27th September
Nobel and other Prizes
In news: Dadasaheb Phalke Award
New Species of Plants and Animals Discovered
Balsams blossom in Munnar
Trade Sector Updates – Falling Exports, TIES, MEIS, Foreign Trade Policy, etc.
Extension to the RoDTEP Scheme
Start-up Ecosystem In India
Centre seeks to ease Angel Tax Provisions
OBOR Initiative
Nepal refuses to join China’s Global Security Initiative (GSI)
Fertilizer Sector reforms – NBS, bio-fertilizers, Neem coating, etc.
Challenge of Phosphorus Scarcity and Pollution: A Need for Innovative Solutions
Renewable Energy – Wind, Tidal, Geothermal, etc.
Green Hydrogen push will need to counter challenges
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Canada
India-Canada Relations: The Need for Constructive Engagement
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
Climate Change and Infectious Diseases
26th September
Monsoon Updates
Southwest Monsoon begins early Withdrawal/Retreat
Historical and Archaeological Findings in News
How Indians and their Boats fared in the Deep Sea?
Tobacco: The Silent Killer
Tobacco Warnings on OTT Platforms: A Closer Look at the Debate
NPA Crisis
RBI asks for SARFAESI Act Compliance
Primary and Secondary Education – RTE, Education Policy, SEQI, RMSA, Committee Reports, etc.
Parliamentary Panel findings on the New Education Policy, 2020
Foreign Policy Watch: India – EU
India-France Relations
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
What’s the link between GDP growth and employment in India
Digital India Initiatives
Safeguarding India’s Digital Youth: A Call for Ethical AI Regulation
25th September
J&K – The issues around the state
Places in news: Gurez Valley
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
How the Sikh migration to Canada began?
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Species in news: Nilgiri Tahr
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
What are the Reasons for Rise in Global Debt?
International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries
OSIRIS-REx Mission Returns to Earth with Asteroid Samples
Intellectual Property Rights in India
Draft Patent Amendment Rules and Issues
Historical and Archaeological Findings in News
Documented Tripitaka: Tracing Buddhism’s Sri Lanka Connection
Modern Indian History-Events and Personalities
How Bal Gangadhar Tilak made the worship of Lord Ganesh a grand community festival
Women empowerment issues – Jobs,Reservation and education
What will hold up women’s reservation Bill?
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Middle East
An economic corridor, the Israel link and the geopolitics
| 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 |
