17th January

Human Rights Issues

[op-ed of the day] Preventing mob lynching

op-ed snap | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Laws, Institutions & Bodies Constituted For The Vulnerable Sections

Internal Security Trends and Incidents

[op-ed snap] Maoist rebellion: policy fade-out, policy fade-in

op-ed snap | Security Issues | Mains Paper 3: External State & Non-State Actors: Challenges To Internal Security.

Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc

[op-ed snap] The perils of RBI’s fixation on inflation

op-ed snap | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

Tribes in News

Agreement to end the Bru-Reang Refugee Crisis

| Governance | Mains Paper 2:

J&K – The issues around the state

Suspension of the Internet: What the Rules say, what the SC underlined

SC Judgements | Polity | Mains Paper 2: Executive & Judiciary

Women empowerment issues – Jobs,Reservation and education

Women Business and the Law (WBL) Index 2020

IOCR | Governance | Mains Paper 2:

Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.

Punjab’s new Right to Business Bill

States | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Effects Of Liberalization On The Economy, Changes In Industrial Policy and their effects on Industrial Growth

ISRO Missions and Discoveries

GSAT-30 successfully launched

Prelims Only | Science Tech | Mains Paper 3: Awareness in various sc and tech fields

Inland Waterways

[pib] Assam Inland Water Transport Project

PIB | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways Etc.

16th January

Coal and Mining Sector

[op-ed of the day] Let’s not muddle along on how we share natural endowments

op-ed snap | | Mains Paper 2: Government Scheme/Policies

UDAY Scheme for Discoms

[op-ed snap] Power replay

op-ed snap | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways Etc.

Labour, Jobs and Employment – Harmonization of labour laws, gender gap, unemployment, etc.

[op-ed snap] Reset and reform

op-ed snap | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

Internal Security Architecture Shortcomings – Key Forces, NIA, IB, CCTNS, etc.

Explained: What is the NIA Act, and why is Chhattisgarh challenging it?

Explained | Security Issues | Mains Paper 3: External State & Non-State Actors: Challenges To Internal Security.

Citizenship and Related Issues

Indian Origin Tamils and Sri Lanka’s Citizenship Law

| International Relations | Mains Paper 2: India & Its Neighborhood – Relations

Foreign Policy Watch: India-China

Ethnic Unity Law in Tibet

| International Relations | Mains Paper 2: India & Its Neighborhood – Relations

Tourism Sector

Henley Passport Index 2020

IOCR | International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Important International Institutions

Tourism Sector

[pib] Indian Digital Heritage (IDH) Initiative

PIB | History | Mains Paper 1: Arts & Culture

Oil and Gas Sector – HELP, Open Acreage Policy, etc.

[pib] Saksham Campaign

PIB | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

Trade Sector Updates – Falling Exports, TIES, MEIS, Foreign Trade Policy, etc.

HSN Code

PIB | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Effects Of Liberalization On The Economy, Changes In Industrial Policy and their effects on Industrial Growth

Indian Navy Updates

Exercise ‘Sahyog-Kaijin’

Prelims Only | Security Issues | Mains Paper 3: Various Security Forces, Agencies & Their Mandates