8th May
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Pakistan
[8th May 2025] The Hindu Op-ed: Pakistan’s complex web of terror networks
Human Development Report by UNDP
A step up: On India and the 2025 Human Development Report
Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States
The building blocks of an India-U.S. energy future
Coal and Mining Sector
[pib] Cabinet approves Revised SHAKTI Policy
Road and Highway Safety – National Road Safety Policy, Good Samaritans, etc.
Cashless Treatment Scheme for Road Accident Victims
Festivals, Dances, Theatre, Literature, Art in News
100 Years of the Art Deco Style in Madras
7th May
Terrorism and Challenges Related To It
[7th May 2025] The Hindu Op-ed: The fragmentation in the global fight against terror
Biofuel Policy
Food vs fuel: Surge in ethanol blending and its impacts
Judicial Reforms
How the judiciary maintains accountability
Trade Sector Updates – Falling Exports, TIES, MEIS, Foreign Trade Policy, etc.
UK-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed
Terrorism and Challenges Related To It
Civil Defence under the Civil Defence Act, 1968
Global Geological And Climatic Events
Palaeofires from Permian and Late Silurian in the Godavari Basin
Human Development Report by UNDP
India up three spots to 130 in HDI
Animal Husbandry, Dairy & Fisheries Sector – Pashudhan Sanjivani, E- Pashudhan Haat, etc
Total Allowable Catch (TAC) in Fishing
6th May
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Pakistan
[6th May 2025] The Hindu Op-ed: The messaging from putting the IWT in ‘abeyance’
Citizenship and Related Issues
Detaining Non-Citizens and the Rule of Law
Air Pollution
Hydrogen versus Battery: The Cost of Clean Public Transport
Irrigation In India – PMKSY, AIBP, Watershed Management, Neeranchan, etc.
Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP)
Land Reforms
India to showcase SVAMITVA Scheme at World Bank Land Conference
International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries
Fracture Discovered in a Cosmic Bone of the Milky Way
Waste Management – SWM Rules, EWM Rules, etc
Microplastics disrupting the Ocean’s Carbon Cycle
5th May
Port Infrastructure and Shipping Industry – Sagarmala Project, SDC, CEZ, etc.
[5th May 2025] The Hindu Op-ed: Shaping the port of the future
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Temporary respite: on GST, India’s manufacturing
Indians earn the most among Asian Americans
Climate Change Negotiations – UNFCCC, COP, Other Conventions and Protocols
Biological Diversity (Access and Benefit Sharing) Regulation, 2025
Interstate River Water Dispute
Water Sharing Dispute between Punjab and Haryana
Genetically Modified (GM) crops – cotton, mustards, etc.
‘Kamala’ and ‘Pusa DST Rice 1’ GM Rice
Electronic System Design and Manufacturing Sector – M-SIPS, National Policy on Electronics, etc.
Repairability Index (RI) for Mobile and Electronics Sector
Trade Sector Updates – Falling Exports, TIES, MEIS, Foreign Trade Policy, etc.
“China Plus One” Strategy
| 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 |
