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
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- 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)
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- 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
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- 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