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29th January
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
[29th January 2025] The Hindu OpED: The new logic of Chinese economy
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
India’s consumption story and the underlying wage growth problem
Foreign Policy Watch: India – EU
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
Foreign Policy Watch: India – EU
India–EU Cooperation on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy
Historical and Archaeological Findings in News
3 Buddhist sites in UNESCO tentative list
Foreign Policy Watch: India-SCO
First SCO Council of National Coordinators Meeting 2026
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Middle East
Renewed Conflict Between Syrian Government and Kurds
New Species of Plants and Animals Discovered
New Plant Species Discovered in Nagaland: Hoya nagaensis
28th January
Foreign Policy Watch: India – EU
India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.
[28th January 2026] The Hindu OpED: Manufacturing woes: Capital support alone will not add to battery cell manufacturing capacity
Higher Education – RUSA, NIRF, HEFA, etc.
New UGC regulations sharpen provisions against caste bias
Civil Aviation Sector – CA Policy 2016, UDAN, Open Skies, etc.
Wings India 2026: Asia’s Largest Civil Aviation Event
Oil and Gas Sector – HELP, Open Acreage Policy, etc.
Prime Minister at India Energy Week 2026
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Pygmy Hog
Indian Army Updates
Army’s animals wing
Antibiotics Resistance
Kerala declares Bacillus subtilis ‘State microbe’
27th January
Citizenship and Related Issues
[27th January 2026] The Hindu OpED: Mind the time: On the financial burden of India’s ageing population
Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States
How will U.S. exit affect solar alliance
Cyber Security – CERTs, Policy, etc
Cybercrime and a global governance crisis
Historical and Archaeological Findings in News
Neolithic Relics Unearthed at Lakkundi, Karnataka
Pension Reforms
SAARG Committee for NPS Investment Framework
Nobel and other Prizes
Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards 2025
Nobel and other Prizes
Padma Awards 2026
| 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 |
