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27th August

PSU banks more efficient than private peers: EAC-PM

First/Record Prelims Only | Economics | Mains GS3: GS3-01.Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.

Foreign Policy Watch: India-Russia

Russia turns to India to meet petrol demand after oil infra takes a hit in Ukraine strikes

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

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

How can States use disaster funds for heatwaves?

Amended/Enacted Explained | Disaster Management | Mains GS3: GS3-19.Disaster and Disaster Management.

Deletions in recent SIRs suggest arbitrary application of reasons

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

Why India’s R&D system needs a map of where funds really go

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

Nuclear power operator plans new design unit to support pvt players

| Science and Technology | Mains GS3: GS3-16.Achievements of Indians in Science & Technology

Rural India needs jobs, not wage guarantees

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

Gross FDI hit 15-year high of $30.7 billion in April-June 2026

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

SEBI’s ITRI: Global test for India’s future-ready financial architecture

| Governance | Mains GS2: GS2-09.Appointment to various Constitutional posts; Constitutional Bodies(powers, functions and responsibilities); Statutory, Regulatory and Quasi-judicial bodies

$100,000 fee for H-1B: The new legal route Trump is pursuing

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

Centre-state compromise on mines, minerals is in tatters

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

India, China to advance boundary talks for ‘early harvest’, set up new LAC meeting points, hotlines

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

26th August

Citizenship and Related Issues

UN panel flags ‘human rights violations’ in India, urges Delhi to suspend, review NRC

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

Fair pricing could help sustain UPI network

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

Simpler mining tax model can mean more revenue for states

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

Karnataka’s draft SIR rolls reveal alarming levels of deletion

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

Defence Sector – DPP, Missions, Schemes, Security Forces, etc.

Rajnath approves transfer of missile technology to domestic defence industry

Indigenous/Made in India | International Relations | Mains GS3: GS3-17.Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nano-technology, Bio-technology and issues relating to Intellectual Property Rights.

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

Minister seeks fundamental shift in fight against drought

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

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Breakthrough

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

IOCR Prelims 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.