26th August

Disasters and Disaster Management – Sendai Framework, Floods, Cyclones, etc.

Minister seeks fundamental shift in fight against drought

ExplainedIOCR | Disaster Management | Mains GS3: GS3-19.Disaster and Disaster Management.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Breakthrough

‘Killer robots’ are closer than ever, warn UN, ICRC

IOCRPrelims Only | International Relations | Mains GS2: GS2-20.Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate.

Foreign Policy Watch- India-Central Asia

Our Central Asia strategy needs less romance, more realism

Explained | International Relations | Mains GS2: GS2-18.Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.

Minority Issues – SC, ST, Dalits, OBC, Reservations, etc.

Congress urges PM to scrap caste census questionnaire

Prelims Only | Governance | Mains GS1: GS1-07.Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues.

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

NITI Aayog: Degrees like BA, B.Sc, B.Com have ‘weak job linkages’, need reforms

DOMRExplained | Economics | Mains GS3: GS3-02.Inclusive growth and issues therein

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

India’s youth crisis is about the absence of jobs, not just examination reform

Op-ed | Economics | Mains GS3: GS3-01.Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.

25th August

Festivals, Dances, Theatre, Literature, Art in News

Excavation at Vaishya Tekri, Ujjain, sheds light on Ashoka’s Mauryan-era rule

Discovered/FoundHistorical SitesPrelims Only | Art and Culture | Mains GS1: GS1-01.Indian Culture- Salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.

Why Indian cities flood after heavy rain and overheat in summer

Explained | Disaster Management | Mains GS3: GS3-19.Disaster and Disaster Management.

Counting out the disabled citizens

Op-ed | Social Justice | Mains GS1: GS1-07.Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues.

Opposition raises concerns over ‘weakening’ of ISRO; Centre hits back

DOMR | Science and Technology | Mains GS3: GS3-17.Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nano-technology, Bio-technology and issues relating to Intellectual Property Rights.

Centre lifts ban on wheat exports amid depressed local prices

Amended/Enacted | Agriculture | Mains GS3: GS3-06.Storage, transport and marketing of Agricultural produce and issues and related constraints

US moves to codify over $100,000 H-1B visa fee via formal regulation

| International Relations | Mains GS2: GS2-19.Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.

The Mecca pact is for joint defence. Against whom?

Op-ed | International Relations | Mains GS2: GS2-19.Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.

Why Bihar wants the 1996 India-Bangladesh Farakka water-sharing treaty scrapped

| International Relations | Mains GS2: GS2-17.India and its neighborhood- relations.

Gor in Srinagar: a one-man mission to strengthen a sputtering relationship

Op-ed | International Relations | Mains GS2: GS2-18.Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.

Trump’s Kim gambit deepens doubts among Asian allies over U.S. reliability

| International Relations | Mains GS2: GS2-19.Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.

Jaishankar meets Putin in Moscow ahead of Modi-Putin SCO and BRICS meetings

| International Relations | Mains GS2: GS2-18.Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.

Invisible actors

DOMR | Polity | Mains GS2: GS2-08.Salient features of the Representation of People’s Act.

Hyderabad and adjoining constituencies drive Telangana’s record SIR deletions

DOMR | Polity | Mains GS2: GS2-08.Salient features of the Representation of People’s Act.

1.07 crore names removed in Karnataka’s draft SIR rolls

DOMR | Polity | Mains GS2: GS2-08.Salient features of the Representation of People’s Act.

Centre moves to simplify medical device regulations

| Governance | Mains GS2: GS2-10.Government Policies & Interventions for development of various sectors (issues in their design, implementation)

Smart glasses highlight gaps in privacy laws

Op-ed | Internal Security | Mains GS2: GS2-15.Transaparency and accountability (institutional and other measures); Citizens Charter, E-Governance (applications, models, successes, limitations, potential)

What has fuelled the backlash against Flock cameras in the U.S.?

| Internal Security | Mains GS2: GS2-15.Transaparency and accountability (institutional and other measures); Citizens Charter, E-Governance (applications, models, successes, limitations, potential)

Rules at tribal hostels undermining dignity of students, says Rahul Gandhi

| Indian Society | Mains GS1: GS1-06.Salient features of Indian Society

It is wrong to cancel Telangana CM’s US visit

States | Polity | Mains GS2: GS2-02.Functions & responsibilities of the Union and the States; issues and challenges of federal structure;

The fact is youth unemployment has a household cost

Op-ed | Economics | Mains GS3: GS3-01.Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.

The other ‘NEET’ that India needs to address

Explained | Economics | Mains GS3: GS3-01.Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.

Did Press Note 3 relaxations help attract more FDI?

| Economics | Mains GS3: GS3-14.Investment models

How the Supreme Court ruling redefined ‘industry’

SC Judgements | Economics | Mains GS3: GS3-12.Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth

Centre plans to cap number of airports a single bidder can win in next privatisation round

| Economics | Mains GS3: GS3-13.Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc: