News

• Economics › RBIxFunctions

  RBI holds the repo rate for a fourth straight review

  GS3 · GS3-01.Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.

  8 Aug 2026

  Op-ed

• Science and Technology › Emerging TechXIT

  RDI deep-tech fund: most beneficiaries linked to selection panel

  GS3 · GS3-17.Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nano-technology, Bio-technology and issues relating to Intellectual Property Rights.

  7 Aug 2026

  Prelims Only Schemes

• Environment › Biofertilizers/Fuels

  Ethanol policy must count in water, sustainability costs

  GS3 · GS3-18.Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment.

  7 Aug 2026

  Op-ed

• Environment › Wetlands

  SC order on mining around Ramsar wetland sites

  GS3 · GS3-18.Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment.

  7 Aug 2026

  Prelims Only SC Judgements

• Internal Security › Cyber Security

  [7th August 2026] The Hindu OpED: Stop the scam: Digital arrest menace

  GS3 · GS3-21.Role of External State and Non-state Actors in creating challenges to Internal Security.

  7 Aug 2026

  Op-ed

• International Relations › BilateralXNeighbourhood

  India-Bangladesh ties should be Hasina-proof

  GS2 · GS2-17.India and its neighborhood- relations.

  7 Aug 2026

  Op-ed

• International Relations › BilateralXNeighbourhood

  JD(U) tells Centre not to renew 1996 Farakka water treaty without safeguarding Bihar

  GS2 · GS2-17.India and its neighborhood- relations.

  7 Aug 2026

  Prelims Only

• Polity › Elections, Delimitation

  Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls faces fresh SC scrutiny

  GS2 · GS2-08.Salient features of the Representation of People’s Act.

  7 Aug 2026

  Prelims Only

• Social Justice › Education · Governance

  The challenge for school consolidation

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

  7 Aug 2026

  Explained

• Governance

  FIRs cannot be withdrawn, three routes for relief under BNSS

  GS2 · GS2-15.Transaparency and accountability (institutional and other measures); Citizens Charter, E-Governance (applications, models, successes, limitations, potential)

  7 Aug 2026

  Prelims Only