29th July
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
[29th July 2024] The Hindu Op-ed: Recasting care models for mental illness, homelessness
Innovations in Biotechnology and Medical Sciences
Surprising ‘Dark Oxygen’ discovery could ensnarl deep-sea mining
Climate Change Negotiations – UNFCCC, COP, Other Conventions and Protocols
What is South Africa’s new law on climate change?
Organic Farming – Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojna (PKVY), NPOF etc.
Should India focus on natural farming?
Right To Privacy
SC to examine acquitted man’s ‘Right to be Forgotten’: What is this right, and how have courts ruled earlier?
Forest Conservation Efforts – NFP, Western Ghats, etc.
CITES eases Export of Agarwood from India
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
Himachal witnesses gradual snowfall pattern shift
President appoints six new Governors
Tax Reforms
What is Indexation in calculating LTCG tax?
27th July
Right To Privacy
[27th July 2024] The Hindu Op-ed: Using children’s personal data legally and securely
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Breakthrough
Why AI’s present and future bring some serious environmental concerns?
Foreign Policy Watch: The BCIM Corridor
A new push in the Bay of Bengal
Disasters and Disaster Management – Sendai Framework, Floods, Cyclones, etc.
How oil spills impact the environment?
Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Global Implications
With uncertainty across the Atlantic, Europe worries about its own security
Judicial Appointments Conundrum Post-NJAC Verdict
High Court Judges’ Appointment under process: Centre
Paris Olympics: All You Need to Know
Historical and Archaeological Findings in News
Assam’s Charaideo Moidam included in UNESCO World Heritage List
26th July
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Russia
[26th July 2024] The Hindu Op-ed: The ‘geo-calculus’ of the Moscow visit
Coal and Mining Sector
States have the unlimited right to tax mineral-rich lands
Coal and Mining Sector
India’s illegal coal mining problem
Why is there a move to split the Bengaluru municipal corporation into smaller bodies with a 3-tier structure?
North-East India – Security and Developmental Issues
The panel will look into issues stalling Bill, NE tribal councils told
International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries
NASA’s Cassini-Huygens Mission
Women Safety Issues – Marital Rape, Domestic Violence, Swadhar, Nirbhaya Fund, etc.
What is the Hema Commission Report?
OBOR Initiative
Niger struggles with Security, Economic Crises
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Nepal
Parliamentary Democracy: A Comparison between Nepal and India
25th July
Urban Transformation – Smart Cities, AMRUT, etc.
[25th July 2024] The Hindu Op-ed: An outlining of urban transformation strategies
Genetically Modified (GM) crops – cotton, mustards, etc.
Why SC couldn’t agree on the environmental release of GM mustard?
Government Budgets
A big step towards the transformation of various sectors
Parliament – Sessions, Procedures, Motions, Committees etc
Is immunity for the President and Governors absolute?
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
A Budget that places health on the margins
Tuberculosis Elimination Strategy
ICMR develops CRISPR Cas-based TB Detection Kit
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
In news: Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary
Global Geological And Climatic Events
Typhoon Gaemi
Housing for all – PMAY, etc.
Right to Shelter is a Fundamental Right: Supreme Court
| 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 |
