4th September

Festivals, Dances, Theatre, Literature, Art in News

Restoration work on temple in Goa island unearths relics from 14th to 16th century

Discovered/FoundHistorical Sites | Art and Culture | Mains GS1: GS1-01.Indian Culture- Salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.

Inside Jharkhand & Bihar’s 25-year Sone river dispute

Explained | Agriculture | Mains GS3: GS3-05.Different types of irrigation and irrigation systems

WMO warns of ‘very’ strong El Nino, to last until February 2027

First/Record | Geography | Mains GS1: GS1-14.Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc.,

New Delhi to quantify ocean wealth, climate risks in new accounting push

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

Air quality panel holding talks with Punjab govt. and ISRO over tracking of stubble fires

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

Govt. to spend Rs 24,000 crore to modernise police force

Schemes | Internal Security | Mains GS3: GS3-24.Various Security Forces and Agencies and their Mandate.

Rajnath releases new framework for defence diplomacy

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

India and Belgium ramp up bilateral defence cooperation

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

US settlement with Meta is a start. India must protect itself

Op-ed | Internal Security | Mains GS2: GS2-10.Government Policies & Interventions for development of various sectors (issues in their design, implementation)

Police camera ‘caught’ murder, rape accused at Jantar Mantar protest

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

For newborns, the answer is hospital plus home

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

More than 40 crore Indians are caught in a healthcare gap: panel

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

‘OBC lists were not used for Census as they featured classes, not castes’

| Governance | Mains GS1: GS1-06.Salient features of Indian Society

Quality elementary teachers are vital to lives of children, nation-building: top court

Bills/Act/LawsSC Judgements | Governance | Mains GS2: GS2-13.Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.

Presumed guilty, SIR’s spreading stain

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

All Ladakh districts to have autonomous hill development councils

Bills/Act/Laws | Polity | Mains GS2: GS2-04.Devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein

Bar Council has no power to punish students: SC

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

Needed: More stable foreign capital

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

Perils of comparing GDP from different base years

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

The gap in manufacturing sector GVA

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