700 MW Tato-II hydro project in Arunachal
Arunachal hydro also has a strategic angle near the border.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Tato-II location.
12 Aug 2025Current affairs for UPSC
Daily notes mapped to syllabus topics, with “Asked before” PYQs and original practice MCQs.
Latest current affairs
Bank reforms: IBC, CRILC, and UPI growth
Clean balance sheets let banks lend again.
UPSC angle: Prelims: CRILC.
11 Aug 2025
World Elephant Day: India has ~60% of wild elephants
Corridors decide whether herds stay connected or enter farms.
UPSC angle: Prelims: elephant reserves count.
11 Aug 2025
MPLADS: ₹5 crore a year, now in one instalment
Same amount regardless of constituency size is a recurring debate.
UPSC angle: Prelims: MPLADS amount.
11 Aug 2025
India-Sri Lanka Coast Guard high-level meeting
Fishermen and pollution incidents make coast guard ties central to India-Sri Lanka relations.
UPSC angle: Prelims: SLCG.
11 Aug 2025
World Lion Day: Asiatic lions rise to 891
Barda is being developed as a second lion home within Gujarat.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Barda WLS.
10 Aug 2025
ECI delists 334 registered unrecognised parties
Dormant parties can be misused for tax and funding abuse.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Section 29A.
9 Aug 2025
Sanchar Saathi app crosses 50 lakh downloads
Citizen reporting feeds telecom fraud control.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Chakshu.
9 Aug 2025
Defence production hits ₹1,50,590 crore
The private share is still small but rising.
UPSC angle: Prelims: production numbers.
9 Aug 2025
MEA Parliament replies (7-8 Aug 2025): Brahmaputra dam, LAC, all-party delegations
China dominates this week's replies: the dam, the LAC and the 1962 figure all sit in one GS2 answer on the boundary.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Yarlung Tsangpo = upper Brahmaputra; Depsang and Demchok; 38,000 sq km. · Mains: India-China boundary and water.
8 Aug 2025Monthly compilations
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124 items
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122 items
February 2026
110 items
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110 items
December 2025
126 items
November 2025
110 items
October 2025
121 items
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109 items
August 2025
119 items
July 2025
106 items
June 2025
110 items
May 2025
114 items
April 2025
111 items