31st October
The Crisis In The Middle East
Places in news: Dagestan
Oil and Gas Sector – HELP, Open Acreage Policy, etc.
India’s Strategic Move: Reviving the Mozambique LNG Project
International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries
Calculating Moon’s True Age
Innovations in Sciences, IT, Computers, Robotics and Nanotechnology
IIT-B pioneers Nanostructured Hard-Carbon Florets (NCF)
Internal Security Architecture Shortcomings – Key Forces, NIA, IB, CCTNS, etc.
Understanding the ‘Prisoner’s Dilemma’: A Lesson in Cooperation
Railway Reforms
Transport of Cargo by Railways: Issues and Suggestions
Air Pollution
Indians are choking on pollution. How can it be stopped?
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
The household debt challenge
Human Rights Issues
Narayana Murthy just gave some very bad advice
30th October
RBI Notifications
Open market operations can help resist pressure on the Indian rupee. Should it be resisted?
Parliament – Sessions, Procedures, Motions, Committees etc
Give up impropriety, demonstrate impartiality
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
Ashok Gulati writes: How we tame food inflation, and at whose cost
Festivals, Dances, Theatre, Literature, Art in News
Kathaprasangam: An Art Form’s Century-Long Journey
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
Salt Consumption and Health: Striking a Delicate Balance
Food Processing Industry: Issues and Developments
Will QR Codes improve access to Food Labels?
Monsoon Updates
Cloud Seeding
Police Reforms – SC directives, NPC, other committees reports
Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act: Balancing Privacy and Law Enforcement
Cyber Security – CERTs, Policy, etc
What is the ‘SIM Swap Scam’ — and how can you protect yourself?
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
Why the Lewis Model has worked in China, not in India?
The Crisis In The Middle East
UNGA Vote on Gaza War, and why India abstained
28th October
Trade Sector Updates – Falling Exports, TIES, MEIS, Foreign Trade Policy, etc.
How Natural Gas is central to ties between India and Qatar?
Fertilizer Sector reforms – NBS, bio-fertilizers, Neem coating, etc.
Approval of Nutrient-Based Subsidy (NBS) rates for Rabi and Kharif seasons in 2022-23 by the union cabinet.
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Middle East
With life of eight Indians in Qatar at stake, India needs deft diplomacy
Women empowerment issues – Jobs,Reservation and education
Women can make the world better
Surrogacy in India
Supreme Court upholds Woman’s Right to Parenthood in Surrogacy Case
RBI Notifications
RBI’s new rules on Credit Information
e-Commerce: The New Boom
Dark Pattern Sales by Airlines deemed ‘Cybercrime’
Minority Issues – SC, ST, Dalits, OBC, Reservations, etc.
TN experience on Caste Survey
| 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 |
