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5th November
Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.
Forging a future of Self-sufficiency and Economic Resilience
Rural Distress, Farmer Suicides, Drought Measures
Explained: The paradox of stagnant rural wages
Railway Reforms
What Australian varsity study says about impact of India’s Dedicated Freight Corridors
Gravitational Wave Observations
First ‘Black Hole Triple’ System Discovered
Civil Aviation Sector – CA Policy 2016, UDAN, Open Skies, etc.
Namo Drone Didi Scheme
Railway Reforms
Kalka-Shimla Heritage Railway Track
Women empowerment issues – Jobs,Reservation and education
[5th November 2024] The Hindu Op-ed: Big Tech’s fail — unsafe online spaces for women
Tribes in News
Manipur’s non-Naga Thadou community lends support to NRC
4th November
BRICS Summits
[4th November 2024] The Hindu Op-ed: The BRICS summit boost to India-Iran ties
Urban Transformation – Smart Cities, AMRUT, etc.
What are the major challenges faced by Indian cities?
Tuberculosis Elimination Strategy
Assessing India’s Tuberculosis burden
Civil Aviation Sector – CA Policy 2016, UDAN, Open Skies, etc.
Airports where pilots could fear to land
Innovations in Biotechnology and Medical Sciences
The Gompertz Model
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
Glacial Lakes rise as glaciers retreat
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
Sleep Apnea contributes to Dementia in older adults
Labour, Jobs and Employment – Harmonization of labour laws, gender gap, unemployment, etc.
Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
2nd November
Forest Conservation Efforts – NFP, Western Ghats, etc.
[2nd November 2024] The Hindu Op-ed: The Nilgiris as a shared wilderness
Innovations in Sciences, IT, Computers, Robotics and Nanotechnology
How remote sensing system LiDAR helped discover a lost Mayan city?
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
Why the goal to arrest global temperature rise to 1.5°C is unrealistic?
Parliament – Sessions, Procedures, Motions, Committees etc
How the United States’ electoral college works?
Indian Army Updates
[pib] Exercise GARUD SHAKTI 24
Indian Army Updates
[pib] Exercise VAJRA PRAHAR
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
What is Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)?
31st October
Judicial Pendency
Tackle the issue of adjournments, case pendency
Child Rights – POSCO, Child Labour Laws, NAPC, etc.
SC ruling on child marriage: why it’s important to go beyond just punishment
Waste Management – SWM Rules, EWM Rules, etc
Misuse of EPR legislation worsening India’s plastic problem, shows CSE report
Global Geological And Climatic Events
Mount Fuji
Modern Indian History-Events and Personalities
Who were Velu Nachiyar and Anjalai Ammal?
Global Geological And Climatic Events
What is DANA?
Nuclear Diplomacy and Disarmament
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)
[31st October 2024] The Hindu Op-ed: Importing a toxic work culture into India
| 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 |
