6th January

Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States

[op-ed of the day]Spotting an opportunity in changing fundamentals

op-ed snap | International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Effect Of Policies & Politics Of World On India’S Interests

Citizenship and Related Issues

[op-ed snap]Secularism’s Brexit moment

op-ed snap | Polity | : Communalism, Secularism, Regionalism

Food Procurement and Distribution – PDS & NFSA, Shanta Kumar Committee, FCI restructuring, Buffer stock, etc.

[op-ed snap]Lifting growth, containing inflation

op-ed snap | Agriculture | Mains Paper 3: PDS, Buffer Stock & Food Security

Forest Conservation Efforts – NFP, Western Ghats, etc.

Miyawaki Method

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

Air Pollution

Smog Tower

| Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 1: Important Geophysical Phenomena

Drosophila

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

Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.

Carbon Stock in Indian forests

IOCR | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 1: Important Geophysical Phenomena

Pharma Sector – Drug Pricing, NPPA, FDC, Generics, etc.

WHO prequalifies Serum’s low-cost Pneumococcal Vaccine

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

Policy Wise: India’s Power Sector

[pib] UJALA & Street Lighting National Programme

PIB | Economics | Mains Paper 3:

4th January

Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.

[op-ed snap] Horror in Kota

op-ed snap | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Health & Education

The Crisis In The Middle East

[op-ed of the day]Bracing for global impact after Soleimani’s assassination

op-ed snap | International Relations | : Effect Of Policies & Politics Of World On India’S Interests

Tuberculosis Elimination Strategy

[op-ed snap]Eradication of TB by 2025

op-ed snap | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Health & Education

Wetland Conservation

India’s policies for ‘Urban Lakes’

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

Railway Reforms

Restructuring of the Railways Board

| Governance | Mains Paper 2: Civil Service

Women empowerment issues – Jobs,Reservation and education

Savitribai Phule’s impact on women’s education in India

| | Mains Paper 1: Modern Indian History

Wildlife Conservation Efforts

Turtle rehab centre in Bhagalpur, Bihar

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

Textile Sector – Cotton, Jute, Wool, Silk, Handloom, etc.

[pib] Patola Saree

PIB | Economics | Mains Paper 3:

3rd January

Cyber Security – CERTs, Policy, etc

[op-ed of the day] Data and its discontents

op-ed snap | Science Tech | : Awareness in various sc and tech fields

Electoral Reforms In India

[op-ed snap] When defection is a mere detour for an MLA

op-ed snap | Polity | Mains Paper 2: Parliament & State Legislatures

Modern Indian History-Events and Personalities

In news: Partition of Bengal

| | Mains Paper 1: Modern Indian History

Foreign Policy Watch: India-Pakistan

Non-Nuclear Aggression Agreement

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

Rural Distress, Farmer Suicides, Drought Measures

NCRB Report on Farmers Suicide

DOMR | Agriculture | Mains Paper 1: Poverty & Development Issues

Higher Education – RUSA, NIRF, HEFA, etc.

SATCOM technology

| Governance | Mains Paper 2: Health & Education

Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.

2020 as the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife”

Prelims Only | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Health & Education

Arabica Coffee

Prelims Only | Agriculture | Mains Paper 3: Major Crops & Cropping Patterns

Digital India Initiatives

‘MANI’ app

Prelims Only | Governance | Mains Paper 2: E-Governance