drug firms: what changes, and why

op-ed snap | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Health & Education

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5th August

International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries

DRACO Program: Nuclear Propulsion for Faster Space Travel

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

Parliament – Sessions, Procedures, Motions, Committees etc

Parliamentary Privilege and the Privileges Committee: A Closer Look

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

Freedom of Speech – Defamation, Sedition, etc.

Criminal Defamation in India

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

Defence Sector – DPP, Missions, Schemes, Security Forces, etc.

Inter-Services Organizations Bill, 2023

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

Electoral Reforms In India

In news: Appointment of Election Commissioner

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

Wildlife Conservation Efforts

Cheetah deaths are a setback for the reintroduction project but they do not signal a failure

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

Wildlife Conservation Efforts

Experts laud Centre’s move to ban aceclofenac, ketoprofen

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

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4th August

Wildlife Conservation Efforts

Captive breeding of Himalayan Vultures achieved

Prelims Only | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

Modern Indian History-Events and Personalities

History of Pepper Trade from India

Prelims Only | History and Art & Culture | Mains Paper 1: Modern Indian History

Parliament – Sessions, Procedures, Motions, Committees etc

Money Bills and Financial Bills: A Constitutional Perspective

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

J&K – The issues around the state

SC questions equating Article 370 to Basic Structure

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

Pharma Sector – Drug Pricing, NPPA, FDC, Generics, etc.

Jan Vishwas Bill

| Governance | Mains Paper 2: Health & Education

International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries

Legacy of Voyager Mission

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

Indian Ocean Power Competition

Tree Felling Estimates for GNI Project

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

Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.

The new restriction on Personal Computers/laptop imports: Why the move, and its potential impact

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

Parliament – Sessions, Procedures, Motions, Committees etc

Money Bills vs Finance Bills: What are the differences, what the court has ruled

op-ed snap | 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.

Homeopathy and associated issues

op-ed snap | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Health & Education

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3rd August

Tax Reforms

Vivad se Vishwas II Scheme launched

Prelims Only | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

Coal and Mining Sector

Law passed allowing Auction, Mining of Lithium Reserves

Prelims Only | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

J&K – The issues around the state

Post-1957, President retains power to scrap Article 370: Supreme Court

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

Innovations in Sciences, IT, Computers, Robotics and Nanotechnology

Room Temperature Superconductivity

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

Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Global Implications

Saudi Arabia to mediate Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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

National Youth Policy—Will it help India reap the promised demographic dividend?

op-ed snap | Governance | Mains Paper 1: Population & Associated Issues

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2nd August

Modern Indian History-Events and Personalities

Person in news: Anna Bhau Sathe

Prelims Only | | Mains Paper 1: Modern Indian History

Tobacco: The Silent Killer

WHO Report on Tobacco Control

| Governance | Mains Paper 2: Health & Education

GI(Geographical Indicator) Tags

In news: New GI Tags Awards

Prelims Only | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

Right To Privacy

Data Protection Bill 2023: What the law must do for children online

op-ed snap | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Laws, Institutions & Bodies Constituted For The Vulnerable Sections

Higher Education – RUSA, NIRF, HEFA, etc.

IIM bill 2023

op-ed snap | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Health & Education

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

Climate finance adds another layer of inequity to climate change

op-ed snap | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 1: Climatic Change

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1st August

Cyber Security – CERTs, Policy, etc

CERT-IN warns against Akira Ransomware

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

Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Global Implications

Places in news: Kuril Islands

Places in news Prelims Only | International Relations | Mains Paper 1: Geographical Features & Their Location

Police Reforms – SC directives, NPC, other committees reports

What is Zero FIR?

Prelims Only | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Laws, Institutions & Bodies Constituted For The Vulnerable Sections

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

Hybrid EVs: A Viable Path to Net-Zero Mobility

| Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

Digital India Initiatives

Centre publishes Draft National Deep Tech Startup Policy

Bills/Act/Laws | Science Tech | Mains Paper 3: Awareness in various sc and tech fields

Biofuel Policy

LPG consumption in Indian households saw an absolute reduction in 2023

op-ed snap | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Government Scheme/Policies

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