News

• Polity › RPAxElectoral Reforms

  ‘Over 37 lakh SIR appeals still pending in Bengal tribunals’

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

  19 Sep 2026

• International Relations › GroupingsXRegional

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

  GS2 · GS2-18.Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.

  18 Sep 2026

  Op-ed

• Economics › Manufacturing Sector

  Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS)

  GS3 · GS3-12.Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth

  18 Sep 2026

  PIB

• Governance › SchemeXHealth

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

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

  18 Sep 2026

  PIB Prelims Only

• Agriculture › Soils

  India’s First Soil Carbon Payments to Farmers

  GS3 · GS3-06.Storage, transport and marketing of Agricultural produce and issues and related constraints

  18 Sep 2026

  First/Record PIB Prelims Only

• Science and Technology › Medical and Health Technologies

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

  GS3 · GS3-15.Science and Technology- Developments and their Applications and Effects in Everyday Life.

  18 Sep 2026

• Science and Technology › Space ProgramsXIND

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

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

  18 Sep 2026

  DOMR

• Science and Technology › AI

  For AI governance, hard laws and strong guardrails

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

  18 Sep 2026

  Op-ed

• Social Justice › Education

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

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

  18 Sep 2026

• Geography › Cryosphere,Glacier Melting

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

  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.

  18 Sep 2026

  Explained