Expected Topics for Current Affairs
- Current events of international importance:
- Ukraine war- Causes, Impacts, response of global cummunity including India.
- Terrorism: Problem, solution and steps taken
- India’s foreign policy in disoriented/turbulent World order
- Soft power diplomacy
- Data protection bill, issues therein
- 70 years of India Japan relation
- India-EU relation
- India-Iran Relation
- India-Nepal relationship
- India-Russia relationship
- India-China relationship
- India-Pakistan relation
- Srilankan Crisis
- The Indus Water Treaty
- 50 Years of India Bangladesh Relations
- One year of Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan and India’s engagement with Taliban.
- Political and economic crisis in India’s neighbourhood- Pakistan, Srilanka, Nepal, Myanmar
- UK economic crisis + Rishi sunak becoming UK prime minister
- Urban Floods
- India’s presidency at G20
- Quad Summit
- Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF)
- Food security: Rising global food prices
- 2+2 dialogue
- BIMSTEC
- I2U2
- Wildfires in Europe
- India-UK Free Trade Agreement talks
- 60 years of NAM
- Need of new integrated approach to Eurasia
- AUKUS Alliance
- 14th BRICS Summit
- 75 years of UN – Achievements and Failures, India’s claim of permanent membership at UNSC
- WTO- major agreements and its implications for india
- COP-15 convention on Biological Diversity
- Indexes:
- Environmental Performance Index 2022
- Gender Gap Index 2022
- The Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2022
- The Emissions Gap Report 2022
- Global Climate Risk Index 2021
- Current events of national importance:
- India at 75- Achievements and challenges ahead.
- Recurring waves of Covid-19 and India’s response
- New education policy-2020
- CAA-NRC
- Abrogation of 370
- NFHS-5
- India Antarctica Bill
- COP26 and COP27
- AFSPA
- Agnipath scheme
- Languages panel recommendations and Fresh Hindi Imposition Row
- Anti-defection law
- Sedition law
- EWS reservation, Merit vs Reservation
- Recent trends in reservation system
- Karnataka hijab row
- The places of worship act/ Gyanvapi mosque dispute
- Issues with Goods and Services Tax
- Neo-Buddhist movement
- Centre’s draft eco-sensitive area norms
- Cheetah reintroduction
- Concerns associated with Silverline railway project
- Mission Prarambh
- PM Gati Shakti and National infrastructure pipeline
- IAS cadre rule change
- Niti Auog’s National Multidimensional Poverty Index
Less expected but seen in news (Do them if time permits):
- Issue of Hate speech- haridwar conclave
- Pegasus and surveillance laws
- Four-day work week
- China-Taiwan crisis
- Anti-hijab protests in Iran
- CERT-In’s new cybersecurity norms
- IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report
- France president election
- Cyclones naming
- New monarch in UK
- India-South Korea
