IAS/UPSC Coaching Institute  

1. Secondary particulate matter from gaseous emissions largest component of winter pollution

  • Pg.4
  • Usage: primary vs. secondary pollutant (PM 2.5, SO2, NOx, NH3), causes of winter pollution, government efforts, CAQM, GRAP, NCAP

 

2. UK's new international education strategy to increase exports

  • Pg.6
  • Usage: International education, global competition, student mobility as a soft power tool, India's study initiative, education diplomacy, services trade

 

3. Who can use 'shankaracharya' title

  • Pg.6
  • Usage: Role of Adi Shankaracharya, Four mathas, religious institutions, Indian philosophy, Advaita Vedanta, religious autonomy, legal disputes over religious titles

 

4. SC on constitutional validity of Special Intensive Revision (SIR)

  • Pg.7
  • Usage: Role of ECI, electoral roll revision type, Article 324, Voter disenfranchisement vs. electoral reforms, electoral integrity and inclusion

 

5. Poland and India: victims of transnational terror

  • Pg.8
  • Usage: concept of transnational terrorism, India-EU/ India-Poland relations, global counter-terror architecture and UN reforms

 

6. Toxic and contaminated water

  • Pg.9
  • Usage: Water pollutants (arsenic, fluoride, heavy metal), water quality crisis in India, Jal jeevan mission, SDG 6, AMRUT, Rural vs. Urban water contamination

 

7. Household consumption expenditure survey

  • Pg.11
  • Usage: NSO, periodicity and purpose, poverty estimation, inequality, welfare targeting, GDP limitation, multidimensional poverty, policy-making

 

8. India prepares to chair the AI summit

  • Pg.11
  • Usage: Global AI governance initiative, India's leadership in emerging technologies, Ethical AI, global digital governance, Digital Public Infrastructure, India as Global South voice in tech regulations

 

9. Aviation regulator- Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)

  • Pg.13
  • Usage: Function of DGCA, Air safety, regulatory reforms, aviation safety, ease of doing business, civil aviation growth, Infrastructure

 

10. Labelling of AI generated content

  • Pg.13
  • Usage: Deepfakes, generative AI risks, misinformation, digital regulation, IT rules, digital trust, democratic process,  responsible AI

 

11. Warming temperature and Antartic penguins

  • Pg.14
  • Usage: Antartic ecosystem, keystone species, Impact of climate change on biodiversity, Polar warming and global consequences, climate vulnerability, tipping points, cryosphere changes

 

12. Trump vows on 'no going back' on Greenland

  • Pg.14
  • Usage: Strategic importance of Greenland, Arctic region, US strategic interest vs. international law, geopolitics of climate change and resource competition