5th October

Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.

PM-SETU: One Year of Transforming India’s ITIs

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

Capital Markets: Challenges and Developments

NABKISAN WASH Social Bond

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

ISRO Missions and Discoveries

India’s First 5.56 km Free-Space Quantum Key Distribution Link

First/RecordPIBPrelims Only | Science and Technology | Mains GS3: GS3-15.Science and Technology- Developments and their Applications and Effects in Everyday Life.

Electoral Reforms In India

[5th October 2026] The Hindu OpED: The ECI’s constitutional mandate is under strain

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

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

Why India doesn’t screen for its deadliest cancer

Explained | Social Justice | Mains GS2: GS2-13.Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.

Urban Transformation – Smart Cities, AMRUT, etc.

The sore lack of hostels in DU

Op-ed | Social Justice | Mains GS2: GS2-13.Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.

Primary and Secondary Education – RTE, Education Policy, SEQI, RMSA, Committee Reports, etc.

Two or three?

Op-ed | Social Justice | Mains GS2: GS2-13.Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.

2 captive-bred Great Indian Bustards released in national park

First/RecordNational Parks/WSSpecies | Environment | Mains GS3: GS3-18.Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment.

The tussle over top posts in Central Armed Police Forces and IPS deputation

Bills/Act/LawsExplainedSC Judgements | Internal Security | Mains GS3: GS3-24.Various Security Forces and Agencies and their Mandate.

Outbound force

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

In trade deal with US, India needs to secure terms harder to reverse

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

Colby’s mid-term report card, what it means for India

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

Team depth to individual gaps: India’s Asian Games report card for LA 2028

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

How regulation stifles HEIs

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

EC releases video for EROs on SIR notice disposal; no written instructions so far

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

Subhash Chandra’s IBC deal: ED probe focuses on big haircuts, proxy bidders

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

Global capital is no longer cheap, that’s the challenge

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

Next-Gen GST and India’s next phase of growth

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

3rd October

Trade Sector Updates – Falling Exports, TIES, MEIS, Foreign Trade Policy, etc.

[3rd October 2026] The Hindu OpED: India’s Model BIT: a decade later, amid changes

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

Waste Management – SWM Rules, EWM Rules, etc

Dignity by Design: Innovation in India’s Public Toilets

PIB | Science and Technology | Mains GS3: GS3-15.Science and Technology- Developments and their Applications and Effects in Everyday Life.

Swachh Bharat Mission

Communicating Swachhata: Changing Behaviour

PIB | Environment | Mains GS3: GS3-18.Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment.

Oil and Gas Sector – HELP, Open Acreage Policy, etc.

Mumbai’s Jawahar Dweep Becomes India’s First Plastic-free Oil Terminal

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

India standardises names of 28 places in Ladakh

Renamed/Rebranded | Geography | Mains GS1: GS1-15.Geographical features and their location- Changes in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes.

Needed: A Super El Nino Abhiyan

Op-ed | Geography | Mains GS1: GS1-11.Salient Features of World Physical Geography

Rescue act

National Parks/WSOp-edSpecies | Environment | Mains GS3: GS3-18.Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment.

GOBARdhan eyes 10-fold increase in CBG output: Puri

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

Centre to resume appraising post facto green clearance cases after top court ruling

Bills/Act/LawsSC Judgements | Environment | Mains GS3: GS3-18.Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment.

‘India has no excess capacity, bans forced-labour imports’

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

Centre frames rules to standardise recruitment to various tribunal posts

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

Obstacle race

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

A Court divided by its own architecture

Op-edSC Judgements | Polity | Mains GS2: GS2-03.Separation of Powers between different organs, dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions