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23rd December
Indian Ocean Power Competition
[23rd December 2024] The Hindu Op-ed: Pointing the beacon at India’s undersea warfare power
Promoting Science and Technology – Missions,Policies & Schemes
What are India’s plans for a quantum satellite?
Forest Conservation Efforts – NFP, Western Ghats, etc.
Union Minister Releases India State of Forest Report, 2023
Minimum Support Prices for Agricultural Produce
On Kisan Diwas: Why terms of trade have improved more for farm workers than farmers
India, Kuwait lift ties to ‘strategic partnership’
In news: Panama Canal
Telecom and Postal Sector – Spectrum Allocation, Call Drops, Predatory Pricing, etc
What are the new Interception Rules and Safeguards?
International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries
What is Starlink?
Surrogacy in India
Challenges of Posthumous Assisted Reproduction (PAR)
21st December
Crimes against humanity and an obtuse Indian stance
The political crisis in South Korea
Minority Issues – SC, ST, Dalits, OBC, Reservations, etc.
[21st December 2024] The Hindu Op-ed: It is for historians to dig for tell-tale remains, not bigots
Promoting Science and Technology – Missions,Policies & Schemes
What are Hydrothermal Vents?
Manipur Crisis
What is Protected Area Regime (PAR)?
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
A Study of Budgets of 2024-25 (Fiscal Reforms by States) Report released by RBI
NITI Aayog’s Assessment
Niti Aayog moots policy measures to develop workers’ accommodation around factories
20th December
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Sri Lanka
[20th December 2024] The Hindu Op-ed: Reality check on Sri Lanka’s Tamil question
Should legislatures in India have fixed tenures?
International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries
Japan, India startups collaborate to tackle space debris
International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries
IRIS² Program
Parliament – Sessions, Procedures, Motions, Committees etc
Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC)
Police Reforms – SC directives, NPC, other committees reports
Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS)
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
Places in News: Kailash Mansarovar
| 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 |
