Chronicle: Nurturing talents since 1990

• 1 BIMSTEC on a Revival Path : Strategic and Economic Opportunities for India - By Alok Singh
• 2 Digitalization: A Catalyst for Social Change - By Noopur Joshi
• 3 Strengthening Cyber Resilience in India : A National Security Imperative - By Ranjeet Shah

• 1 Digital Access A Fundamental Right: Supreme Court
• 2 Rethinking India’s Counter-Terrorism Strategy
• 3 The Rare Earth Squeeze: China’s Leverage, Global Vulnerability

• 1 Guidelines for Setting up Bio-Input Resource Centres
• 2 M-CADWM Scheme Approved
• 3 Green Municipal Bonds
• 4 Standing Deposit Facility
• 5 Common Contract Note

• 1 I4C Brought Under PMLA, 2002
• 2 ECI’s New Initiatives to Enhance Accuracy and Accessibility of Electoral Rolls
• 3 Parliamentary Panel Recommends Revamping of MGNREGS
• 4 Panchayat Advancement Index 2022-23
• 5 Women and Men in India 2024: Selected Indicators and Data

• 1 India and Saudi Arabia Deepen Strategic Ties
• 2 India and Italy Expand Bilateral Cooperation
• 3 India-UAE: Strengthening Strategic Partnership
• 4 India Withdraws Transshipment Facility for Bangladesh
• 5 Indian PM’s Visit to Sri Lanka

• 1 Unexpected Atmospheric Gas on Exoplanet K2-18b
• 2 SpaceX Launches Historic Fram2 Mission
• 3 India Signs Deal with France for 26 Rafale-Marine Fighter Jets
• 4 Indian Army Inducts Indigenous FPV Drones
• 5 Successful Trials of Long-Range Glide Bomb Gaurav

• 1 Climate Crisis Driving Surge in Gender-Based Violence
• 2 2024 European State of the Climate Report
• 3 Temperature Flips
• 4 Climate Change Could Increase Arsenic in Rice
• 5 New Freshwater Fish Species Discovered in Western Ghats

• 1 Phase-2 of ‘Niveshak Didi’ Social Justice
• 2 Telangana: 1st State to Implement Scheduled Castes' Sub-Categorisation
• 3 India’s DBT: Boosting Welfare Efficiency
• 4 Trends in Maternal Mortality: 2000–2023
• 5 India’s Triumph in Combating Poverty

• 1 Gita and Natyashastra added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register
• 2 Kannadippaya Receives GI Tag Recognition
• 3 Demand for Inclusion of Kokborok Language in Eighth Schedule
• 4 Madhavpur Ghed Fair
• 5 Indian PM Presented with Tipitaka

• 1 Etalin Hydro-electric Project (EHEP)
• 2 Bihar's First Vande Metro
• 3 'Mahila Samvad' Campaign
• 4 Resham Sakhi Yojana
• 5 Sansad Khel Mahakumbh

Model Test Questions

• 1 Current Affairs based Modal MCQs - Polity & Governance
• 2 Current Affairs based Modal MCQs - Indian Economy
• 3 Current Affairs based Modal MCQs - International Affairs
• 4 Current Affairs based Modal MCQs - Government Schemes in News
• 5 Current Affairs based Modal MCQs - Art & Culture

PSCs Prelims Special

CGPSC

• 1 Chhattisgarh State Service Prelims 2024 Solved Paper [Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission]

UPPSC

Paper V

• 1 Analyze the architectural features and cultural significance of the historical monuments of Uttar Pradesh. Review the major challenges associated with their preservation and the steps that can be taken to address them.
• 2 Describe the powers of the Governor of Uttar Pradesh. What measures are necessary to improve the role of the Governor in state administration? Provide your suggestions.
• 3 Evaluate the feasibility of the Uttar Pradesh government's target of making the state's economy worth $1 trillion by 2027–28. Analyze the roadmap proposed by the government and the associated challenges in this context.
• 4 Evaluate the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in social development in Uttar Pradesh. Also, analyze the major challenges related to their functioning, along with issues of transparency and accountability.

Paper VI

• 1 Identify the major geographical features of Uttar Pradesh in terms of natural resources. Present a comprehensive analysis of the opportunities associated with the use of these resources and the environmental risks involved.
• 2 Analyze the key schemes being implemented in Uttar Pradesh to strengthen social security and empower skill development, and evaluate the social and economic impacts of these schemes.
• 3 Analyze the key features of Uttar Pradesh's 'Aerospace and Defence Unit and Employment Promotion Policy, 2024'. To what extent is this policy capable of transforming Uttar Pradesh into a defence manufacturing hub? Evaluate.
• 4 Critically evaluate the major objectives and features of Uttar Pradesh's new Forest Policy. Also, analyze its relevance in the context of sustainable forest management in the state.