Current Affairs

Data Sovereignty and National Security: A Critical Positive Shift for India

Data Sovereignty and National Security: A Critical Positive Shift for India

Data Sovereignty in India: A Powerful Driver of Strategic Autonomy Data Sovereignty:  With India implementing the Digital Personal Data Protection...

Stunting in India

Stunting in India

The complex web of factors behind India’s persistent stunting crisis Context: Stunting—low height-for-age from chronic malnutrition—remains high in India at...

Regional Disparity in Industrial Development in India

Regional Disparity in Industrial Development: A Critical Challenge for India’s Growth Context: The issue of regional disparity in industrial growth...

Urban Challenge Fund: Driving Resilient and Sustainable Indian Cities

Urban Challenge Fund: A Bold Path to Stronger Indian Cities Context: The Urban Challenge Fund reflects India’s urgent push to...

Simultaneous Elections and Powers of EC

Context: A Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) is currently reviewing the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024, popularly known...

Weaponisation of Space

Weaponisation of Space

Weaponisation of Space: Recent events, such as Russian hackers hijacking a satellite to broadcast propaganda in Ukraine, highlight how modern...

Earthquakes and Seismic Hazard

Earthquakes and Seismic Hazard

Myanmar’s massive quake hints at bigger earthquakes to come Earthquake: A new study by Caltech researchers reveals that the Sagaing...

Greenland’s Glacial Runoff and Global Ecological Balance

Greenland’s Glacial Runoff and Global Ecological Balance

Greenland’s glacial runoff is powering explosions of ocean life Context: NASA-backed simulations show that meltwater from Greenland’s Jakobshavn Glacier drives...

Water Stress Challenges: A Critical Threat to Low-Income Households

Water Stress Burden: The Hidden Crisis for Low-Income Families Water Stress: A recent Greenpeace India report (2023) highlights the growing...

Ultraprocessed Food

Ultraprocessed Food

Ultraprocessed food makes up 53% of Americans’ diets Ultraprocessed Food: Recent CDC data (August 2025) shows a slight decline in...

India-Nepal Relations

India-Nepal Relations

India-Nepal Relations: India and Nepal are experiencing a discernible warming of relations ahead of Nepalese Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s...

A Thaw in India-China Economic Relations

Context: In a significant diplomatic development, China has informed India that it has lifted export restrictions on three critical items:...

Nominated Members in Legislatures

Context: The Union Home Ministry recently submitted an affidavit to the Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and Ladakh High Court stating...

Vedic Age: Social and Political Developments

Explore key social, political, and religious changes during the Vedic Age—essential for UPSC Prelims and Mains history preparation. The topic...

Ancient History Syllabus Overlap in GS and Optional Papers

Explore the detailed Ancient History syllabus overlap between UPSC GS Paper I and History Optional Paper I. Boost your GS...