3rd October
Modern Indian History-Events and Personalities
Lesser known facts about Lal Bahadur Shastri
Minority Issues – SC, ST, Dalits, OBC, Reservations, etc.
Minority Institutions need NOT provide Reservations: Madras HC
Minority Issues – SC, ST, Dalits, OBC, Reservations, etc.
Bihar Caste Survey: Key Highlights
Nobel and other Prizes
Medicine Nobel Prize 2023 for mRNA Vaccine Discovery
Minority Issues – SC, ST, Dalits, OBC, Reservations, etc.
Takeaways from Bihar caste survey
FDI in Indian economy
India’s rise is the big story. So where’s the FDI?
BRICS Summits
Building BRICS for the future
2nd October
MGNREGA Scheme
Challenges with MGNREGA’s Social Audit Mechanism
International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries
Karman Line: The Boundary of Space
Indian Army Updates
Project Udbhav: Rediscovering India’s Strategic Heritage for Modern Defense
RBI Notifications
Story of Mahatma Gandhi’s Portrait on Indian Banknotes
Aadhaar Card Issues
Concerns of using Aadhaar in Welfare Schemes
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
Duarte Agostinho Case: A Youth-led Climate Lawsuit
Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.
Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) reaches 31-month high
Zika Virus Outbreak
Autoimmune Diseases and the Promise of Inverse Vaccines
Tuberculosis Elimination Strategy
An ageing India needs age-responsive TB care
Aadhaar Card Issues
The concerns of using Aadhaar in welfare
30th September
Nobel and other Prizes
In news: SASTRA Ramanujan Prize
Electoral Reforms In India
Electoral Bond Sale: Impact on Political Funding
Cyber Security – CERTs, Policy, etc
Dawn of Passkeys: A Password-Free Future
Temple entry for women : Gender Equality v/s Religious Freedom
Debate over Temple Priest Appointments in Tamil Nadu
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Maldives
Maldives Presidential Elections: Geopolitical Implications
Waste Management – SWM Rules, EWM Rules, etc
Status of Dumpsite Remediation across India
Modern Indian History-Events and Personalities
Gandhi and Ambedkar Dynamic
WTO and India
Global dispute settlement, India and appellate review
Women empowerment issues – Jobs,Reservation and education
Need for more women police
| 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 |















