Chronicle: Nurturing talents since 1990

• 1 Preserving Peatlands : A Sustainable Approach to Combat Global Warming - By Ranjeet Shah
• 2 IOR: India’s Economic and Strategic Imperatives in the Age of Geopolitical Flux
• 3 Unlocking the Potential of MSMEs Strategies to Tackle Key Barriers - By Noopur Joshi

• 1 Quantum Computing and National Security: Implications & Imperatives for India
• 2 India-Mauritius: A Fresh Impetus to Bilateral Ties
• 3 Accelerating Global Glacier Loss: Multidimensional Impacts & Solutions

• 1 Cabinet Approves Revised National Program for Dairy Development
• 2 Revised Rashtriya Gokul Mission Approved
• 3 Parliamentary Standing Committee’s Report on Fisheries Sector
• 4 Pashu Aushadhi Initiative
• 5 ICRA Report on Indian Municipal Bond Market

• 1 Rashtriya Karmayogi Jan Seva Programme
• 2 International Workshop on Land Governance
• 3 NITI NCAER States Economic Forum Portal
• 4 National Workshop on Strengthening India's Innovation Ecosystem
• 5 Standing Committee Report on Demands for Grants

• 1 India and New Zealand Strengthen Bilateral Cooperation
• 2 Jaipur 3R and Circular Economy Declaration
• 3 Second Meeting of the India-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC)
• 4 Fourth Conference of Global Intelligence and Security Chiefs
• 5 US Intensifies Airstrikes against Houthis

• 1 SpaDeX Mission: ISRO Successfully Undocks Satellites in Space
• 2 NASA Launches SPHEREx Mission
• 3 ISRO Develops Indigenous Microprocessors for Space Applications
• 4 Aditya-L1 Captures Unprecedented Solar Flare Details
• 5 India, US Firms Partner to Develop ASW Drones

• 1 Global Decline of Seagrass: Impact on Climate and Marine Ecosystems
• 2 Climate Change Increasing Flood Frequency in High Mountain Asia
• 3 World's Strongest Ocean Current Slowing Due to Antarctic Ice Melt
• 4 Kasampatty Sacred Grove Declared as Biodiversity Heritage Site
• 5 2030 Global Forest Vision: Priority Actions for Governments in 2025

• 1 Students’ Mental Health Concerns: SC Forms National Task Force
• 2 Government Starts Social Protection Data Pooling Exercise
• 3 Women’s Role in India’s Financial Growth Socio- Economic
• 4 CBSE’s Draft Scheme for Two Examinations

• 1 Kamba Ramayana Parayanam
• 2 Bagad Yatra
• 3 New Indian Heritage Sites Added to UNESCO's Tentative List
• 4 Mudumal Megalithic Menhirs
• 5 Contributions of Women Members of the Constituent Assembly

• 1 India’s First Lithium Grade Refinery
• 2 COAIEMA Conference
• 3 National Conference on NCAP
• 4 MYUVA Scheme
• 5 Khelo India Women's Taekwondo Championship

PSCs Prelims Special

MPPSC

• 1 Madhya Pradesh State Service Preliminary Examination 2025 Solved Paper [Conducted by Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission]

Current Affairs

National

• 1 Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024
• 2 Conserving India’s Manuscript Heritage: Gyan Bharatam Mission
• 3 Social Media Algorithmic Radicalization
• 4 Three Language Formula
• 5 Report on Swachh Bharat Mission - Grameen
• 6 Right to Access to Justice is not Absolute
• 7 Draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025
• 8 Annual Ground Water Quality Report
• 9 Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam 2024
• 10 Female Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) in India
• 11 Revenue Challenges of Municipal Corporations in India
• 12 Panchayat Development Plans: Jan Yojana Abhiyan
• 13 Jal Hi Amrit Initiative
• 14 Global Hunger Index
• 15 Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan
• 16 Sub-classification of Scheduled Castes (SCs)
• 17 High Seas Treaty: Cabinet Approves India’s Participation
• 18 Smart Cities Mission Extended
• 19 Soil Health in India
• 20 One Nation One Election
• 21 Urban Water Crisis
• 22 International Big Cat Alliance
• 23 NHRC: GANHRI Accreditation Deferred
• 24 Early Childhood Care and Education
• 25 Social Infrastructure
• 26 Civil Services Capacity Building & Mission Karmayogi
• 27 Demands for New States
• 28 Sustainable Development of Indian Himalayan Region
• 29 Women Entrepreneurs in India
• 30 Urban Poverty
• 31 Temple Regulation in India
• 32 Plastic Waste Management in India
• 33 Review of State Other Backward Classes (OBCs) Lists
• 34 Judicial Intervention in the Electoral Process
• 35 Supreme Court Flags Gaps in Implementation of RPwD Act, 2016
• 36 10 Years of the Street Vendors Act, 2014
• 37 Centre-State Disputes over Financial Resources
• 38 UN International Year of Cooperatives 2025
• 39 Rules Governing OCI Cardholders
• 40 State Acquisition of Private Property
• 41 State Finance Commissions (SFCs)
• 42 Bhuvan Panchayat and National Database for Emergency Management

Indian Economy

• 1 Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024
• 2 Mutual Credit Guarantee Scheme for MSMEs
• 3 National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM)
• 4 Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (PMDKY)
• 5 Skill India Programme
• 6 Regulation of Payment Systems in India
• 7 Urban Cooperative Banks
• 8 Urban Challenge Fund
• 9 Internationalization of Rupee
• 10 Fiscal Health Index Report 2025
• 11 Central Bank Digital Currency
• 12 Digital Economy
• 13 Angel Tax
• 14 Space Economy
• 15 Coal Sector in India
• 16 Digital Agriculture Mission
• 17 Model Skill Loan Scheme
• 18 10 Years of PMJDY
• 19 PM E-Drive Scheme
• 20 India’s Dairy Cooperative Sector
• 21 10 Years of Make in India
• 22 Global Innovation Index
• 23 National Mission on Edible Oils – Oilseeds
• 24 PM Gati-Shakti National Master Plan
• 25 Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)
• 26 Rural Non-Farm Economy
• 27 GDP Base Year Revision
• 28 Tourism Sector in India
• 29 MFN Clause
• 30 Human Development Report 2023-24
• 31 Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS)
• 32 Krishi Vigyan Kendras
• 33 Uttar Poorva Transformative Industrialization Scheme, 2024
• 34 Electric Mobility Promotion Scheme 2024
• 35 Unemployment in India
• 36 Consumer Confidence Survey
• 37 Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
• 38 Asset Reconstruction Companies
• 39 RBI's Surplus Transfer
• 40 Logistics Sector of India
• 41 India’s Agriculture Export Policy
• 42 Priority Sector Lending Norms
• 43 India’s Contribution to Global Workforce
• 44 India’s Trade Deficit
• 45 Offshore Minerals
• 46 Reserve Bank – Integrated Ombudsman Scheme (RB-IOS), 2021
• 47 Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2024

International

• 1 World Happiness Report 2025
• 2 8th Indian Ocean Conference
• 3 Global Terrorism Index 2025
• 4 SIPRI Report, 2025
• 5 Corruption Perceptions Index, 2024
• 6 Gold Card Visa for Citizenship
• 7 English Declared Official U.S. Language
• 8 Ban on Trans Women in Women’s Sports
• 9 India-Denmark Green Transition Alliance (GTAI)
• 10 Brazil Joins OPEC+ as Observer
• 11 Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso Exit ECOWAS
• 12 India–France Collaborate on World’s Largest Museum
• 13 Fall of Bashar al-Assad
• 14 UK Joins Indo-Pacific Trade Bloc (CPTPP)
• 15 Canada Ends Fast-Track SDS Visa Program for Indian Students
• 16 USA Presidential Election 2024
• 17 Indo-Turkiye Friendship Association
• 18 5th India-Maldives Defence Cooperation Dialogue
• 19 Bangladesh Crisis 2024
• 20 9th AIIB Board of Governors Meeting
• 21 79th UN General Assembly (UNGA)
• 22 UN Summit of the Future
• 23 International WASH Conference 2024
• 24 Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2024
• 25 India Hosts ITU WTSA-2024
• 26 21st ASEAN-India Summit and 19th East Asia Summit
• 27 16th BRICS Summit, 2024
• 28 Global Innovation Index (GII) 2024
• 29 World Giving Index 2024
• 30 4th Quad Leaders Summit, 2024
• 31 22nd India-Russia Annual Summit
• 32 46th World Heritage Committee Meeting
• 33 Ivory Coast Joins UN Water Convention
• 34 Colombo Security Conclave (CSC)
• 35 Global Gender Gap Report, 2024
• 36 Biopharmaceutical Alliance
• 37 World Press Freedom Index 2024
• 38 G7 Leaders' Summit
• 39 10th World Water Forum
• 40 Ocean Decade Conference 2024
• 41 7th Indian Ocean Conference (IOC)
• 42 Human Development Index 2023-2024
• 43 18 New Members to Human Rights Council
• 44 World’s First Major AI Law
• 45 First Hindu Temple in UAE
• 46 India Elected to GlobE Steering Committee

Heritage, Art & Culture

• 1 Mudumal Megalithic Menhirs
• 2 Potti Sriramulu Statue
• 3 Confluence of Cultures: Kashi Tamil Sangamam 3.0
• 4 Maha Kumbh Mela 2025
• 5 CISF Training Centre Renamed in Honour of Rajaditya Chola
• 6 Sevdalinka: UNESCO’s National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage
• 7 Republic Day, 2025
• 8 Classical Language Status to Five More Indian Languages
• 9 Ram Temple Project Wins ‘Sword of Honour’ for Safety Excellence
• 10 22nd Divya Kala Mela
• 11 Abathsahayeswarar Temple
• 12 Maritime Heritage Conclave (IMHC 2024)
• 13 International Gita Mahotsav 2024
• 14 Ayodhya Deepotsav 2024
• 15 Smriti Van Earthquake Museum
• 16 Inauguration of Nalanda University Campus
• 17 National EMRS Cultural & Literary Fest & Kala Utsav 2024
• 18 International Ancient Arts Festival and Symposium
• 19 Shilp Samagam Mela 2024
• 20 UNESCO’s Tentative World Heritage Sites List
• 21 UNESCO’s Memory of the World Asia-Pacific Regional Register
• 22 World Heritage Status to Charaideo Moidams
• 23 Kozhikode: India’s First UNESCO ‘City of Literature’
• 24 Srinagar Named as ‘World Craft City’

Science & Technology

• 1 Sunita Williams Returns to Earth
• 2 PUNCH Mission
• 3 SPHEREx Satellite
• 4 Biolumpivaxin
• 5 Naval Anti-Ship Missile Short Range (NASM-SR)
• 6 Pandora Mission
• 7 Sudan Virus Disease (SVD): Ongoing Outbreak in Uganda
• 8 World's Largest Propellant Mixer
• 9 Majorana 1
• 10 Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV)
• 11 Nadi Tarangini
• 12 Indian Genomic Data Set
• 13 ShakthiSAT
• 14 India Commissions Three Indigenous Naval Vessels
• 15 NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Sets Record
• 16 ISRO's SpaDeX Achieves Historic Docking
• 17 Aditya-L1 Continues India’s Solar Research
• 18 INS Tushil
• 19 India’s First Diabetes Biobank
• 20 Proba-3 Mission
• 21 Guided Pinaka MBRL System
• 22 Direct-to-Device (D2D) Satellite Connectivity
• 23 Operation Dronagiri
• 24 AI-Enabled e-Tarang System
• 25 Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM)
• 26 First Indigenous Antibiotic “Nafithromycin” to Combat AMR
• 27 PAIR Programme
• 28 Flight-Tests of Advanced VSHORADS System
• 29 India Eliminates Trachoma as a Public Health Problem
• 30 Asia’s Largest Cherenkov Telescope in Ladakh
• 31 NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission
• 32 BharatGen
• 33 Polaris Dawn Mission
• 34 Rudram-I: New Generation Anti-Radiation Missile
• 35 Successful Test of Agni Prime
• 36 Mission Divyastra: India’s First MIRV Test
• 37 LignoSat: The World's First Wooden Satellite
• 38 Chandrayaan-4 Mission Approved
• 39 Venus Orbiter Mission
• 40 Bharatiya Antariksh Station
• 41 Next Generation Launch Vehicle (NGLV)
• 42 ‘Bio-RIDE’ Scheme
• 43 Indian Light Tank ‘Zorawar’
• 44 DengiAll
• 45 Rhumi-1: India’s First Reusable Hybrid Rocket
• 46 Artificial Intelligence Preparedness Index (AIPI) 2024
• 47 TRISHNA Space Mission
• 48 World’s First 3D-Printed Rocket Engine
• 49 World Cybercrime Index 2024

Ecology & Environment

• 1 World Air Quality Report 2024
• 2 India’s Biennial Transparency Report (BTR)
• 3 Climate Risk Index, 2025
• 4 India’s First Wildlife Biobank
• 5 PRAKRITI 2025
• 6 India Energy Week (IEW), 2025
• 7 ‘XDG 2045’ Ministerial Roundtable
• 8 Regional Wetlands Workshop under Sahbhagita Mission
• 9 Nuclear Energy Mission for Viksit Bharat
• 10 India Reaches 100 GW Solar Capacity Milestone
• 11 Wetland Conservation: India Adds Four New Ramsar Sites
• 12 Conserving the Big Cats: IBCA
• 13 Climate Negotiations at COP29
• 14 First Indian Port on Environmental Ship Index (ESI)
• 15 Barytes, Felspar, Mica & Quartz Reclassified as Major Minerals
• 16 IEA Electricity 2025 Report
• 17 India State of Forest Report, 2023
• 18 First State to link Forest Ecosystem to Green GDP
• 19 Groundwater Contamination in India
• 20 Management of Solid Waste
• 21 Global Water Monitor Report 2024
• 22 Annual Groundwater Quality Report, 2024
• 23 Swachh Vayu Survekshan Awards 2024
• 24 UNCCD COP16 – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• 25 UN Biodiversity COP16, Rome
• 26 COP16 – Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Colombia
• 27 WMO’s Greenhouse Gas Bulletin 2023
• 28 Asia-Pacific Climate Report 2024
• 29 UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2024
• 30 Global Nature Conservation Index 2024
• 31 UN-Habitat’s World Cities Report 2024
• 32 State of the Rhino 2024 Report
• 33 4thGlobal Renewable Energy Investment Meet & Expo (RE-INVEST 2024)
• 34 Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari Initiative
• 35 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2024
• 36 UN Sustainable Development Report 2024
• 37 SDG India Index 2023-24
• 38 Bonn Climate Change Conference 2024
• 39 Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting
• 40 Food Waste Index Report 2024
• 41 State Energy Efficiency Index 2024
• 42 "The State of the World’s Mangroves 2024" Report
• 43 UNESCO Designates 11 New Biosphere Reserves
• 44 Snow Leopard Population Assessment
• 45 India’s First National Dolphin Research Centre (NDRC)
• 46 India’s First Gross Environment Product Index (GEP)
• 47 State of the World’s Forests 2024 Report

UPPSC

Paper V

• 1 Uttar Pradesh is one of the oldest origin places of Indian culture; discuss.
• 2 Analyze the historical background of the major revolutionary movements that occurred in Uttar Pradesh, and throw light on the contributions of the key revolutionaries who participated in them.
• 3 Active citizen participation is essential to ensure good governance. Analyze the efforts made by the Uttar Pradesh government to encourage citizen participation.
• 4 "Uttar Pradesh is emerging as a growing hub in the IT and electronics sector, competing with the country's leading IT centers." In this context, discuss the major steps taken by the state government, the challenges present in this sector, and their potential solutions.

Paper VI

• 1 Analyze the current status of protected areas (national parks and wildlife sanctuaries) in Uttar Pradesh and review the efforts made for biodiversity conservation.
• 2 The Uttar Pradesh Government's 'Mission Shakti' scheme reflects the government's commitment to promoting women's empowerment. Analyze the framework of this scheme and its potential socio-economic impacts.
• 3 Describe the production status and marketing system of horticultural crops in Uttar Pradesh. Also, highlight the key challenges associated with this sector and provide details of the major policy initiatives implemented by the state government for its development.
• 4 Analyze the development of transportation and its current infrastructural status in Uttar Pradesh, and evaluate its economic and social impacts.

BPSC

Paper I

• 1 Describe the main features of cave architecture developed in ancient Eastern India and analyze its historical and religious significance.
• 2 Bihar has been a center of education and spirituality since ancient times. In this context, analyze the role of Nalanda, Vikramshila, and other ancient educational institutions and shed light on Bihar’s spiritual traditions.
• 3 Describe the major welfare schemes being run by the Bihar government for the economic, social, and educational upliftment of women. How have these schemes contributed to women empowerment in the state?
• 4 Describe the characteristics of the major folk arts of Bihar and analyze their cultural significance.

Paper II

• 1 Analyze the social and economic status of Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) in Bihar. Discuss the major steps taken by the government for their upliftment.
• 2 What are the major challenges in the development of tourism in Bihar? Also, discuss the potential areas for tourism development. Analyze the various tourist destinations of the state with examples.
• 3 How does coalition politics affect policy-making and development activities in Bihar? Analyze this in terms of fulfilling national interests.
• 4 What role can technology play in making governance effective and transparent in Bihar? Analyze its various aspects and discuss the potential impacts of technological innovations for better administration.