22nd August
Civil Services Reforms
Centre directs UPSC to withdraw ad for lateral entry into bureaucracy: Why has the policy been criticized?
Pharma Sector – Drug Pricing, NPPA, FDC, Generics, etc.
Imports weaken Indian pharma
Telecom and Postal Sector – Spectrum Allocation, Call Drops, Predatory Pricing, etc
What is Tera Hertz Spectrum?
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
Global Finance Central Banker Report Cards, 2024
Global Geological And Climatic Events
Shiveluch Volcano
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
WHO investigating new Polio strain in Meghalaya
21st August
Foreign Policy Watch: India-SAARC Nations
India-Malaysia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
Labour, Jobs and Employment – Harmonization of labour laws, gender gap, unemployment, etc.
A ground plan for sustainable mass employment
Innovations in Biotechnology and Medical Sciences
Can blood tests for cancer save more lives?
International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries
Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) Mission
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
[pib] Schedule IV of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
Innovation Ecosystem in India
What is Quantum Non-Locality?
Innovations in Biotechnology and Medical Sciences
What is the Hayflick Limit?
Global Geological And Climatic Events
What is a Waterspout?
20th August
[20th August 2024] The Hindu Op-ed: The ‘livery of India’s freedom’ is under threat
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
The path to Viksit Bharat runs through fields
Poverty Eradication – Definition, Debates, etc.
The tyranny of inequality
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Yaks from China stray into eastern Ladakh
Modern Indian History-Events and Personalities
[pib] Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur
Forest Conservation Efforts – NFP, Western Ghats, etc.
Banni Grasslands of Kachchh
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Japan
[pib] 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue
Innovations in Biotechnology and Medical Sciences
Waggle Dance of Bees
19th August
Labour, Jobs and Employment – Harmonization of labour laws, gender gap, unemployment, etc.
[19th August 2024] The Hindu Op-ed: New migrant realities in Karnataka’s gig sector
Labour, Jobs and Employment – Harmonization of labour laws, gender gap, unemployment, etc.
Labor conditions in southern states
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
Do doctors need a Central protection Act?
Zoopharmacognosy: the study of how animals self-medicate
Innovation Ecosystem in India
[pib] REACHOUT Scheme
Festivals, Dances, Theatre, Literature, Art in News
In news: Namdhari Sect
Parliament – Sessions, Procedures, Motions, Committees etc
Lok Sabha Speaker constitutes 6 new Parliamentary Committees
e-Commerce: The New Boom
What are Deceptive Dark Patterns?
| 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 |
