Leprosy prevalence down to 0.57 per 10,000
Child cases show ongoing transmission; stigma delays reporting.
UPSC angle: Prelims: leprosy facts.
5 Oct 2025Current affairs for UPSC
Daily notes mapped to syllabus topics, with “Asked before” PYQs and original practice MCQs.
Latest current affairs
Health Ministry meets states on cough syrup safety
Child deaths from contaminated syrups have hit India's pharma reputation before. Testing of raw materials is the weak link.
UPSC angle: Mains: drug regulation.
5 Oct 2025
Arunachal Pradesh gets its first commercial coal mine
Mining in a biodiversity-rich state must balance revenue with forest and community rights.
UPSC angle: Prelims: North-East coal.
5 Oct 2025
India-Singapore at 60
Singapore is a big source of FDI into India, which keeps the relationship economically central.
UPSC angle: Mains: Act East.
4 Oct 2025
How should free PDS grain enter the CPI?
If free grain is priced at zero, measured inflation falls. The method chosen will change the headline number RBI targets.
UPSC angle: Prelims: CPI methodology.
4 Oct 2025
Employment up 16.83 crore in six years, says Labour Ministry
Rising numbers include much self-employment and unpaid family work. Job quality is the follow-up question in Mains.
UPSC angle: Prelims: unemployment trend.
4 Oct 2025
Textile PLI window extended to 31 December 2025
Man-made fibre is where global textile demand is growing; India has been strong mainly in cotton.
UPSC angle: Prelims: PLI textiles.
3 Oct 2025
Swasth Nari Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan: 18 lakh health camps
Camps find cases; the follow-up treatment chain decides whether lives are saved.
UPSC angle: Mains: women's health.
3 Oct 2025
NITI tax paper on permanent establishment for foreign investors
Tax disputes are a common complaint of foreign investors. Clear rules can lower litigation and attract FDI.
UPSC angle: Mains: tax certainty and FDI.
3 Oct 2025
₹62,000 crore youth initiatives; 1,200 skill labs in JNVs and EMRSs
Skill labs inside schools start vocational exposure early, as NEP 2020 recommends.
UPSC angle: Prelims: skilling schemes.
3 Oct 2025Monthly compilations
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