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India-Bhutan Ties and Subnational Diplomacy

For Prelims: Five Year Plan, Gelephu Mindfulness City Project, Punatshangchhu-II hydro Project, Town Twinning, Farakka Water-Sharing Treaty 1996,...

01 Feb 2025 GS Paper - 2

Inter-State Committees for Workers’ Social Security

Source: TH  Labour Ministers and Secretaries from Union and State governments concluded with major discussions on labour reforms and...

01 Feb 2025 GS Paper - 2

Writ Jurisdiction and the State

For Prelims: Supreme Court (SC), Scheduled Banks, NBFCs, Writ Jurisdiction, State, RBI, Statutory Bodies, Fundamental Rights, Parliament,...

01 Feb 2025 GS Paper - 2

Exploitation of Domestic Workers

For Prelims: Supreme Court of India, Care economy, International Labour Organization, Code on Social Security, 2020  For Mains: Domestic...

01 Feb 2025 GS Paper - 2

Path to Quality and Inclusive Education

This editorial is based on “India’s learning report card: ASER 2024 highlights big worries in literacy and numeracy skills” which...

31 Jan 2025 GS Paper - 2

Reorganising Denotified Tribes as SC, ST and OBC

For Prelims: Criterion for SC/ST/OBC Status, Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order of 1950, Registrar General of India, Denotified Tribes (DNTs),...

31 Jan 2025 GS Paper - 2

Impact of Coal Dust on Plants

Source: TH  Why in News?  A study by the University of Southampton and NIT Rourkela found that dust from coal mining harms plants and...

31 Jan 2025 GS Paper - 2

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso Left ECOWAS

The West African nations of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso have officially withdrawn from the Economic Community of West African States...

31 Jan 2025 GS Paper - 2

Need of Sovereign Wealth Fund for India

For Prelims: Sovereign Wealth Fund, Pension Funds, Norway Government Pension Fund Global, Global Financial Crisis 2008, Planning Commission, NIIF,...

31 Jan 2025 GS Paper - 2

First Defence Export of Ordnance Clothing

Source: TH  The Ordnance Clothing Factory (OCF), Avadi, under the Ministry of Defence, executed India's first defence export order to the...

31 Jan 2025 GS Paper - 2

Contract Farming in India’s Agriculture

For Prelims: Contract Farming, Organic Fertilizers, Maximum Residue Level (MRL), Soil Degradation, Monocropping, Food Security, Farmer Producer...

31 Jan 2025 GS Paper - 2

Mental Health and Self-Healing

 For Prelims: National Medical Commission, Tobacco, National Council of Educational Research and Training, Human Immunodeficiency Virus,...

30 Jan 2025 GS Paper - 2

Special Provisions for Some States

For Prelims: Indian Constitution, Federalism, Judicial review, Parliamentary form of government, Special provisions, Constitution of India, Article...

30 Jan 2025 GS Paper - 2

Public-Private Synergy in Cybersecurity

This editorial is based on “Handling cybercrimes through public-private partnership model” which was published in The Hindu on...

30 Jan 2025 GS Paper - 2

WHO Recommends Lower-Sodium Salt

Source: WHO   The WHO has issued guidelines promoting Lower Sodium Salt Substitutes (LSSS) to combat hypertension, cardiovascular diseases...

30 Jan 2025 GS Paper - 2

Snakebites and Antivenom in India

For Prelims: Snakebite envenoming, Indian cobra, common krait, Russell’s viper, Saw-scaled viper, neglected tropical disease  For...

30 Jan 2025 GS Paper - 2

Challenges Related to Lateral Entry Scheme

For Prelims: Lateral Entry Scheme (LES), Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled...

30 Jan 2025 GS Paper - 2

Fiscal Health Index 2025

Source: PIB  Why in News?   In a bid to enhance fiscal governance, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) launched...

30 Jan 2025 GS Paper - 2

Crosspathy

For Prelims: Homeopathy, Indian Medical Association, Medical Council of India, Supreme Court of India, World Health Organization,...

30 Jan 2025 GS Paper - 2

Use of Fingerprint Evidence in Crime

Source: IE  Why in News?  The investigation into the attack on a Bollywood actor highlighted the significance of fingerprints in solving...

30 Jan 2025 GS Paper - 2