15th October

Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.

How did the Haber-Bosch process change the world?

Explained | Science Tech | Mains Paper 3: S&T – Applications In Everyday Life

Surrogacy in India

Why did Delhi HC allow a 60-year-old couple to access their dead son’s sperm?

Explained | Polity | Mains Paper 2: Executive & Judiciary

Child Rights – POSCO, Child Labour Laws, NAPC, etc.

A blueprint for safeguarding children

Explained | Indian Society | Mains Paper 2: Laws, Institutions & Bodies Constituted For The Vulnerable Sections

Nobel and other Prizes

Nobel Prize in Economics, 2024

Prelims Only | Economics | Mains Paper 3:

Tuberculosis Elimination Strategy

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Bacteria

Prelims Only | Science Tech | Mains Paper 3: Awareness in various sc and tech fields

The Crisis In The Middle East

What is THAAD?

Prelims Only | Security Issues | Mains Paper 3: Organized Crime & Terrorism

The Crisis In The Middle East

Nile nations agree on Water-Sharing without Egypt’s nod

Prelims Only | International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India

14th October

Innovations in Biotechnology and Medical Sciences

Why precision medicine in India can’t advance without biobank laws?

Explained | Science Tech | Mains Paper 3: Awareness in various sc and tech fields

Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.

Issues in the treatment of ‘rare diseases’, and what the govt can do?

Explained | Science Tech | Mains Paper 3: Awareness in various sc and tech fields

RTI – CIC, RTI Backlog, etc.

Scuttling people’s Right to Information (RTI)

Explained | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Governance, Transparency & Accountability, Citizens Charters

The Crisis In The Middle East

What is the UNIFIL?

Prelims Only | International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Important International Institutions

Wetland Conservation

In news: Wular Lake

Prelims Only | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

Innovations in Sciences, IT, Computers, Robotics and Nanotechnology

What is Wayanad’s new X-band Radar?

Prelims Only | Science Tech | Mains Paper 3: Achievements Of Indians In S&T

OBOR Initiative

China’s ‘Anaconda Strategy’

Prelims Only | Security Issues | Mains Paper 3: External State & Non-State Actors: Challenges To Internal Security.

12th October

International NGOs and the Perils of Outsourcing Development

Explained | Indian Society | Mains Paper 1: Population & Associated Issues

Labour, Jobs and Employment – Harmonization of labour laws, gender gap, unemployment, etc.

Workplace carcinogens are increasingly a global problem

Explained | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.

As the green patch spreads in Antarctica, here’s what is worrying scientists

Explained | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

Nobel and other Prizes

Literature Nobel, 2024

Prelims Only | History | Mains Paper 1: Arts & Culture

Global Geological And Climatic Events

Baku and South Caucasus Region

World Mapping | | Mains Paper 1: Geographical Features & Their Location

Global Geological And Climatic Events

Hurricane Milton

Prelims Only | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 1: Salient Features Of World’S Physical Geography