30th August
Oil and Gas Sector – HELP, Open Acreage Policy, etc.
[30th August 2025] The Hindu Op-ed: In an unstable world, energy sovereignty is the new oil
Higher Education – RUSA, NIRF, HEFA, etc.
Detoxifying India’s entrance examination system
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Breakthrough
ClassGPT: How AI is reshaping campuses
Police Reforms – SC directives, NPC, other committees reports
Grant of Bail in India
Policy Wise: India’s Power Sector
[pib] State Energy Efficiency Index, 2024
New Species of Plants and Animals Discovered
Ice Age-era Dragon Fly rediscovered
Global Geological And Climatic Events
Mount Etna Eruption
29th August
[29th August 2025] The Hindu Op-ed: India’s demographic dividend as a time bomb
Disasters and Disaster Management – Sendai Framework, Floods, Cyclones, etc.
Challenges of Monsoon Variability and Disaster Preparedness
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
Building health for 1.4 billion Indians
Modern Indian History-Events and Personalities
[pib] Mahatma Ayyankali (1863–1941)
Festivals, Dances, Theatre, Literature, Art in News
[pib] Nuakhai Festival
Climate Change Negotiations – UNFCCC, COP, Other Conventions and Protocols
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)
Primary and Secondary Education – RTE, Education Policy, SEQI, RMSA, Committee Reports, etc.
UDISE+ Report, 2025
ISRO Missions and Discoveries
Kulasekarapattinam Launch Complex
28th August
Primary and Secondary Education – RTE, Education Policy, SEQI, RMSA, Committee Reports, etc.
[28th August 2025] The Hindu Op-ed: Play Based Learning for India’s Future
Promoting Science and Technology – Missions,Policies & Schemes
With Sci-Hub gone, will the ‘One Nation, One Subscription’ scheme step up?
Addiction, Not Play
Indian Army Updates
[pib] Exercise ‘BRIGHT STAR 2025’
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
Gangotri Glacier System (GGS) shrinks 10% in 4 decades
International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries
SpaceX’s Starship completes critical test flight
Promoting Science and Technology – Missions,Policies & Schemes
Samudrayaan Mission
Urban Floods
Rivers, Dams, and Headworks of Punjab
Microfinance Story of India
PM SVANidhi Scheme extended until 2030
27th August
Labour, Jobs and Employment – Harmonization of labour laws, gender gap, unemployment, etc.
[27th August 2025] The gender angle to India’s economic vulnerabilities
Cooperatives at crossroads
Freedom of Speech – Defamation, Sedition, etc.
False righteousness
Monsoon Updates
Mawsynram and Cherrapunji no longer Wettest Places in India
Telecom and Postal Sector – Spectrum Allocation, Call Drops, Predatory Pricing, etc
[pib] India hosts 3GPP RAN Working Group Meetings on 6G Standardization
International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries
Discovery of Rare Quadruple Star System with Brown Dwarfs
First Human Case of New World Screwworm in US
Modern Indian History-Events and Personalities
Origins of the modern Ganesh Chaturthi Festival
ISRO Missions and Discoveries
What is the Air Drop Test (ADT-1) conducted by ISRO?
| Subject | ’08 | ’09 | ’10 | ’11 | ’12 | ’13 | ’14 | ’15 | ’16 | ’17 | ’18 | ’19 | ’20 | ’21 | ’22 | ’23 | ’24 | ’25 | ’26 | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environment | 14 | 15 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 26 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 314 BIG |
| Economics | 4 | 15 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 273 BIG |
| Science & Technology | 27 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 231 BIG |
| Polity | 9 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 226 BIG |
| Geography | 21 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 204 BIG |
| Art & Culture | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 179 BIG |
| Modern History | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 153 BIG |
| International Relations | 7 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | · | 4 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 152 BIG |
| Governance | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | · | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 116 |
| Agriculture | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 83 |
| Off-topics / Misc | 20 | 25 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 60 |
| Ethics | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 3 | 3 |
