26th December
Important Judgements In News
Deconstructing the opposition between merit and reservation
President’s Rule
Possibility of judicial use or misuse of Article 356
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
Reading the new US policy on Tibet
Genetically Modified (GM) crops – cotton, mustards, etc.
IISER scientists identify the gene that greens plants
Fertilizer Sector reforms – NBS, bio-fertilizers, Neem coating, etc.
How dangerous is Ammonia?
Modern Indian History-Events and Personalities
Places in news: Rahim’s Tomb
25th December
Panchayati Raj Institutions: Issues and Challenges
Issues related to Urban local bodies
Governance reforms in central universities
Parliament – Sessions, Procedures, Motions, Committees etc
Declining seating of the state legislature and issues with it.
Banking Sector Reforms
What is Positive Pay System?
Modern Indian History-Events and Personalities
History: Visva-Bharati University
Roads, Highways, Cargo, Air-Cargo and Logistics infrastructure – Bharatmala, LEEP, SetuBharatam, etc.
What are Fastags?
Wetland Conservation
[pib] Tso Kar Wetland Complex
Wetland Conservation
Mapping: Caspian Sea
24th December
Parliament – Sessions, Procedures, Motions, Committees etc
Key lesson from farmers’ protest
Labour, Jobs and Employment – Harmonization of labour laws, gender gap, unemployment, etc.
Fixed-term employees
Jallikattu Debate
TN govt gives nod for Jallikattu
Climate Change Negotiations – UNFCCC, COP, Other Conventions and Protocols
World to breach 1.5°C threshold by 2027-2042
Modern Indian History-Events and Personalities
Significance and History of National Farmers’ Day
Higher Education – RUSA, NIRF, HEFA, etc.
Scheduled Castes Post-matric Scholarship Plan
23rd December
Food Procurement and Distribution – PDS & NFSA, Shanta Kumar Committee, FCI restructuring, Buffer stock, etc.
Budget’s big worry: the food subsidy
Climate Change Negotiations – UNFCCC, COP, Other Conventions and Protocols
Five years since Paris Agreement, an opportunity to build back better
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
The new League of Nations
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
Tibetan Policy and Support Act (TPSA)
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
No need for a Two-Child Policy
Innovations in Sciences, IT, Computers, Robotics and Nanotechnology
Why the universe has less ‘antimatter’ than matter?
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Firefly Bird Diverters’ to save the Great Indian Bustard (GIB)
