18th September

BRICS Summits

Does the BRICS summit signify a shift for Indian foreign policy?

Op-ed | International Relations | Mains GS2: GS2-18.Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.

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

Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS)

PIB | Economics | Mains GS3: GS3-12.Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth

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

Drugs Rules, 1945: Tighter Regulation of Schedule H, H1 and X Drugs

PIBPrelims Only | Governance | Mains GS2: GS2-15.Transaparency and accountability (institutional and other measures); Citizens Charter, E-Governance (applications, models, successes, limitations, potential)

Soil Health Management – NMSA, Soil Health Card, etc.

India’s First Soil Carbon Payments to Farmers

First/RecordPIBPrelims Only | Agriculture | Mains GS3: GS3-06.Storage, transport and marketing of Agricultural produce and issues and related constraints

Stem cell therapy for autism only in approved clinical trials: Centre

| Science and Technology | Mains GS3: GS3-15.Science and Technology- Developments and their Applications and Effects in Everyday Life.

Private participation not at the cost of ISRO’s capabilities: Staff in fresh note

DOMR | Science and Technology | Mains GS3: GS3-17.Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nano-technology, Bio-technology and issues relating to Intellectual Property Rights.

For AI governance, hard laws and strong guardrails

Op-ed | Science and Technology | Mains GS3: GS3-17.Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nano-technology, Bio-technology and issues relating to Intellectual Property Rights.

NEET-SS qualifying percentile will be reduced to 30: govt.

| Social Justice | Mains GS2: GS2-13.Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.

How melting glaciers could ‘put 20% of GDP at risk’

Explained | Geography | Mains GS1: GS1-15.Geographical features and their location- Changes in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes.

Orangutans in Odisha: The laws governing animal trade and repatriation

ExplainedSpecies | Environment | Mains GS3: GS3-18.Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment.

New fault lines

| Internal Security | Mains GS3: GS3-20.Linkages between Development and Spread of Extremism.

A war room for India in an age of sanctions

Op-ed | International Relations | Mains GS2: GS2-19.Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.

Russia sanctions Bill: Tool for Trump, worry for India

Explained | International Relations | Mains GS2: GS2-19.Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.

Declared dead, 2,500 Odisha workers return for ration

| Polity | Mains GS2: GS2-09.Appointment to various Constitutional posts; Constitutional Bodies(powers, functions and responsibilities); Statutory, Regulatory and Quasi-judicial bodies

PAC pulls up Railways over gaps in amenities despite promises

| Polity | Mains GS2: GS2-06.Parliament and State Legislatures (structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges; issues therein)

Missing in EC affidavit on SIR in Bengal: Break-up of appeals for name inclusion

| Polity | Mains GS2: GS2-08.Salient features of the Representation of People’s Act.

Ahead of Bengal bypolls, TMC name, symbol are frozen by EC

DOMR | Polity | Mains GS2: GS2-08.Salient features of the Representation of People’s Act.

Supreme Court asks Tamil Nadu to comply with order to identify land for Navodaya schools

SC Judgements | Polity | Mains GS2: GS2-02.Functions & responsibilities of the Union and the States; issues and challenges of federal structure;

What is the Uniform Civil Code debate?

Bills/Act/Laws | Polity | Mains GS2: GS2-01.Indian Constitution-Historical underpinnings & evolution; Features, amendments, significant provisions, basic structure of Constitution

After US Fed and others, will RBI also raise interest rates in Oct?

| Economics | Mains GS3: GS3-01.Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.

India softens EU steel import curbs hit, secures 80% exports

| Economics | Mains GS2: GS2-18.Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.

PM pitches India as trusted base for chip manufacturing

Schemes | Economics | Mains GS3: GS3-01.Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.

Who has to pay MDR on UPI and who stands to gain the most?

| Economics | Mains GS3: GS3-01.Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.