India-Singapore roadmap for the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
Singapore is a top investor and India's gateway to ASEAN; the roadmap gives the CSP a work plan.
UPSC angle: Prelims: CSP areas. · Mains: Act East.
4 Sep 2025Current affairs for UPSC
Daily notes mapped to syllabus topics, with “Asked before” PYQs and original practice MCQs.
Latest current affairs
ICMR licenses nine health technologies under Patent Mitra
Public labs often patent and stop; licensing is how inventions reach patients.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Patent Mitra.
4 Sep 2025
Four more IMD radars for J&K under Mission Mausam
Hill states face cloudbursts that larger radars miss; denser networks give local warnings.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Mission Mausam.
4 Sep 2025
NDCT Rules amendment: test licences move to intimation
Speed helps research, but the high-risk carve-out is where safety concerns stay.
UPSC angle: Prelims: NDCT Rules 2019.
3 Sep 2025
Environment Audit Rules, 2025 bring registered third-party auditors
Random assignment is meant to stop cosy auditor-client ties, the standard weakness of third-party audit.
UPSC angle: Prelims: EADA, REA. · Mains: environmental governance.
3 Sep 2025
56th GST Council: two main rates, 5% and 18%, and a 40% de-merit rate
Fewer slabs cut classification disputes; lower rates on mass items aim to lift consumption.
UPSC angle: Prelims: new GST slabs. · Mains: GST reform, cooperative federalism.
3 Sep 2025
₹1,500 crore scheme for critical mineral recycling
Mines take years; recycling gives quicker supply and cuts import dependence.
UPSC angle: Prelims: NCMM, recycling scheme. · Mains: critical minerals security.
3 Sep 2025
Semicon India 2025 opens at Yashobhoomi
Industry events matter less than fab timelines, but they signal policy continuity to global firms.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Semicon India. · Mains: electronics manufacturing.
2 Sep 2025
Chemical exporters get 18 months to meet export obligation for QCO products
Quality Control Orders raised compliance costs; longer export windows soften that for exporters using duty-free inputs.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Advance Authorization.
2 Sep 2025
APEDA launches BHARATI for 100 agri-food startups
Startups can bring processing and traceability, the weak links in farm exports.
UPSC angle: Prelims: BHARATI, APEDA.
2 Sep 2025Monthly compilations
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