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3rd October

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

[3rd October 2026] The Hindu OpED: India’s Model BIT: a decade later, amid changes

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

Waste Management – SWM Rules, EWM Rules, etc

Dignity by Design: Innovation in India’s Public Toilets

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

Swachh Bharat Mission

Communicating Swachhata: Changing Behaviour

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

Oil and Gas Sector – HELP, Open Acreage Policy, etc.

Mumbai’s Jawahar Dweep Becomes India’s First Plastic-free Oil Terminal

First/Record PIB | Economics | Mains GS3: GS3-13.Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc:

India standardises names of 28 places in Ladakh

Renamed/Rebranded | 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.

Needed: A Super El Nino Abhiyan

Op-ed | Geography | Mains GS1: GS1-11.Salient Features of World Physical Geography

Rescue act

National Parks/WS Op-ed Species | Environment | Mains GS3: GS3-18.Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment.

GOBARdhan eyes 10-fold increase in CBG output: Puri

Schemes | Environment | Mains GS3: GS3-13.Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc:

Centre to resume appraising post facto green clearance cases after top court ruling

Bills/Act/Laws SC Judgements | Environment | Mains GS3: GS3-18.Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment.

‘India has no excess capacity, bans forced-labour imports’

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

Centre frames rules to standardise recruitment to various tribunal posts

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

Obstacle race

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

A Court divided by its own architecture

Op-ed SC Judgements | Polity | Mains GS2: GS2-03.Separation of Powers between different organs, dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions

2nd October

Women Safety Issues – Marital Rape, Domestic Violence, Swadhar, Nirbhaya Fund, etc.

[2nd October 2026] The Hindu OpED: Other than outrage: On women, unsafe public spaces

Op-ed | Indian Society | Mains GS1: GS1-07.Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Breakthrough

Regulation needs China on board

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.

Swachh Bharat Mission

From AI to EVs: Technology in Urban Swachhata

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

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

PM E-DRIVE Scheme

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

To cash in on next tech boom, India needs the right chips

Op-ed Schemes | 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.

Don’t wait for a consensus

IOCR 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.

Season’s end

DOMR Op-ed | Geography | Mains GS1: GS1-11.Salient Features of World Physical Geography

SC bars licence renewal for motorists with unpaid fines

SC Judgements | Governance | Mains GS2: GS2-10.Government Policies & Interventions for development of various sectors (issues in their design, implementation)

Aid may be dead. Long live international development

IOCR Op-ed | Governance | Mains GS2: GS2-11.Development processes and the development industry —the role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders.

‘Left out’ voters: EC orders special drive in 20 states where SIR over

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

Should the EC take action against those filing forms for mass deletions?

Bills/Act/Laws Op-ed | Polity | Mains GS2: GS2-08.Salient features of the Representation of People’s Act.

Industry is growing, but isn’t creating jobs

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

For new energy, remove old bottlenecks

Op-ed | Economics | Mains GS3: GS3-13.Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc:

We have a model investment treaty. And are losing billions because of it

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

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